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Generations

My Baba's Garden by Jordan Scott

Babo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day by Astrid Kamalyan

Dadaji’s Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande

November 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What do you do when you have a picture book online reader copy marathon? You read them, then decide which ones to write up. And these stories about different generations coming together are just a small sample of what was on my reading plate. Both of my grandmothers were odd. After all, they married my grandfathers. And you don’t know odd until you have met the man the neighborhood called “the crazy old man with the ski pole” or the one who told the president […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry Tagged With: Anait Semirdzhyan, art, Astrid Kamalyan, family, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandparent, Jordan Scott, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Ruchi Mhasane, Sydney Smith, traditions

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:788 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: Anait Semirdzhyan, art, Astrid Kamalyan, family, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandparent, Jordan Scott, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Ruchi Mhasane, Sydney Smith, traditions ·
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