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Home missing you too

Homesick by Audrey Vernick and Liza Garton

December 19, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Have you ever been homesick for your home, family, a friend or place? Mostly likely you answered yes. However, have you ever thought that maybe your home is homesick for you when you go away? In Audrey Vernick and Liza Garton’s picture book (due August 2026) Homesick, that is what happens. The child of the story goes off to their grandparents home. The house became sad, missing its child and the story goes through the emotions. We even see how the parents mention how things […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Audrey Vernick, Audrey Vernick and Liza Garton, Daniel Miyares, emotions, Feelings, Liza Garton, new experinces, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:560 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Audrey Vernick, Audrey Vernick and Liza Garton, Daniel Miyares, emotions, Feelings, Liza Garton, new experinces, Social Themes ·
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The ups and downs of routine changes

August 24, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The team of Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon and Chris Raschka probably had a substitute teacher or two during their school days. However, I wonder if they were as unsure of them as the narrator is of their substitute teacher in Dear Substitute. Finding out that their teacher is out unexpectantly (why did Mrs. Giordano not warn them?) all sorts of feelings pop up for one student. After all, Miss Pelly changes their routines, cannot pronounce some of the student’s names, she reads new books […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Audrey Vernick, Chris Raschka, Feelings, Liz Garton Scanlon, new experiences, poetry, school, teachers

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:321 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Audrey Vernick, Chris Raschka, Feelings, Liz Garton Scanlon, new experiences, poetry, school, teachers ·
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