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Two women doing their things

A Take-Charge Girl Blazes and Trail to Congress: The Story of Jeannette Rankin by Gretchen Woelfle

Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Path to Kindness by Aura Lewis

October 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have a little soft spot for v; even if she spells her name wrong. (You can spell it with one N which is the way I prefer). She was an independent woman. One who made history because she knew nobody else could. She stood her ground, won and lost elections and popularity because of it and was all around both a woman of her time and far ahead of it. Rankin was a woman who knew her mind, would become an activist despite any […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Aura Lewis, civil rights workers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gretchen Woelfle, Helaine Becker, Jeannette Rankin, Rebecca Gibbons, United States, women

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:776 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Aura Lewis, civil rights workers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gretchen Woelfle, Helaine Becker, Jeannette Rankin, Rebecca Gibbons, United States, women ·
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More than 40 sisters inside. And I have trouble with one!

Spectacular Sisters: Amazing Stories of Sisters from Around the World by Aura Lewis

June 13, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Spectacular Sisters: Amazing Stories of Sisters from Around the World by Aura Lewis includes some sisters you know, others you might have heard of, some you have probably never heard of and others are so well known even my dad has heard of them! The woman featured in the couple pages biographies, cover all walks of life from political leaders (ancient and modern), warriors, pop culture, artists, and writers. We see the gambit of siblings who call each other sister. Some were terribly close, others had […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: art, Aura Lewis, International, Literature, Multicultural, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Women's History

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:299 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: art, Aura Lewis, International, Literature, Multicultural, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Women's History ·
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Word of the Day: Kindness

Can Sophie Change the World? by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

A Small Kindness by Stacy McAnulty

Hundred Feet Tall by Benjamin Scheuer

June 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Kindness is the word of the day. Or, at least, the word of the review. Sophie wants to give a gift for her grandfather. He says he does not want anything, but when she insists, he asks her to perform a good work and change the world (a mitzvah). She does not know how she can change the world. She is just a kid and not able to do big things. But when she tells her grandfather of the acts she did while trying to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: Aura Lewis, Benjamin Scheuer, family, friendship, grandparents, Jemima Williams, kindness, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, Stacy McAnulty, Stories in Verse (see, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:266 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: Aura Lewis, Benjamin Scheuer, family, friendship, grandparents, Jemima Williams, kindness, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, Stacy McAnulty, Stories in Verse (see, Values & Virtues ·
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