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A modern adaptation to an old story

A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel

August 28, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Recently my work email had email telling that a book was coming but also singing the praises of A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel. When a book gets high praise, I tend to be skeptical. I have been burned before by the “next great thing.” Usually, then I realize that it has “something” that is not “for me” and is “someone else’s book.” This time, I think it is everyone’s book. I am not sure how to talk about this book. It seems to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Brendan Wenzel, Environmental and Nature

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:344 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Brendan Wenzel, Environmental and Nature ·
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Life

April 12, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dealing with Life (a beautiful, changing, not easy thing) this author/illustrator team have created a lovely work that is truly poetic. Author Cynthia Rylant and Brendan Wenzel (illustrator) have created a home run out of the park with Life. While there is a lot of heartache to Life they show that there is a lot of good, too. The illustrations accent and compliment the text without over powering them. After reading, and the ever bookseller, my brain did its check list: Do I like this? […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Brendan Wenzel, Cynthia Rylant

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:70 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Brendan Wenzel, Cynthia Rylant ·
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Perspective matters.

January 24, 2017 by ChainedVase 3 Comments

I read and review a LOT of picture books. Clearly I have many opinions on this topic. I can’t even blame my current lifestyle of Squishie Wrangler- I’ve always collected picture books, the only difference is now I have to share them. Books are precious and magic. They need to be amazing and special to inspire a child’s imagination. I have 3 criteria for a picture book: 1) beautiful illustrations 2) lyrical language 3) powerful message. I think the illustrations can be as complex or […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Brendan Wenzel, cray cat lady, Picture Books

ChainedVase's CBR9 Review No:4 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Brendan Wenzel, cray cat lady, Picture Books ·
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