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Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald

A Happy Place by Britta Teckentrup

Imperfectly Perfect: A Story That Cherishes Beauty in Imperfection by Perry Emerson

December 8, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There was an email in my work email inbox that first was thanking the booksellers who had nominated several titles from the publisher for the Indie Next newsletter. They then asked us to consider some other titles for the next one (as the deadline was in a few weeks). This made me browse the titles they were promoting and found one that worked for my particular mood at the time.    The one that caught my eye was the picture book, Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald and illustrated by […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Britta Teckentrup, Dreams, enviormentalism, family, friendship, Hoang Giang, imagination, Katherine Tillotson, Megan McDonald, Perry Emerson, Science & Nature, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:867 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Britta Teckentrup, Dreams, enviormentalism, family, friendship, Hoang Giang, imagination, Katherine Tillotson, Megan McDonald, Perry Emerson, Science & Nature, Social Themes ·
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Sweet stuff

When I Became Your Grandma by Susannah Shane

I'll Be There by Karl Newson

July 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Two so sweet that some people will be hyper after reading them books are When I Became Your Grandma and I’ll Be There. Now, there is nothing wrong with sweet, even overly sweet, if that is your thing. However, these picture books are maple candy sweet. Fantastic as you slowly let them melt in your mouth, that maple goodness sliding around on your tastebuds, but you will only need one and you’re good, But of course you’ll eat (read) two (books) because they come in […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Britta Teckentrup, family, grandmothers, Karl Newson, Rosalind Beardshaw, Susannah Shane

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:473 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Britta Teckentrup, family, grandmothers, Karl Newson, Rosalind Beardshaw, Susannah Shane ·
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Seek and you shall find!

June 7, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Britta Teckentrup has her fourth seek-and-find book with Where’s the Baby? Of course, the first thing I thought of was Sid the Sloth from the first Ice Age movie playing “Where’s the Baby” (peek-a-boo) with the human child. And, this book is not too far off from that idea. You have clues in the text to where the baby is hiding on the opposite page. You then look to find the baby alligator, the baby chick, the baby giraffe and the baby frog among other […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Britta Teckentrup

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:193 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Britta Teckentrup ·
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