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Some light can only be seen in the dark

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o and Vashti Harrison

December 28, 2020 by Malin 1 Comment

Sulwe is the colour of midnight. Her mama is the colour of dawn, her father the colour of dusk and her little sister is the colour of high noon. Sulwe has darker skin than anyone in her family and pretty much everyone at school. While her little sister is given positive nicknames like ‘ray’ and ‘sunshine’, Sulwe is called ‘darkie’ and ‘night’. This is obviously deeply hurtful to the little girl, who remains withdrawn and friendless. Sulwe tries a number of things to lighten her […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Autobiographical, cbr12, children's book, colorism, fable, Lupita Nyong'o and Vashti Harrison, Malin, Sulwe, Vashti Harrison

Malin's CBR12 Review No:90 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Autobiographical, cbr12, children's book, colorism, fable, Lupita Nyong'o and Vashti Harrison, Malin, Sulwe, Vashti Harrison ·
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Doing everything I can to complete my double Cannonball

King Baby by Kate Beaton

December 27, 2020 by Malin 10 Comments

See, some people might accuse me of desperation at this point, reviewing a 32-page children’s book I’ve read to my son more times than I can consciously count, considering he’s now nearly three, and my husband and I started reading it to him when he was only just a baby himself, long before he had any grasp of what the book was actually about or what the illustrations showed. Those people might not be entirely wrong. I have, however,  come to the conclusion that due […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: babies, cbr12, children's book, funny, illustrated, kate beaton, King Baby, Malin

Malin's CBR12 Review No:87 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: babies, cbr12, children's book, funny, illustrated, kate beaton, King Baby, Malin ·
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Crone power

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

December 25, 2020 by Merryn 3 Comments

My first exposure to Howl’s Moving Castle was the Studio Ghibli film version., which I found utterly charming.  So when the Kindle Daily Deal dangled a bargain before me, I pounced, and am pleased to say that the book is similarly delightful. Howl’s Moving Castle takes place in an unspecified European landscape ruled by a fairytale logic, where Sophie Hatter, as the eldest of three daughters, is resigned to nothing interesting ever happening to her.  It’s always the youngest of three (or seven) that has […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr12, children's book, Diana Wynne Jones

Merryn's CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, cbr12, children's book, Diana Wynne Jones ·
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Considering Winnie the Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

September 20, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo Review 23: Roaring 20s I didn’t feel like a lot of drama right now; calm reading is good right now for me. So what to do for this square? Like a lot of people, I suspect, I know who-what Winnie-the-Pooh is, but I can’t remember ever having read any of the original stories, the first volume of which came out in 1926. I feel like I must have, but upon picking up that first volume of stories, Winnie-the-Pooh, they weren’t too familiar seeming; unless […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy Tagged With: a. a. milne, cbr12bingo, children's book, classic literature, ernest h shephard, winnie the pooh

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:79 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy · Tags: a. a. milne, cbr12bingo, children's book, classic literature, ernest h shephard, winnie the pooh ·
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The Best Alphabet Book

P is For Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar & Chris Carpenter

May 11, 2020 by Tracy Leave a Comment

I don’t recall how I first heard of this book, but I bought it for myself just for kicks, and it’s a hoot. This is a children’s book, but only after your kids know the alphabet pretty well, or it will confuse them. The authors find words that don’t sound like they start with the letters they actually start with, like pterodactyl, knight, gnat, etc. There’s even a word that starts with a silent B, which I had no idea existed. It’s for bdellium (a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: children's book, Chris Carpenter, humor, picture book, Raj Haldar, Raj Haldar & Chris Carpenter

Tracy's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: children's book, Chris Carpenter, humor, picture book, Raj Haldar, Raj Haldar & Chris Carpenter ·
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book cover of Song For a Whale

“A sound can move anything if it’s strong enough.”

Song For a Whale by Lynne Kelly

February 26, 2020 by cosbrarian 3 Comments

Iris has always had a slight connection to whales, because she was named in honor of one. The day she was born, a whale beached itself in their hometown, and her family named her the same name scientists gave the whale, as its life left the world when hers began. But Iris’s connection to these creatures truly clicks when her teacher shares a video about a very unique whale, called Blue-55 by scientists, sometimes called the loneliest whale. Blue-55 is a hybrid breed, and sings […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Children, children's book, deaf character, Deaf culture, deafness, Disability, diverse books, girls in science, girls in STEM, Lynne Kelly, we need diverse books, whales

cosbrarian's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Children, children's book, deaf character, Deaf culture, deafness, Disability, diverse books, girls in science, girls in STEM, Lynne Kelly, we need diverse books, whales ·
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