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Silent music for peace

Music and Silence: The Passion and Protest of Pablo Casals by Christy Mihaly

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Music and Silence: The Passion and Protest of Pablo Casals is just a WOW book. It is beautifully written, beautifully illustrated and beautifully presented.  Christy Mihaly and illustrator Mariona Cabassa made this (due mid/later April 2026) book about a person and story I do not think I had ever heard of before. It is more emotional than an action story, but there are events that have the action, too. We see how the power of music can try and topple governments. We see how one […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Christy Mihaly, europe, Mariona Cabassa, Pablo Casals, Social Activists, Social Themes, Spain

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:523 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Christy Mihaly, europe, Mariona Cabassa, Pablo Casals, Social Activists, Social Themes, Spain ·
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How much hay can a farmer hay if a farmer… waaaaiiit they CAN HAY!

Hey, Hey, Hay!: A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them by Christy Mihaly

June 22, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you have not guessed, I have been reading a lot of picture books, but not writing reviews. (What do you do with a reviewer like Raven? Just wait, she’ll get there eventually….) And one book I finally got to was Hey, Hey, Hay!: A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them by Christy Mihaly. This is a cute story about how you make the hay. Or in other words, how one kids family bales the hay to be stored for winter. The fun […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Agriculture |, Christy Mihaly, Farm & Ranch Life, Joe Cepeda, Lifestyles, technology

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:210 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Agriculture |, Christy Mihaly, Farm & Ranch Life, Joe Cepeda, Lifestyles, technology ·
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