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Pride, culture and acceptance

The Blue Scarf by Mohamed Danawi

October 20, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I will start my review off with, there is absolutely nothing wrong with The Blue Scarf by Mohamed Danawi. Is it a bit saccharine-sweet? Sure. But that does not mean it cannot be good. It just means that a reader like me needs to be in the right frame of mind when reading it. And I was. Mostly. Okay, it was too cute for today. But ask me tomorrow. Or ask someone who likes emotion pulling tales and see what they think. Ask someone what […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry Tagged With: colors, differences, Emigration & Immigration, friendship, identify, Mohamed Danawi, People & Places, refugees, Ruaida Mannaa, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Voyages and travels

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:529 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry · Tags: colors, differences, Emigration & Immigration, friendship, identify, Mohamed Danawi, People & Places, refugees, Ruaida Mannaa, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Voyages and travels ·
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Learning and having fun at the same time

My Ten Painted Nails: Bilingual Inuktitut and English Edition by Jennifer Jaypoody

July 26, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo Recommend Level 3      I am going to recommend this book to everyone I know even though My Ten Painted Nails: Bilingual Inuktitut and English Edition has only one flaw. I was unsure how to pronounce the Inuktitut words. Now, I could assume that since the text say in English, “this is pink” or “this is one,” I could assume which words were which, but still unsure how to pronounce it. Plus, I know some languages do not read in the same order […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Canada- Indigenous, cbr14bingo, colors, Counting & Numbers, Emma Pedersen, Inuktitut, Jennifer Jaypoody, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:400 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: Canada- Indigenous, cbr14bingo, colors, Counting & Numbers, Emma Pedersen, Inuktitut, Jennifer Jaypoody, Social Themes ·
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Some pods and a couple of friends blast off for adventure

Gurple and Preen: A Broken Crayon Cosmic Adventure by Linda Sue Park

September 4, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you like an author, you want to love everything they write. However, Linda Sue Park and Debbie Ridpath Ohi’s newest picture book, Gurple and Preen: A Broken Crayon Cosmic Adventure crumbled a tad.  While I adore the illustrations of Ohi, the story Park presented was only so-so for me. But kids who like to draw and grand imaginations will appreciate it. The story is simple, a couple of characters, called Gurple and Preen, need to prepare a spaceship for the crew. But several issues […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: colors, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, friends, Imagination & Play, Linda Sue Park

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:264 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: colors, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, friends, Imagination & Play, Linda Sue Park ·
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The Greatest Library that Never Was

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

August 1, 2020 by Ale Leave a Comment

I was a huge fan of the Night Circus, so I was ecstatic when the lovely faintingviolet shared her copy of the Starless Sea with me. To give too much of the plot away takes all the joy out of reading this story, but the baseline is that there’s a magical library hidden underground accessible by doorways above. The nature through which patrons find these doors varies to fate, and in recent years, someone’s been closing all the doors. At least until a grad student named Zachery stumbles […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: bees, Books, cbr12bingo, colors, Erin Morgenstern, keys, library, magic, Morgenstern, Starless Sea, Swords, yellow

Ale's CBR12 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: bees, Books, cbr12bingo, colors, Erin Morgenstern, keys, library, magic, Morgenstern, Starless Sea, Swords, yellow ·
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Put a little color in your dreams

The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

July 3, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

(cbr12bingo Orange) One of the advantages of working in a bookstore is that I can plug in the word orange into our in house system and have several titles come up. Since I was trying to keep my color blocks in the picture book genre, The Big Orange Splot was a great choice. I have never been a big fan of Daniel Manus Pinkwater, but know why people like him He is nuts. And I say that with love. Pinkwater just lets us be us. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: being you, cbr12bingo, colors, Daniel Manus Pinkwater

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:221 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: being you, cbr12bingo, colors, Daniel Manus Pinkwater ·
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Let’s Hug!

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

July 3, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

And this is cbr12bingo book for Yellow! Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni was his first book for children. Due to the fact he had rambunctious grandchildren, one day on the train he had to find a creative way to keep them occupied and this book was born. How do I know this? It is in Lionni’s own words at the back of this edition.  And who would have thought a book from 1959 would still be in print let alone as beloved now […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: best friends, cbr12bingo, colors, Concepts, Leo Lionni

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:219 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: best friends, cbr12bingo, colors, Concepts, Leo Lionni ·
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