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> Tag: Dan Santat

Dan is a good kid, and this is a good book

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

December 23, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A First Time for Everything is a delightful read about one summer and the trip of a lifetime. Some people dream of a trip like Dan’s, others have nightmares, but regardless this is a great coming of age book that we all can relate to (a modern reader will love seeing the late 1980s) and enjoy. There is a lot going on and a must read. Dan Santat’s signature style illustrations the adventures that await. Dan’s adventures start in middle school, where he is asked […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Dan Santat, friendship, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:623 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Dan Santat, friendship, Social Themes ·
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To keep or not to keep that is the question

The Baby-Changing Station by Rhett Miller

October 5, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Forty odd years ago I was asked if I wanted a baby brother or sister. I said sister. I named my new baby doll Baby Sister.  I was into it.  Few weeks after the ol’ sibling came I looked at my mom and said, “Send her back. I want a brother.” I was informed it didn’t work that way. But if I had The Baby-Changing Station like our character in this Rhett Miller book, I would have picked the guitar. Whatever do you mean? You […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: babies, brothers, Dan Santat, family, Rhett Miller, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:514 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: babies, brothers, Dan Santat, family, Rhett Miller, siblings ·
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Yo’ Ho Hum and a bottle of Root Beer at the bottom of the ocean

The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel by Dan Santat

January 24, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel is a cute story with a theme about environmentalism, animal conservation and family. The story is when a handful of sea creatures find a surprise at the bottom of the ocean, it leads them on an adventure with a young girl and her uncle. A Sea-World like park is filled with the research and animals found by Sophia’s father (lost at sea several years ago) and her uncle. A handful of critters from the actual ocean, have banded together to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, conservation, Dan Santat, environmentalism, fathers & daughters, friendship, nieces and uncles, ocean life

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:33 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, conservation, Dan Santat, environmentalism, fathers & daughters, friendship, nieces and uncles, ocean life ·
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Two reviews: a CBR12Bingo for Debut and a couple of “old timers”

Lift by Minh Le

Lone Wolf by Sarah Kurpiel 

July 29, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr12bingo  Debut One can find their “pack” or friends and family anyplace. Or more accurately, the “right anyplace.” And in Lift by Minh Le (who wrote Drawn Together which I greatly liked as well as a Green Lantern for the middle school crowd, which I enjoyed) and illustrated by Dan Santat you find an interesting “pack of friends.” And with Lone Wolf by Sarah Kurpiel the right place to find your family/pack can be right under your nose. And also a debut author can be under […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Dan Santat, dogs, family, Fantasy & Magic, imagination, Minh Le, Pets, Play, Sarah Kurpiel, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:246 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Dan Santat, dogs, family, Fantasy & Magic, imagination, Minh Le, Pets, Play, Sarah Kurpiel, siblings ·
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Start your engines

The Princess and the Pit Stop by Tom Angelberger

August 16, 2018 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

In The Princess and the Pit Stop the use of the different fairy tale characters is clever, but overall it is the race Vanellope of Wreck it Ralph entered with every “twisted fairy tale pun” possible. Yet, Tom Angelberger can be forgiven for that as the book is just plain funny and well done. It is perfect for the four to eight-year-old crowd. Clever illustrations of Dan Santat with his signature style and great colors help this book to be a more fun read. It […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: adaptations, cars, Dan Santat, Fairy Tales & Folklore, princesses, racing, Tom Angelberger

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:312 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: adaptations, cars, Dan Santat, Fairy Tales & Folklore, princesses, racing, Tom Angelberger ·
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Elephant & Piggie Like Reading, Do you?

Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! - The Itchy Book! by Mo Willems

May 16, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The author behind the Elephant and Piggie books and the Pigeon of driving a bus fame books, (Mo Willems) has created a beginning reader series, Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! Each one is illustrated by a different popular children’s illustrator. Each book is a book that Elephant and Piggie are reading and not them as the main characters. One of those books is The Itchy Book! With the text by Willems (in his signature style) and the illustrations by Leuyen Pham this new series keeps […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Bryan Collier, Charise Meride Harper, Dan Santat, Laurie Keller, LeUyen Pham, Mo Willems

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:149 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Bryan Collier, Charise Meride Harper, Dan Santat, Laurie Keller, LeUyen Pham, Mo Willems ·
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