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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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When One Book Closes, here are two others

Wild about Dads by Diana Murray

Little Monster Trucks GO! by Doug Cenko

I Will Dance by Nancy Bo Flood

December 16, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I cannot concentrate on long novels of late. When that happens (and occasionally it does), I turn to my picture books (hence why this is number 3 of a list of picture books today). No theme to these. Just three books I read, I liked and wanted to pass along to you. Wild about Dads  by Diana Murray (author), Amber Alvarez (illustrations) While I am giving this a 5, it is a 4.5 mostly because I wanted more! MORE dads and the things they do! […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Amber Alvarez, dads, dancing, Diana Murray, disabilities, Doug Cenko, family, friendship, Nancy Bo Flood, racing, Special Needs, trucks

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:405 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Amber Alvarez, dads, dancing, Diana Murray, disabilities, Doug Cenko, family, friendship, Nancy Bo Flood, racing, Special Needs, trucks ·
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Don’t hide your light under a bushel, darling.

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

March 7, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

(Title quote is from Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage) Aven Green has a pretty great life as a middle schooler in Kansas.  She plays on the soccer team, has a wonderful group of friends, is a creative writer, and plays the guitar. She also has no arms. She was born without them, though if anyone asks about it (and boy do they), she always has a wild tale to tell them about where they went and how. But her life is about to be upended: her […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: adoption, Arizona, Children, Children's Books, disabilities, Disability, diverse books, dusti bowling, kid lit, middle grade, theme park, we need diverse books, western

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:14 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: adoption, Arizona, Children, Children's Books, disabilities, Disability, diverse books, dusti bowling, kid lit, middle grade, theme park, we need diverse books, western ·
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Cerebral palsy, the sexiest of the palsies.

April 21, 2016 by narfna 2 Comments

Firstly, whether or not you end up reading Zach Anner’s book, it’s definitely worth a trip over to YouTube to check out some of his videos. (Might I recommend this one, this one, and this one?) The guy is goofy and slyly funny. It’s always a happy day when one of his videos shows up in my inbox. He’s the kind of guy who decides to create a video series where all he does is give people virtual high-fives. Often he’ll make a joke that […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, cerebral palsy, comedians, disabilities, essays, humor, narfna, Non-Fiction, oprah, youtube, zach anner

narfna's CBR8 Review No:63 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, cerebral palsy, comedians, disabilities, essays, humor, narfna, Non-Fiction, oprah, youtube, zach anner ·
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