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Be Yourself, everyone else is taken

Sinclair, The Velociraptor Who Thought He Was a Chicken by Douglas Rees

Millie Fleur's Poison Garden. by Christy Mandin

January 31, 2024 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

I cannot wait for July 2024 and these two books to officially come out. Both titles were read as online reader copies, and Douglas Rees and Christy Mandin have written two of my favorite reads (so far) of 2024. Rees has Sinclair, The Velociraptor Who Thought He Was a Chicken. Edna, the very first chicken, is hatching her very first eggs! And when her chicks are hatched, all the gals are lovely chickens. But there is one egg left, and when it hatches (even though […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health Tagged With: chickens, Christy Mandin, dinosaurs, Douglas Rees, friendship, Galia Bernstein, gardens, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:45 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: chickens, Christy Mandin, dinosaurs, Douglas Rees, friendship, Galia Bernstein, gardens, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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I’m called Little Buttercup, dear Little Buttercup

Buttercup the Bigfoot by Douglas Rees

January 22, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When Willa Cathcart Wilmerding must stop her nightly howling at the moon, she runs away from home. When in the mountains, she finds a bigfoot (who has enjoyed scaring hikers and decorating her cave with the things dropped/left behind by fleeing souls) the two find a kindred spirit in each other. Even if it gets off to a rocky start with said Bigfoot trying to scare Willa away. And said Bigfoot is named Buttercup, (and yes, I thought of the HMS Pinafore song, I’m Called […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Douglas Rees, friendship, Isabel Munoz

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:36 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Douglas Rees, friendship, Isabel Munoz ·
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