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Pancakes, britches and home

Pancakes for Findus (Findus and Pettson) by Sven Nordqvist

The Van Buren Sisters vs. the Pants Police by J.F. Fox

A Garden Called Home by Jessica J. Lee and Elaine Chen

January 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Picture books are a great way to read books and have fun as well. You not only read a book (and can read several in a day: Think of a tailor and some flies and “seven in one blow”), but you can learn something. Like how to make pancakes out of your pants, or what britches are, and even that some plants need snow to help them grow. And not only that, you can just have a delightful story you can solo read or read […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Sports Tagged With: Addie Van Buren, Cats, Elaine Chen, emigration & immigrations, family, farmers, friendship, Gussie Van Buren, J.F. Fox, Jessica J. Lee, Jessica J. Lee and Elaine Chen, nature, Sisters, Sven Nordqvist, Women's History

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:43 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Poetry, Sports · Tags: Addie Van Buren, Cats, Elaine Chen, emigration & immigrations, family, farmers, friendship, Gussie Van Buren, J.F. Fox, Jessica J. Lee, Jessica J. Lee and Elaine Chen, nature, Sisters, Sven Nordqvist, Women's History ·
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Just Walk Forward

Last Flight by Kristen Mai Giang

November 7, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

From Publisher Description of Last Flight by Kristen Mai Giang: On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon’s surrender to the North Vietnamese Army.  I was a few months old in April, therefore, I obviously have no memory of this happening. However, when I learned that the war was still basically going and I was alive for it, it was an eye opener. I had always heard about the Vietnam […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History Tagged With: Asia, Dow Phumuruk, emigration & immigrations, family, Kristen Mai Giang, politics, refugees, Saigon, Social Themes, Transportation, Vietnam, war

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:801 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History · Tags: Asia, Dow Phumuruk, emigration & immigrations, family, Kristen Mai Giang, politics, refugees, Saigon, Social Themes, Transportation, Vietnam, war ·
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