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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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This review happened because around 20 years ago a grandmother gave her grandson a banana to eat….

Benny the Bananasaurus Rex by Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen

December 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not sure when I found the magnet of a kid (it was at least a year or two ago), in a dinosaur suit and eating bananas, on my desk. The coworker who left it said it reminded her of me. I wasn’t insulted, I knew she meant it as a compliment, but she did clarify it was a good thing. I also felt it was perfect for me as my middle nephew used to (maybe still does, he hasn’t said) love bananas (and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: banana, Emma Pedersen, family, imagination, Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, Sarabeth Holden, Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:618 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: banana, Emma Pedersen, family, imagination, Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, Sarabeth Holden, Sarabeth Holden and Emma Pedersen ·
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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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