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Follow the Flyway: The Marvel of Bird Migration. by Sarah Nelson

Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman by Emma Carlson Bene

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo Take Flight: The first book has birds literally migrating and the second a young girl flies above her “lot in life” I was in the mood for something different the other day and I found a science and history selection in the picture book format. There is a lot going on, therefore one future publication (though I did have a physical reader copy) and one current book will need to have multiple reads. August 2023 is a busy month for books. And one of […]

Beyond the Himalaya Mountains

A Girl in the Himalayas by David Jesus Vignolli

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Environmental issues and man’s greed, pain, actions, and fear are countered by a young girl, Vijaya, and her new family and new friends of the other realm in this graphic novel. A Girl in the Himalayas has a unique feel. At first you get the feeling of the scene in the animated Disney move, Mulan, when the village was attacked, and the doll of the little girl is found. You then get a feeling of a child who has been orphaned and is raised by […]

You can be kind too

May 14, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I Am Enough by debut collaborators Grace Byers and Keturah A. Bobo is a story of self-confidence and kindness for girls everywhere. They show girls of all backgrounds and colors. I would have liked to have seen both girls and boys laughing, singing, running races together. But with that said it is a lovely book with even more lovely illustrations. Meant for a younger audience to have it read to them, the slightly older reader could read it to a younger sibling. In Digger and […]

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on Too Old for This- Geriatric serial killers rock!
I really enjoyed this! More little old lady shenanigans: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good & its sequel...
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on A family can be two sisters, one of those sister’s descendants, two other sisters, a magic whale, a sentient island, an omnipotent museum, and academic papers
Made a mistake - there's no 'the' in the title. And the book had me at the cover too.
Emmalita
on A family can be two sisters, one of those sister’s descendants, two other sisters, a magic whale, a sentient island, an omnipotent museum, and academic papers
You had me at the cover, and then everything else you said.
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on Dog Days Are Over, Bitches
definitely some healing from religious trauma! And, Saved! is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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on Library Week! Show us Your Library Joy
I meant to visit museums using library passes (so $5 admission for one museum and $15 admission to another museum)...

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