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Buggies are cool

Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles by Mark Kurlansky

November 8, 2019 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles by Mark Kurlansky is this years Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill by Heather L. Montgomery for me. This is not because it has a similar theme nor is nearly as humorous as Montgomery’s book. But it does take a subject (bugs) that I have no interest in and made it interesting. I think buggies are cool, but I had no real interests in learning about them. But I liked the book cover. I figured I […]

Be connected to everything

Listen by Holly M. McGhee

October 23, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Listen by Holly M. McGhee is a spiritual and deep story. The reader can interpret the whom (the narrator) that is speaking as either an all-knowing narrator or it is plausible that the book is the child that we see in Pascal Lemaitre’s illustrations. Either interpretations make for interesting reading depending on your choice as both narrators are valid choices. The plot is to inspire empathy and to have us open all of ourselves, all our senses, to become aware of nature, of the world […]

Come on a trip across country

You are Home: An Ode to the National Parks by Evan Turk

May 31, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You are Home: An Ode to the National Parks by Evan Turk is an amazing picture book that boarders on an art book that captures the feelings, places, colors, animals and people of the national parks of the United States. It is a poetic story that has the reader flow across the pages seeing what makes the wild of the parks wild, bold and free. The authors afterwards cover not only the authors own personal journey and connection to the national parks he has had […]

If there is a whale, there is a way

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

Heartbeat by Evan Turk.

February 25, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was a bit disappointed with the end of Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly. I would have liked Iris (our hero of this adventure) to have done something other than what she did at the end. While it was understandable the choice she made (as her options both had valid arguments), her choice was in line with the theme of going out on a limb, out of our comfort zone and trying something new. Kelly has written a well written and fairly non-preachy […]

You might not agree with my view of hunting but hopefully will agree this is a good book

September 4, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

First, I will be right up front: I grew up in a family of hunters. My mother could outshoot my father when they meet/where first married. I grew up around guns. I was taught to respect them. If I had wanted to, I am sure my father would have taught me to shoot. I have seen animals displayed in ways many people would not approve of or could possible handle. Second, I am a proud meat eater. Have been all my life. And finally, I […]

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