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Silly ol’ book

How a Bear Became a Book: The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh by Annette Bay Pimentel

October 21, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A clever ol’ story about a clever and silly ol’ bear is what you learn about in How a Bear Became a Book: The Collaboration That Created Winnie-the-Pooh. The pieces fit as if you’re reading a Winnie the Pooh story, the illustrations as if reading a WTP book and they come together to make a modern classic. It is less a “solid story” and more of a poetic telling of how a bear came into existence. Things are less hard facts but taking the facts […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry Tagged With: #writing, a. a. milne, Annette Bay Pimentel, Books, Ernest Howard Shepard, Faith Pray, literary, pooh bear, winnie the pooh

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:465 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: #writing, a. a. milne, Annette Bay Pimentel, Books, Ernest Howard Shepard, Faith Pray, literary, pooh bear, winnie the pooh ·
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My Joanna Ho kick

One Day by Joanna Ho

On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide? by Joanna Ho

October 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you know picture books and diverse picture books, you probably know Eyes That Kiss in the Corners and Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho. But do you know Say My Name or Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma? Or what about One Day or  On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei’s Art Is Changing the Tide? I have had the pleasure of reading them all (I was on a Joanna Ho kick recently, though have not […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Ai Weiwei, artist, Catia Chien, Children, Faith Pray, family, Joanna Ho, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:761 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Ai Weiwei, artist, Catia Chien, Children, Faith Pray, family, Joanna Ho, Social Themes ·
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