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New York Times Book Review told us:

Just Because by Mac Barnett

I Miss My Grandpa by Jin Xiaoling

The Famer by Abadia Ximo

December 13, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

New York Times Book Review told us a few months back what their 67th annual list of Best Illustrated Children’s Books for 2019 was. I picked up one or two here and there and today I found myself reading three. My “like” of Just Because by Mac Barnett comes from Isabelle Arsenault’s illustrations. They are simple, with a lack of a traditional color, but the details are far from simplistic. The story (a child asking all the questions even many adults want to know) is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Abadia Ximo, Bedtime & Dreams, Bereavement, Death, family & freinds, Farm Life & Ranch Life, grief, Isabelle Arsenault, Jin Xiaoling, Mac Barnett, Multigenerational, Social Themes, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:535 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Abadia Ximo, Bedtime & Dreams, Bereavement, Death, family & freinds, Farm Life & Ranch Life, grief, Isabelle Arsenault, Jin Xiaoling, Mac Barnett, Multigenerational, Social Themes, Values & Virtues ·
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