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Wear ya boots

Farm Boots by Lisl H. Detlefsen

December 29, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you have a shoe feetish, I mean fetish, then this is the boots for …. I mean book for you. Okay, Farm Boots by Lisl H. Detlefsen is not an adult book, but it does have some really cute boots for the characters to wear in this rhyming book.  Each person has a specific boot for a specific job and for lots of play. Here we see boots for mud, boots for puddles, boots for riding and boots for mucking out the stalls (make […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Farm Animals, Farm Life & Ranch Life, Lisl H. Detlefsen, Renee Kurilla, shoes & boots, Weather

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:644 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Farm Animals, Farm Life & Ranch Life, Lisl H. Detlefsen, Renee Kurilla, shoes & boots, Weather ·
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With a cheep cheep here and cheep cheep there

Five Fuzzy Chicks by Diana Murray

March 10, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Finding the right book at the right time is rarely easy, but it is fun. I was cleaning up some reader copies that got out of place and picked up Five Fuzzy Chicks.  Now, it had been a long month all week, I needed something to counter that and what I found was Diana Murray and Sydney Hanson’s picture book. This is a cute rhyming story that is perfect for a bedtime (or anytime). It follows five little chicks who are not ready for bed. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Bedtime & Dreams, Diana Murray, Farm Animals, Farm Life & Ranch Life, Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), Sydney Hanson

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:117 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Bedtime & Dreams, Diana Murray, Farm Animals, Farm Life & Ranch Life, Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), Sydney Hanson ·
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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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Whole New Meaning to Chicken Scratch

Chicken Talk by Patricia MacLauchlan

July 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Chicken Talk has such an interesting premise, it has very little middle ground for the “do I like it or not” category. It is one of those books you will love or hate. Therefore, if you like funny stories, or stories about families or about farms and especially about chickens you will probably like this. And if you are a fan of Patricia MacLauchlan as an author you will love this as it is her signature style all over the pages. Now, do you like […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Farm Life & Ranch Life, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Patricia MacLauchlan

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:256 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Farm Life & Ranch Life, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Patricia MacLauchlan ·
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Bowie and Sylive say it best: Just Dance

Just Dance by Patricia MacLachlan

April 11, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Patricia MacLachlan is an “old school” author or what I call a “grandparent friendly author” as nothing “bad” happens in the story. Sure, Sylvie Bloom gets sick near the end of the book, but nobody is worried she will die. Nor are there any drawn-out weeks of worrying. Even the “excitement” of the dog locked in a car really is not all that worrisome as you know that Sheriff Bud will miraculously save the day. Even Sylvie’s name, Bloom, is happy and a shadowing to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: family, Farm Life & Ranch Life, music, Patricia MacLachlan

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:119 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: family, Farm Life & Ranch Life, music, Patricia MacLachlan ·
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That’s Some Pig!

Business Pig by Andrea Zuill

November 7, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The cute illustrations of Andrea Zuill’s Business Pig do not quite make up for slightly weak story line. We have seen the “be yourself” and “good things” will come to you before. Yes, we have not seen it with a pig born in a business suit, likes charts and is very logical before, but we have seen it. Jasper, our lovable hero, is a “gen-u-WINE Business Pig!” And he knows that if he waits, tries some new advertising tricks as well as some tried and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Andrea Zuill, farm, Farm Life & Ranch Life, friendship

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:415 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Andrea Zuill, farm, Farm Life & Ranch Life, friendship ·
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