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Food and Folks

Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya

January 6, 2022 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

A local school was purchasing a few titles for their library. I was unaware of the picture books Dumplings for Lili and La Princessa and the Pea. Therefore, I gave them a quick peak when they came in. Both were two of the sweetest books I have read all year! (Okay, got the year joke out early.) These two books are a modern fairytale and a reimaging of a classic. Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai is a lovely, illustrated book about a young girl […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: cultures, families, folktale, friendship, grandmothers, Melissa Iwai, Princess and the Pea, spanish, Susan Middleton Elya

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: cultures, families, folktale, friendship, grandmothers, Melissa Iwai, Princess and the Pea, spanish, Susan Middleton Elya ·
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Go Nutcracker! Go!

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: The Graphic Novel by Natalie Andreson

February 22, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Having never read the original version of The Nutcracker, I only have various (mostly cartoon) movie imagery to reference. Therefore, I am not sure how close to the text in this book is to that original story. But The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: The Graphic Novel is a version that seems to follow what I know from the movies. Whether it is good, or close or something altogether other, that is up to the reader. Natalie Andreson has the basics of E. T. A. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: christmas, E.T.A. Hoffmann, family, folktale, imagination, Natalie Andreson, siblings, The Nutcracker, Uncles & Godfathers

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:92 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Romance · Tags: christmas, E.T.A. Hoffmann, family, folktale, imagination, Natalie Andreson, siblings, The Nutcracker, Uncles & Godfathers ·
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Sugar, Spice, and Things that go Bump in the Night

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

December 30, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Helen Oyeyemi is an expert in pulling back the cobwebs from the old trunk in the attic, shaking out the goods within, and daring you to take a good strong look. She weaves familiar fairly tales with Yoruba folktales, inter-generational family strife, and good old fashioned 21st century anxiety. In her most recent novel, Gingerbread, she leaves spicy breadcrumbs of Hansel and Gretel, the Gingerbread Man, and many other traditional tales. I was also strongly reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Orsinian Tales. Oyeyemi’s characters present […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: coming-of-age, fable, fairy tale retelling, family, folktale, gingerbread man, hansel and gretl, Helen Oyeyemi, magical realism, secrets

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: coming-of-age, fable, fairy tale retelling, family, folktale, gingerbread man, hansel and gretl, Helen Oyeyemi, magical realism, secrets ·
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Are you Never Satisfied?

Never Satisfied by Dave Horowitz

September 10, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Never Satisfied: The Story of the Stonecutter by Dave Horowitz is a folktale about learning to be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. The Stonecutter is a good stonecutter, but it is hard work and is not satisfied with what he has. He thinks there must be something better. And there is! Being a business man sipping tea. But then he sees something else he wants even more….and after each wish he gets what he wants, but still is not satisfied. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Dave Horowitz, Emotions & Feelings, Fantasy & Magic, folktale

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:347 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Dave Horowitz, Emotions & Feelings, Fantasy & Magic, folktale ·
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