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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Two birds and a star

A Book, Too, Can Be a Star: The Story of Madeleine L'Engle and the Making of a Wrinkle in Time by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Jennifer Adams

Waverly Braves the Breeze: The Story of a Galapagos Albatross (Friendship Books for Kids, Kids Book about Fear) by Samantha Haas

The Penguin of Ilha Grande: From Animal Rescue to Extraordinary Friendship by Shannon Earle.

August 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I enjoy a good picture book round up. I wanted to include a theme, it could have been, I read all these books online, but decided two birds and a star, was in my (not so) humble opinion, a great theme. Why am I so not-humble? Well, one should stand up for what they believe, be strong in their opinions Like Madeleine L’Engle was. And we see that in A Book, Too, Can Be a Star: The Story of Madeleine L’Engle and the Making of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction Tagged With: Adelina Lirius, animals, birds, Charlotte Jones Voiklis, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Jennifer Adams, Española Island, Galapagos, Jennifer Adams, Madeleine L'Engle, Renato Alarcao, Rosie Eve, Samantha Haas, Science & Nature, Shannon Earle, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:566 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction · Tags: Adelina Lirius, animals, birds, Charlotte Jones Voiklis, Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Jennifer Adams, Española Island, Galapagos, Jennifer Adams, Madeleine L'Engle, Renato Alarcao, Rosie Eve, Samantha Haas, Science & Nature, Shannon Earle, Social Themes ·
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The thing was: One million years ago, back in 1986 A.D., Guayaquil was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador.

Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

February 14, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I was one of those teenage boys who read the crap out of Kurt Vonnegut (along with Stephen King, William Sleator, and a few others). This one is one my brother owned, and I recall trying to read it at some point and it just not taking. I’ve read it now, and from Vonnegut’s weird (but still good) 80s output, I think this one really stands out for its richness and inventiveness. We are told in the first […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Galapagos, kurt vonnegut

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:69 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Galapagos, kurt vonnegut ·
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