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Grandmothers are special

Something about Grandma by Tania de Regil

July 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Julia goes to stay with her grandmother for the first time without her parents. And there is Something about Grandma and something about her house, the area she lives, the town and more. The things Julia does with her grandmother are different. They have sugar bread that is brought to them in a basket, that the lady delivery it places on her head.  There are different smells, colors and hot chocolate can cure homesickness. Her grandmother knows when Julia has picked limes from the garden, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmothers, grandparent, mexico, Multigenerational, Tania de Regil

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:353 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmothers, grandparent, mexico, Multigenerational, Tania de Regil ·
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Science & Nature & Grief & Love

With a Butterfly’s Wings by Pilar Lopez Avila

July 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is a sweet, but also somber, story of a grandmother and granddaughter and how they interact while observing the world around them.  It is a picture book of how a grandmother teaches a grandchild how to view the world, explore the world, and to appreciate nature and the animals and plants that reside in it. This is a poem and love letter. On the pages of With a Butterfly’s Wings we see how secrets, appreciation and love are passed along and how even when […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Bereavement, family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmother, grief, Jon Brokenbrow, Multigenerational, Pilar Lopez Avila, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Zuzanna Celej

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:348 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Bereavement, family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmother, grief, Jon Brokenbrow, Multigenerational, Pilar Lopez Avila, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Zuzanna Celej ·
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What is your relationship with your grandfather?

Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai

April 19, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I find it amusing when I want to review an early/easy reader. After all, it is funny that a book that probably has less than 250 words needs a review of 250 words. Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai has a lot going on in it. There is the daughter/mother relationship. There is the granddaughter/grandfather relationship. And there is the culture relationship. You learn Gigi is biracial (Japanese mother, white father) by just seeing it. There is no HEY LOOK! I AM DIFFERENT yelling off […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: education themes, family, granddaughter, grandfathers, grandparents, Japanese culture & language, Melissa Iwai

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:158 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: education themes, family, granddaughter, grandfathers, grandparents, Japanese culture & language, Melissa Iwai ·
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