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When Grandma Flies

The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen

June 22, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A child and their very loved grandmother have a unique bond in The Bird Feeder. Despite their ages, the two of them share common interests. They like to spend time together drawing and watching the bird feeder outside the grandmother’s window. But one day, the grandmother moves into hospice care and the child decides that things can be the same even if they are no longer in the same house. And they bring grandmothers birdfeeder to be outside her new window. Of course, one day […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: Andrew Larsen, Dorothy Leung, grandparents, grief, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:322 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: Andrew Larsen, Dorothy Leung, grandparents, grief, Social Themes ·
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Grandma’s story

When I Was a Fairy by Tom Silson

June 10, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Like I said, Nobrow Press is really getting my reading flowing. We have When I Was a Fairy. Like the grandfather and his high-seas tall tales in When I Was a Pirate by Tom Silson we now have a grandmother telling a fairy tale about her youth and when she flew and soared as a fairy. Now, I was okay with the story until the very end. It should have ended about three pages sooner or swapped those last three or so pages. However, it is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Ewa Poklewska-Koziello, frandmohters, grandparents, growing up, imagination, Social Themes, Tom Silson

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:286 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Ewa Poklewska-Koziello, frandmohters, grandparents, growing up, imagination, Social Themes, Tom Silson ·
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Word of the Day: Kindness

Can Sophie Change the World? by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

A Small Kindness by Stacy McAnulty

Hundred Feet Tall by Benjamin Scheuer

June 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Kindness is the word of the day. Or, at least, the word of the review. Sophie wants to give a gift for her grandfather. He says he does not want anything, but when she insists, he asks her to perform a good work and change the world (a mitzvah). She does not know how she can change the world. She is just a kid and not able to do big things. But when she tells her grandfather of the acts she did while trying to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: Aura Lewis, Benjamin Scheuer, family, friendship, grandparents, Jemima Williams, kindness, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, Stacy McAnulty, Stories in Verse (see, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:266 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: Aura Lewis, Benjamin Scheuer, family, friendship, grandparents, Jemima Williams, kindness, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, Stacy McAnulty, Stories in Verse (see, Values & Virtues ·
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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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Pickle Jars are not Just for Pickles anymore

The Planet in a Pickle Jar by Martin Staney

April 4, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Planet in a Pickle Jar almost has a “part one” and “part two” to it. You start off with the grandchildren of a grandmother saying their grandmother is dull, never laughs or talks until they show up. When they finally visit, they think her house is dull, the grandmother tells long tedious stories and things are boring. Of course, you see the artwork presenting everything as mysterious and boldly colored and overflowing with details. The second part is one day the grandmother is missing, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: environmental, grandparents, Martin Staney

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:136 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: environmental, grandparents, Martin Staney ·
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Bitter, Sweet, Love, Family

Hundred Years of Happiness by Thanhha Lai

April 4, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had many emotions and thoughts while reading Hundred Years of Happiness. I was wondering the nationality of the family (you learn Vietnamese) as I was curious where the food came from and where the traditional represented (colors are important to cultures and I was wondering why white was not used).  Then, I would become emotional as I realized this is not really a happy story, but a bittersweet one about the love of a grandchild and grandparents. And where one grandparent, the grandmother, is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Romance Tagged With: dementia, Emotions & Feelings, family, grandmother and granddaughters, grandparents, Kim Lien, Multigenerational, Nguyen Quang, Thanhha Lai, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander, Vietnam

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:134 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Romance · Tags: dementia, Emotions & Feelings, family, grandmother and granddaughters, grandparents, Kim Lien, Multigenerational, Nguyen Quang, Thanhha Lai, United States - Asian American & Pacific Islander, Vietnam ·
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