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House and home

The House That Floated by Guojing

March 17, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Inclusion, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge I find it amusing  when I “read” a wordless picture book. And as a result, I am amused  when I try to write any kind of review about it. After all, I am/would be writing literally more words than the book has. Oh sure, the cover has the title: The House That Floated. And the author and/or illustrator (in this case they are both): Guojing.  It then has all the “legal publishing things” like the printing and/or edition and where […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, family, Guojing, Inclusion, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:152 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, family, Guojing, Inclusion, Social Themes ·
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Read the illustrations

Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home by Guojing

Explorers by Matthew Cordell

December 6, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Wordless picture books are an odd genre. After all, what did the author mean to say with his/her story? Do they want you to make up their own story? But there always is a publisher description about the book. Did the author tell them that? Therefore, I tend to ignore any story and see how the illustrations come out. And in Stormy: A Story about Finding a Forever Home you have a basic story line that pretty much everyone can agree on as well as […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Guojing, Matthew Cordell

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:517 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Guojing, Matthew Cordell ·
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