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I was sad that I didn’t like this more.

October 11, 2018 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I was disappointed in this.  I thought I would like more of it, and perhaps I would if I were more caught up on my nursery rhymes.  I recognized some of them, and a few were quite clever, but there were some I couldn’t place. After reading another Halloween book that was more to my taste, this felt a little lacking. We start off in a festive mood with “Boys and Girls, Come Trick-or-Treat,” which is based on “Boys and Girls, Come Out to Play”. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Poetry Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, halloween, Nursery Rhymes, picture book, Rachel Kolar, Roland Garrigue

crystalclear's CBR10 Review No:31 · Genres: Children's Books, Poetry · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, halloween, Nursery Rhymes, picture book, Rachel Kolar, Roland Garrigue ·
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Thanks, CBR10 Bingo, for getting me to read a book I normally wouldn’t!

October 11, 2018 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

So the book I was going to read for this square is a bit longer than I was expecting, and perhaps more dense, so I “cheated” from my original plan and looked for a children’s book that would work!  As we’re in October, I looked for a Halloween book, because why not? So I came across Skeleton for Dinner by Margery Cuyler, purely because the author happens to live in my state.  So let’s see how it is! I quite like the artwork.  The witches […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, Children's, halloween, Margery Cuyler, picture book, Will Terry

crystalclear's CBR10 Review No:30 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, Children's, halloween, Margery Cuyler, picture book, Will Terry ·
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Trick or Treat smell my….yeah not going there…..

October 11, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Skelly’s Halloween would be the perfect book for the young Halloween crowd. They will enjoy the silly antics that go along with a sweet story of a skeleton that just wants to go trick-or-treating as he is only awake for this one day. And all he wants to do is to celebrate Halloween. However, he has an accident that just makes him go all to pieces! And well….it takes more than the all the kings horses and kings men to put Skelly back together again. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: David Martin, halloween, Lori Richmond

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:382 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: David Martin, halloween, Lori Richmond ·
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Some Ghouls Do

October 10, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Halloween. There is probably no better holiday. Okay, I am not into the spooky aspects of the day, but the fun and child-like qualities of the holiday is what get my spirit flying. And, of course, CANDY! And Stumpkin has all the fun of the holiday. This pumpkin is perfect: rounder than a basketball, more orange than a traffic cone, not any bad sides! However, he has one small flaw: he has a stump and not a steam. Therefore, nobody wants him to be their […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: emotions, halloween, Lucy Ruth Cummins, pumpkins, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:379 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: emotions, halloween, Lucy Ruth Cummins, pumpkins, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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When you need google eyes with your book

October 3, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Usually, I am not a Pout-Pout fish fan. However, I know that he is very popular and have recommended him to my customers many times. There is a certain charm about the books, but over all, it is lost on me. Yet, with Pout-Pout’s Halloween Faces by Deborah Diesen, I enjoyed it quite a bit. It is a fun and simple board book that I would have given to my nephews, cousins and other children I know as an anytime gift. The google-eyes are a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Dan Hanna, Deborah Diesen, fish, halloween

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:373 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Dan Hanna, Deborah Diesen, fish, halloween ·
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“Relax, silly chickens! It’s HALLOWEEN!”

October 1, 2018 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Halloween is the BEST holiday ever. Even better than my birthday and Christmas. And Eek! Halloween is a Sandra Boynton book, so ’nuff said. She is better than Halloween. Okay maybe I would not go that far, but I would go as far to say it might be hard to find a better combination for a Halloween book. Boynton’s funky chickens are at it again. They do not know what to do about the creepy events that are going on: “Witches, wizards, robots, and an […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: halloween, Holiday, Sandra Boynton

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:368 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor · Tags: halloween, Holiday, Sandra Boynton ·
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