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A child named Jeffrey and one named Sam

Jeffrey Loves Blue by Lorretta Garbutt

Step by Step by Kat Boger

May 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was not going to pair these two picture books together, but then realized that even if I could do a 250 worded review on each, they have the similar theme of doing hard things, of stepping outside their comfort zone. The way each character does the hard thing is different, but good for today’s contemporary audience.  (Please note both titles were read via online reader copies). Both books would work well as a one-on-one read or for a classroom setting. At first, I thought […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: art, children with special needs, colors, Concepts, freindship, Hiroe Nakata, Kat Boger, Lily Snowden-Fine, Lorretta Garbutt, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:382 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: art, children with special needs, colors, Concepts, freindship, Hiroe Nakata, Kat Boger, Lily Snowden-Fine, Lorretta Garbutt, Social Themes ·
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Take a look, it’s in a book (or five)

My America by Karen Katz

Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep: Baaad Hair Day by Eric Barclay

One More Hug by Megan Alexander

Roly Poly by Mem Fox

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

November 4, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What do you do when you can’t write a review to fit your needed word count? You combine several together to let people know that there are some grand books out there, but trying to write over 200 words just is not going to happen with books only a 100 words themselves (if that). My America by Karen Katz: This is a nice book. It is cozy. It is sweet. It is comfortable. It talks about people from the POV of children. All (with one […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Eric Barclay, family, friendship, Hiroe Nakata, Jane Dyer, Karen Katz, Love, Megan Alexander, Mem Fox, Patrice Barton, siblings, Social Themes, Trudy Ludwig

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:350 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Eric Barclay, family, friendship, Hiroe Nakata, Jane Dyer, Karen Katz, Love, Megan Alexander, Mem Fox, Patrice Barton, siblings, Social Themes, Trudy Ludwig ·
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