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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Messy handwriting doesn’t mean you can’t be an author

Abdul’s Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

May 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have read parts of Abdul’s Story off and on for a year now. Finally, I was able to find the finish copy and sink my teeth in. This story is how a young boy, Abdul, loves telling stories. But writing them is a lot harder. Besides, why write them down? Some stories are meant to be told. Yet, when an author comes to his class, a man who looks like Abul with his straight lines, and unscuffed shoes, he learns that there are many […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Diversity & Multicultural, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, neurodiversity, School & Education, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, story telling, Tiffany Rose

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:339 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Diversity & Multicultural, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, neurodiversity, School & Education, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, story telling, Tiffany Rose ·
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Names, family and two neat books

Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

The Gifts of Being Grand: For Grandparents Everywhere by Marianne Richmond

November 27, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A short (all of two books) list of picture books follows this paragraph. Wait, is it a list if it is only two? Anyway, both books would be good for gifts to different people. The first one is a great gift for a child and the second, for grandparents. Your Name is a Song talks about how it can be difficult for a child who has a name that is difficult to pronounce. Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow shows how one mother shows her child how beautiful her […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: African-American, Cultural, family, grandchildren, grandparents, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Luisa Urbie, Marianne Richmond, names, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:373 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: African-American, Cultural, family, grandchildren, grandparents, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Luisa Urbie, Marianne Richmond, names, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance ·
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Mommy’s Khimar is Lovely

May 3, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A young American-Muslim girl tells about her mother’s colorful khimars (or headscarf). She plays dress up in them (she is a princess, a mamma bird) and her mother shows her how to properly wear it as well. The girl talks about all the things she does. Just like any other child. She talks about a grandmother who does not go to the mosque, but is loved and is a member of her family. And she talks about her extended family in the mosque. She talks […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Religion Tagged With: Ebony Glenn, family, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Muslim

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:107 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Religion · Tags: Ebony Glenn, family, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Muslim ·
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