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A Hippo Walks into a Zoo

Hippopotamister by John Patrick Green

May 3, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When Red Panda leaves the broken zoo, in Hippopotamister by John Patrick Green, he comes back every so often to tell Hippo how wonderful the outside world is. And Hippo enjoys these visitations until one day Hippo is not content to just listen to the stories, he wants to leave and find a wonderful job for himself, like Red Panda has had so many off (and yes, folks, Hippo is a sweet, naïve lug of a hippo and did not see the red flags). And […]

Kittens and cute

Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kittens by John Patrick Green

April 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had read the book Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kittens by John Patrick Green in the “picture book” format and like this smaller “novel” format better. It helps it to be geared towards the age it is meant for (at least 6 and up, but younger can be read to). The larger picture book size is great for being able to “hold on to” it but it does deter some older readers. This format makes it look like a “big kids” book and […]

See ya later, criminals!

Investigators by John Patrick Green

November 15, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Investigators is the first book in a new series by John Patrick Green; who as an author and as an illustrator is busy! He has (so far) The Kitten Construction Company series (currently two books), Hippopotamister (a solo tale) and now the Investigators (book two is planned for a year from now). There are a lot of puns, obvious jokes and toilet humor (literally as they travel the city by flushing themselves through toilets). There are multiple mysteries for this Get Smart meets The Man […]

A saucer of milk…. and keep ’em coming!

Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kitten by John Patrick Green

October 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Awww kittens are soooo cute! They just snuggle up on the pages and just are…cute! They are fluffy and adorable and sweet and look so cute in their hardhats. Must post to social media. Never mind that these kittens in Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kittens by John Patrick Green are architects, plumbers, electricians and more. These kittens know how to build! They know how to light things up! They know how to plumb the plumbing! Never mind how cute they are… just take them […]

narfna on Cannonballing with an excellent but very intense mystery/thriller.Thanks! And yes, this is not a Malin book. It's very very good but I think your parental instincts would give you some trouble.
narfna on Cannonballing with an excellent but very intense mystery/thriller.I still love that book! This one is just as well written but different aims, I think.
narfna on Cannonballing with an excellent but very intense mystery/thriller.He handles so many tough subjects so well.
narfna on How many legs do I have?You're making me want to read it again!
Malin on A Russia I Never KnewThis book has been on my TBR list for a while. It sounds really good.

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A Hippo Walks into a Zoo

Kittens and cute

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A saucer of milk…. and keep ’em coming!

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