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Four books for the price of one review (and a lunch break filled with books)

The Peacock Who Howled with Jackals  by Nahid Kazemi

You Can't Tame a Tiger by Stephanie Ellen Sy

RJ and the Ticking Clock by Ian Duncan

Who Needs the Dark?: The Many Ways Living Things Depend on Darkness by Laura Alary

May 7, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The other day I found a few titles I was interested in via an email newsletter. When I looked them up to see if reader copies online were available, they had thumbnails of the images, but not the full  text. I read these introductions, but was hoping to find finished copies sometime in the future (as they are all summer and fall publications). The next day what to my wondering eyes did appear? It was eight tiny reindeer…. I mean, those four titles I had […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Asian, celebrations, darkness, earth science, environmental science, Fables, fathers, friendship, Ian Duncan, jackals, Julien Chung, Laura Alary, LGBTQ, lions, Nahid Kazemi, parents, Risa Hugo, school, Scot Ritchie, self-esteem, Social Themes, Stephanie Ellen Sy, Time

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:246 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Asian, celebrations, darkness, earth science, environmental science, Fables, fathers, friendship, Ian Duncan, jackals, Julien Chung, Laura Alary, LGBTQ, lions, Nahid Kazemi, parents, Risa Hugo, school, Scot Ritchie, self-esteem, Social Themes, Stephanie Ellen Sy, Time ·
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A book about nothing

Zero Zebras: A Counting Book about What’s Not There by Bruce Goldstone

February 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The concept of Zero Zebras: A Counting Book about What’s Not There at first was off putting and I expected something to happen that eventually, never did. Bruce Goldstone starts with the usual counting format. Therefore, the idea of 5 foxes or 10 tigers is not new, and even zero zebras is not a new concept. However, one most likely will assumes that by the end you will have a menagerie of animals and then the narrator will say, oh one zebra or 100 zebras […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Bruce Goldstone, Concepts, Julien Chung, math, Numbers, zero

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:72 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Bruce Goldstone, Concepts, Julien Chung, math, Numbers, zero ·
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