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I mean, Bicycle TUSH I get, but Bicycle Face?

Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face by Larissa Theule

December 28, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

On the surface, Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face is a book about a girl being taught to ride a bicycle by her brother. Looking deeper, Larissa Theule made a piece of history that shows a slice of what women did to gain many rights we take for granted today. The illustrations perfectly complement Theule’s text with the bold use of color and details (which there are a lot), showing multiple events all at once. This dual story by illustrations allow us to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Sports Tagged With: 1851-1899, Bicycle Face, Brothers and sisters, Girls & Women, Kelsey Garrity-Riley, Larissa Theule, New York (State), United States/19th Century

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:435 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Sports · Tags: 1851-1899, Bicycle Face, Brothers and sisters, Girls & Women, Kelsey Garrity-Riley, Larissa Theule, New York (State), United States/19th Century ·
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In a few months you too can love Poppy

A Way with Wild Things by Larissa Theule

January 31, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Because of the cover of A Way with Wild Things I was not sure about that little girl. Was she going to be funny? Smart? Something else? It looked like it could be fun, but how was the “wild” going to be presented? I quickly learned that this was a story about having a knack with nature, a story about a young girl who is a little anxious in the “real world” and finally how she might have been a wallflower once, but now she […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Larissa Theule, Science & Nature, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:44 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Larissa Theule, Science & Nature, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance ·
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