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Join Us Oct. 6-7 for the Banned Graphic Novels Book Club! Get Details  
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“I felt sad and a whole lot better at the same time:” Truly a Timeless Classic!

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

July 11, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I was really going wild at the bookstore over epistolary novels last week and picked up Dear Mr. Henshaw, a book I hadn’t read in a super long time (maybe 20 years?). Happy to say that it holds up and is just as wonderful as I remember! It’s always weird reading a book you read a lot as a kid and seeing it through the eyes of an adult. I was struck by how big the print is, which I didn’t remember at all, and it […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: an author story, beverly cleary, divorce, epistolary novel, learning to write, Letter writing

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:68 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: an author story, beverly cleary, divorce, epistolary novel, learning to write, Letter writing ·
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“You are only a prisoner when you surrender.” ― Tad Williams, Shadowplay

Letters to a Prisoner by Jacques Goldstyn

March 27, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Letters to a Prisoner created by Jacques Goldstyn and Angela Keenlyside is a wordless picture book. Normally, I would not review this type of book, but something tells me that this might be the format to recommend it. First, I will say that I did not like this book. I appreciate the message (Amenity International Write for Rights campaign is a worthy cause) but the way it was presented, without a single piece of story text (although there is some text when letters are finally […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History Tagged With: Amenity International Write for Rights, Angela Keenlyside, Jacques Goldstyn, Letter writing, Political prisoners, Social Themes, Stories without words, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:96 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History · Tags: Amenity International Write for Rights, Angela Keenlyside, Jacques Goldstyn, Letter writing, Political prisoners, Social Themes, Stories without words, Values & Virtues ·
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