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Nobody is Skating on Thin Ice

Wei Skates On by Nathan Chen

Pop’s Perfect Present by Corey Finkle

November 20, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While I am still trying to clean up my older reader copies from my online list, I have found a few new ones as well. And the below tiles came out earlier in 2023, which I read via online reader copy. And both are fun books that fit today’s themes with diverse characters and a single parent.  Do you like to ice skate? Wei in Wei Skates On really likes it. In fact, so much they started as a toddler and by almost double numbers […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Sports Tagged With: Corey Finkle, family, fathers, ice skater, Ice Skating, Lenny Wen, Lorraine Nam, mothers, Nathan Chen, Olympic, presents, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:818 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Sports · Tags: Corey Finkle, family, fathers, ice skater, Ice Skating, Lenny Wen, Lorraine Nam, mothers, Nathan Chen, Olympic, presents, Social Themes ·
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Look up….all the way up….. and the stars will tell you a story about a curious boy

Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars by Jenifer Berne

March 27, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not a fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson mostly because I am unfamiliar with his work (and I have heard rumors about a less-than-friendly personality). However, putting aside any bias I might have, I tackled Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars as if it was any other book. After all, Jenifer Berne’s book did not interest me because of the subject, but because of Lorraine Nam’s illustrations. Paper artist Lorraine Nam’s cover is fascinating. The bold color of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: astronomy, biogrpahy, Jenifer Berne, Lorraine Nam, Neil deGrasse Tyson, science, technology

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:94 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: astronomy, biogrpahy, Jenifer Berne, Lorraine Nam, Neil deGrasse Tyson, science, technology ·
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