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Archie Celebrates an Indian Wedding by Mitali Banerjee Ruths

Sami's Special Gift by M O Yuksel

December 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I love getting good surprise emails about books. Recently Charlesbridge Publishing sent me a link with new titles. There were several that talked about cultures that are not usually ones we see or know about. I jumped on in, read the 17 that were in English (a few were in Spanish) and found  these below. I admit, I made some assumptions about Archie Celebrates an Indian Wedding. Which, actually, I’m glad I did. I was able to learn from that, and that one should not assume; […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Religion, Romance Tagged With: celebrations, Eid al-Adha, family, holidays, homelessness, Huseyin Sonmezay., Indian wedding, M.O. Yuksel, Marriage, Mitali Banerjee Ruths, Parwinder Singh, Social Theme, Türkiye, wedding

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:881 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Religion, Romance · Tags: celebrations, Eid al-Adha, family, holidays, homelessness, Huseyin Sonmezay., Indian wedding, M.O. Yuksel, Marriage, Mitali Banerjee Ruths, Parwinder Singh, Social Theme, Türkiye, wedding ·
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A list of books are fun titles

Click V02 Camp by Kayla Miller

One Wish: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University by M.O. Yuksel

Invasion of the Unicorns by David Biedrzycki

The Last Straw by Zoe Matthiessen

November 24, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This list of books are fun titles that I am unable to write a full review of. Therefore, I am giving highlights of one graphic novel and three picture books. After you say, “a fun story of friends and summer camp” you have pretty much said it all about Click V02 Camp by Kayla Miller. I should add it is a graphic novel with the cover giving you pretty much all you need to know about the illustrations. They are colorful and funny. There is […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: conservation, David Biedrzycki, Fatima Al-Fihri, friendship, Kayla Miller, M.O. Yuksel, science, Zoe Matthiessen

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:392 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: conservation, David Biedrzycki, Fatima Al-Fihri, friendship, Kayla Miller, M.O. Yuksel, science, Zoe Matthiessen ·
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