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The grandfather, the boy, the guitar and the song

The One About the Blackbird by Melanie Florence

June 13, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Bring the tissues when you read The One About the Blackbird by Melanie Florence and illustrator Matt James (read via an online reader copy, due later October 2025). This is a bittersweet story of the love of a grandson and grandfather and how the tables turn as time goes by, but music always pulls them together. The story is about how a young boy is always surrounded by music. One night he tells his grandfather he, too, wants to make music like his favorite song […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: arts, Diseases, family, grandfathers, grandsons, Illness, Matt James, Melanie Florence, multigeneration, music, Performing Arts

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:306 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: arts, Diseases, family, grandfathers, grandsons, Illness, Matt James, Melanie Florence, multigeneration, music, Performing Arts ·
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Teeming tadpoles

Tadpoles by Matt James

April 18, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I wanted to like the book Tadpoles more than I did. Now, nothing was wrong with Matt James’ book, but it was not grabbing me. That might mean this story about a father and son and the day they spend together when exploring newly formed ponds and tadpoles, is one I need to read again as I missed something (I read too fast, concentrated too hard on text and not the big picture, etc.), or it can mean it is not for me. It is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Environment, fathers, Matt James, nature, parents, science

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:241 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Environment, fathers, Matt James, nature, parents, science ·
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