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A week of family

Family Poems for Every Day of the Week : Poemas familiares para cada dia de la semana by Francisco X. Alarcón

May 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have been holding onto over 1000 emails that have at least one online reader copy. At least one of those had four. I was skimming the titles, looking at the links… nope nope nope…. Delete, save, nope nope, next time…. Until I came to  Family Poems for Every Day of the Week : Poemas familiares para cada dia de la semana.  The other books were a mix of genres, but this said “Poems.” Okay, that is what I need. Something short and hopefully fun. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: bilingual, days of week, family, Francisco X. Alarcón, Hispanic & Latino, Maya Gonzalez, Multigenerational, Spanish & English

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:228 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: bilingual, days of week, family, Francisco X. Alarcón, Hispanic & Latino, Maya Gonzalez, Multigenerational, Spanish & English ·
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Joyful

Joyful Song: A Naming Story  by Leslea Newman

 I Can Be... Me! by Leslea Newman

October 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In honor of Banned Book Week 2023 celebrations (or as one article called it, a Call to Arms), I wanted to read a banned book a day. Which, of course, means my precious picture books would help me fill my goal. One of the lists I had, however, was filled with books from 2000 to a few years ago (and was Canadian, but of course, counts in my book) and I would not have easy access to some of them. Therefore, I figured my goal needed tweaking. When […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Religion, Romance Tagged With: family, Holidays & Celebrations, Imagination & Play, Leslea Newman, Maya Gonzalez, names, New Baby, siblings, Social Themes, Susan Gal

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:713 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Religion, Romance · Tags: family, Holidays & Celebrations, Imagination & Play, Leslea Newman, Maya Gonzalez, names, New Baby, siblings, Social Themes, Susan Gal ·
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