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The sportswriter in granny glasses

Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy

November 30, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is BlackRaven reporting on Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber by Sue Macy and illustrated by C. F. Payne. And I would like to say READ THIS BOOK! Okay, so you might want to know why. And the why is Because I said so! And it is a good book about a woman in sports that we do not know of and is (in my not so humble opinion) more important than the sports players themselves. Because if Mary Garber […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 20th Century, C.F. Payne, Mary Garber, Media Studies, North Carolina, sports, sports writing, Sue Macy

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:579 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 20th Century, C.F. Payne, Mary Garber, Media Studies, North Carolina, sports, sports writing, Sue Macy ·
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Cindy’s Passion and probably the shortest title I will ever read

Cub by Cynthia L. Copeland

February 26, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Cub first came on my radar when our events person in our sister store said she had to order several copies of this book for an event they were doing. I looked up Cynthia L. Copeland’s book and say it was going to be a cute, middle-school (ages 8/9 to 14) book. I did not notice the choice of clothing until after I read it about a month later (or last night). Cub is a familiar coming of age story (dealing with family, friends, school, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Cynthia L. Copeland, friends, Media Studies, Reporters and reporting, Schools

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:106 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Cynthia L. Copeland, friends, Media Studies, Reporters and reporting, Schools ·
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