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Move over Tiny Rex! The Big Predators are in town!

Mega-Predators of the Past by Melissa Stewart

January 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

“Dinosaurs? What is that? Something you put ointment on?” You will say after reading, Mega-Predators of the Past. Those (as the book says, but honestly, I agree with) scene stealing dinosaurs are nothing compared to the real predators of history. From the smallest (great scorpions and griffenflies (a really large dragonfly-like being) at 28 inches) to the largest (the over 100-foot blue whale) you will see the great creatures. Melissa Stewart gives us as it was. Or, in the case of the blue whale, how […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Melissa Stewart, Predatory animals, Prehistoric animals, Science & Nature, zoology

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Melissa Stewart, Predatory animals, Prehistoric animals, Science & Nature, zoology ·
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Want Chocolate? Get a Monkey.

No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart

February 5, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you know how chocolate is made? It is made by monkeys. No, really! Melissa Stewart and Allen Young say so in No Monkeys, No Chocolate. Let me explain about how this book shows you that. There are three parts of the book: The first is the basic story about how cocoa beans become chocolate. The second part is a paragraph underneath it is simple sentence going into more detail about that creature or plants role in creating cocoa trees/cocoa beans. Finally, the third part […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Agriculture |, Allen Young, chocolate, Cocoa processing, Diseases and pests, Melissa Stewart, Nicole Wong

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:62 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction · Tags: Agriculture |, Allen Young, chocolate, Cocoa processing, Diseases and pests, Melissa Stewart, Nicole Wong ·
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