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What have we learned in the past 80 years? (from publisher description)

Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen

October 7, 2025 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen and illustrated by Violeta Encarnación was a WOW book. It was not necessarily the story itself (though that is pretty wild) it was the way it was formatted that really made it work for me. It is a fantastic circular story that shows how history can repeat. But not only that, the text is repeated. We start with a young girl who is behind a fence in the 1940s. How she gets there, the thoughts and feelings she […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: 20th Century, 21st Century, family, Mia Wenjen, prejudices & racism, Social Themes, United States, Violeta Encarnación

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:436 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: 20th Century, 21st Century, family, Mia Wenjen, prejudices & racism, Social Themes, United States, Violeta Encarnación ·
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Put a little farm in your life

Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World by Mia Wenjen

January 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport Different genres (non-fiction/Sustainable agriculture for children)There is nothing like not being in the mood to read or to read the book you have in front of you. It colors your feelings about the book, to say the least, but it also makes an overall unsatisfying experience. I always feel like I have missed something when this happens. And I had a moment like that with Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World. I read it online as an Edelweiss reader copy. That […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Farm & Ranch Life, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Lifestyles / Farm & Ran, Mia Wenjen, People & Places, Robert Sae-Heng

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:51 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR15Passport, Farm & Ranch Life, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Lifestyles / Farm & Ran, Mia Wenjen, People & Places, Robert Sae-Heng ·
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