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Read Me, Now!…. Please

A Star Explodes: The Story of Supernova 1054 by James Gladstone

We're Not Weird: Structure and Function in the Animal Kingdom by Michael Garland

October 23, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I just want to write a list of books labeled with the title: Read Me, Now! The two books below are those kinds of books. You should read them not because I say so, but because they are good (of course, my saying so alone should really be enough!) All titles were read via online reader copies.  A Star Explodes: The Story of Supernova 1054 is a story about a supernova. The poetic telling James Gladstone creates shows us the life and times from when […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Exploration & Discovery, James Gladstone, Michael Garland, People & Places, Science & Nature, space, Supernova 1054, technology, Yaara Eshet, zoology

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:764 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Exploration & Discovery, James Gladstone, Michael Garland, People & Places, Science & Nature, space, Supernova 1054, technology, Yaara Eshet, zoology ·
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A Season of Flowers

April 4, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Amazon’s description of a Season of Flowers by Michael Garland starts off with the listing of the different flowers (Snowdrops and crocuses yield to tulips…) brings out the song “A few of my favorite things” loudly in my minds ear. The book itself brings out the inner artist eye. As well as the inner poet. And while this book many not become one of my favorite things, it is well up there in the “I like this a lot” category. From Spring to Summer to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: flowers, Michael Garland

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:64 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: flowers, Michael Garland ·
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Daddy Played the Blues

April 4, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There are a few books that have that OMG starting sentence.  Daddy Played the Blues has one with: “I was six years old the day we left the farm in Mississippi,” Our heroine Cassie is not really the focus of the book. But Music is. Blues music in fact. In a fiction format we learn about a family that packed up everything they owned in their truck with her Daddy, Uncle and Mama in the front and Cassie and her two brothers in the back. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Michael Garland, music

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:62 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Michael Garland, music ·
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