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Our father doesn’t go to church with us.

Monkeys by Susan Minot

April 12, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a kind of collection of short stories or more so a novel in story form from 1986. The set up is a group of children from a Catholic family in New England (the father and mother were a Harvard hockey star and figure skater respectively). The stories begins in the late 1960s with the middle child (more or less presumably our author) telling about the family structure. Each subsequent story is told by a third person narrator. The third person narrator was less […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: monkeys, susan minot

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:185 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: monkeys, susan minot ·
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Wild Baby doesn’t cover it.

Wild Baby by Cori Doerrfled

April 4, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Wild Baby by Cori Doerrfled is a cute story, but one that fell flat for me. As mentioned in other reviews, I am not a fan of the “comedy of errors” storyline, especially when it shows a child clueless to what is around them with that selfishness kids can have. The baby is carefree and the poor, haggard mother must save her willful child from literal death! Then, all the baby must do is say, “I am sorry” and all is forgiven. To me, this […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: apes, Baby Animals, Cori Doerrfled, Jungle Animals, monkeys, mothers, primates

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:109 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: apes, Baby Animals, Cori Doerrfled, Jungle Animals, monkeys, mothers, primates ·
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Mr. Monkey Books One and Two

July 26, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I was reading Mr. Monkey Bakes a Cake and Mr. Monkey Visits a School I was trying to figure out who Mr. Monkey reminded me of. I have never seen Mr. Bean, but that is what the publisher description says it is: Curious George meets Mr. Bean (which the Curious George reference was my first thought). It also has a classic Pink Panther tone to it. There is a narrator telling you story, the characters never speak, but only act and react to each […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: animals, Cooking & Food, Humorous Stories, Jeff Mack, monkeys, School & Education

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:277 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: animals, Cooking & Food, Humorous Stories, Jeff Mack, monkeys, School & Education ·
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