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The grandfather, the boy, the guitar and the song

The One About the Blackbird by Melanie Florence

June 13, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Bring the tissues when you read The One About the Blackbird by Melanie Florence and illustrator Matt James (read via an online reader copy, due later October 2025). This is a bittersweet story of the love of a grandson and grandfather and how the tables turn as time goes by, but music always pulls them together. The story is about how a young boy is always surrounded by music. One night he tells his grandfather he, too, wants to make music like his favorite song […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: arts, Diseases, family, grandfathers, grandsons, Illness, Matt James, Melanie Florence, multigeneration, music, Performing Arts

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:306 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: arts, Diseases, family, grandfathers, grandsons, Illness, Matt James, Melanie Florence, multigeneration, music, Performing Arts ·
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Tea for you and me

Tea with an Old Giant by Jane Yolen

May 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Sometimes when you find/see a book and/or title, you think it is one thing. You base that assumption on the cover image and/or the author and/or illustrator’s name. Or you base it even on other books you have recently read. And when you finally do read that book (I was lucky enough to have one of my book dealers send me a finished copy), they turn out to be different than expected. Now, a title called Tea with an Old Giant that has a giant […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: friendship, Jane Yolen, multigeneration, Paolo Domeniconi, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:240 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry, Religion · Tags: friendship, Jane Yolen, multigeneration, Paolo Domeniconi, Social Themes ·
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