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Mangonificent tale

Farah Loves Mangos by Sarthak Sinha

January 18, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport Different Countries (author is from India & his travels have taken him “from the tropical rainforests to the high Himalayas where he makes children’s books from his tiny studio.”) This book, Farah Loves Mangos, has multiple feelings, but in the end, it becomes a little bittersweet. At first it seems like a lovely story of a young girl, her mangos, and her grandfather. I assumed we would have a symbolism story where the mango tree represents the grandfather, or how the tree is the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Adolescence & Coming of Age, CBR15Passport, family, grandfathers, Multigenerational, Sarthak Sinha, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Trees & Forests

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:44 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health · Tags: Adolescence & Coming of Age, CBR15Passport, family, grandfathers, Multigenerational, Sarthak Sinha, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Trees & Forests ·
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Don’t pick your nose, pick a book

Got Your Nose! by Alan Katz

December 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Let’s get it out of the way: If I had to pick a nose (book), I would pick this one. I can’t catch my nose, it’s too runny. I hope I don’t blow this review. Alan Katz did similar and a few more jokes inside the pages of Got Your Nose! The “you’re never too old for silly fun” is the center of the tale. When Becky’s grandfather Max makes a surprise visit, they sing and play music and end up on a surprise adventure: […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: Alan Katz, Alex Willan, family, grandfathers, grandparents, Imagination & Play, Multigenerational

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:637 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: Alan Katz, Alex Willan, family, grandfathers, grandparents, Imagination & Play, Multigenerational ·
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A boy and his crane

Love Made Me More by Colleen Rowan Kosinski

November 29, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A boy’s grandmother shows him how to make an origami crane. Then, the boy and that colorful crane become very good friends after that. All of this is told to us by the voice of the Crane. It tells us all the adventures the two of them have in Love Made Me More. Colleen Rowan Kosinski’s story allows us into the mind of a favorite toy. The boy of the story does all sorts of things with the paper Crane and finally starts to outgrow the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Colleen Rowan Kosinski, friendship, Multigenerational, origami

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:578 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health · Tags: Colleen Rowan Kosinski, friendship, Multigenerational, origami ·
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Grandmothers are special

Something about Grandma by Tania de Regil

July 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Julia goes to stay with her grandmother for the first time without her parents. And there is Something about Grandma and something about her house, the area she lives, the town and more. The things Julia does with her grandmother are different. They have sugar bread that is brought to them in a basket, that the lady delivery it places on her head.  There are different smells, colors and hot chocolate can cure homesickness. Her grandmother knows when Julia has picked limes from the garden, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmothers, grandparent, mexico, Multigenerational, Tania de Regil

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:353 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmothers, grandparent, mexico, Multigenerational, Tania de Regil ·
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Science & Nature & Grief & Love

With a Butterfly’s Wings by Pilar Lopez Avila

July 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is a sweet, but also somber, story of a grandmother and granddaughter and how they interact while observing the world around them.  It is a picture book of how a grandmother teaches a grandchild how to view the world, explore the world, and to appreciate nature and the animals and plants that reside in it. This is a poem and love letter. On the pages of With a Butterfly’s Wings we see how secrets, appreciation and love are passed along and how even when […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Bereavement, family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmother, grief, Jon Brokenbrow, Multigenerational, Pilar Lopez Avila, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Zuzanna Celej

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:348 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Bereavement, family, grandchildren, granddaughter, grandmother, grief, Jon Brokenbrow, Multigenerational, Pilar Lopez Avila, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Zuzanna Celej ·
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Relatable awesomeness

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega

July 1, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I will start with a controversial statement. I am not always a fan of the drawn natural hair look. For me, it does not “translate” well to the page. I feel something is lost from the “real look” verses the “page look.” However, in Frizzy Rose Bousamra really pulled it off. Marlene (our heroine) and her natural look is amazingly done. And Claribel A. Ortega’s story is equally wonderful. Now, I am not a Dominican middle school girl who has the same self-esteem issues s […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult Tagged With: Claribel A Ortega, Ethnic Orientation |, family, friends, Multigenerational, Rose Bousamra, self-esteem, Social Themes, United States - Hispanic & Latino

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:340 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Young Adult · Tags: Claribel A Ortega, Ethnic Orientation |, family, friends, Multigenerational, Rose Bousamra, self-esteem, Social Themes, United States - Hispanic & Latino ·
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