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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Getting your vroom on

Sarabeth's Garage by Melanie Florence and Nadia Alam

April 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Once again, I found a book that I almost did not read. I was going through online reader copy links and Sarabeth’s Garage by Melanie Florence popped up. It had a funny looking cover, realistic, but overly cartoon based. It was colorful and okay, but not “grabbing me.” Still I was looking at Sarabeth, on the cover, with a garage behind her. It wasn’t bad-looking, okay it definitely looked like this was going to be a “girl power, girls can do anything story” but was […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Business, Careers, cars, family, garages, Girls & Women, grandmothers, mechanics, Melanie Florence, Melanie Florence and Nadia Alam, Nadia Alam, Occupations, Transportation

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:106 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Business, Careers, cars, family, garages, Girls & Women, grandmothers, mechanics, Melanie Florence, Melanie Florence and Nadia Alam, Nadia Alam, Occupations, Transportation ·
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They made me happy

Tiny Garden: A Picture Book by Deborah Underwood

Baba Palooza: A Picture Book by A. D. Ghani

February 2, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Lunch one day was a slightly cold Caesar chicken wrap. Why? I mean I purchased it warm. Well, I thought I had lost my credit card. And after three really bad days, that would have been the brown icing (if ya know what I mean) on the cake. Therefore, I tore my purse apart. That took longer than expected as I have used said bag to be a catchall for things recently (several pens, a coffin shaped sticky note pad, tiny 3D Mickey Moused eared […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: A. D. Ghani, Deborah Underwood, Emigration & Immigration, Environment, family, fathers, flowers, Jax Chow, Nadia Alam, nature, parents, plants, refugees, science, Social Themes, taxis, values

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:32 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: A. D. Ghani, Deborah Underwood, Emigration & Immigration, Environment, family, fathers, flowers, Jax Chow, Nadia Alam, nature, parents, plants, refugees, science, Social Themes, taxis, values ·
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Great for the Holidays and Any Days

The House Without Lights: A glowing celebration of joy, warmth, and home by Reem Faruqi

December 6, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I don’t think I saw The House Without Lights: A glowing celebration of joy, warmth, and home by Reem Faruqi and illustrated by Nadia Alam on my online reading site. If I had, I didn’t remember seeing and/or saving it. But one day I had an email that said, “Here is a book we are promoting and we hope you consider reading it.” I said, “Why not?” and I found an online copy. That is not where this book journey ends though. I will be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Religion Tagged With: celebrations, community, decorations, dwelling, family, Fasts and Feasts, holidays, Home, Muslim, Muslim families, Nadia Alam, Reem Faruqi

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:582 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Religion · Tags: celebrations, community, decorations, dwelling, family, Fasts and Feasts, holidays, Home, Muslim, Muslim families, Nadia Alam, Reem Faruqi ·
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    What a lovely review of what sounds like a loving and beautiful book!
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