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She’s an inspiration

Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medin

February 13, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have read about women who ran in skirts because it was more modest. People who ran barefooted. And athletes who honor their religion by wearing a hajib. And yes, these things are controversial, but also amazing and inspiring. And Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez is also inspiring. Ramirez is from an extremely impoverished area of Mexico. But due to the life her people lead,  they are able to build up the strength and stamina required to […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Belen Medin, Indigenous Peoples, Lorena Ramírez, Marathon running, mexico, Natalia Rojas Castro, running, women, women runners

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:94 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Belen Medin, Indigenous Peoples, Lorena Ramírez, Marathon running, mexico, Natalia Rojas Castro, running, women, women runners ·
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And I thought my dad had some CRAZY recipes

Old Clothes for Dinner?! by Nathalie Alonso

September 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Magaly loves her grandmother (newly living with her family) from Cuba. She loves her grandmother’s Cuban dishes. She loves speaking Spanish with her grandmother. But when she asks her grandmother what is for dinner one day, she gets the answer of “ropa vieja.” Which she understands to mean (in her decent, but second language, Spanish) Old Clothes for Dinner?! And since she cannot find her favorite sweater, nor her brother his favorite striped shirt (loved and worn so much there are holes in them) well, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: Cuba, family, grandmothers, Multigenerational, Natalia Rojas Castro, Nathalie Alonso, United States - Hispanic & Latino

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:660 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: Cuba, family, grandmothers, Multigenerational, Natalia Rojas Castro, Nathalie Alonso, United States - Hispanic & Latino ·
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