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Roscoe & Ivy stories

The Clean-Up Monster (Roscoe & Ivy) by Eleni Tassopoulous and Danamarie Hosler

My Dinosaur Shoes (Roscoe & Ivy) by Eleni Tassopoulous and Danamarie Hosler

December 30, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My Barefoot Press dealer gave me several books recently. Between them and an older package I  had just gotten to, I was in deep with board books. Now, I was not the audience for Eleni Tassopoulous’s Roscoe & Ivy series, but I grew to appreciate them. The Clean-Up Monster (Roscoe & Ivy) is illustrated by Danamarie Hosler. This is, without any background, chunky to read. There was something off to it. My first thought was that it was a translation. But research showed (and my […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Danamarie Hosler, Eleni Tassopoulous, Eleni Tassopoulous and Danamarie Hosler, family, neurodivergent children, siblings, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:571 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Danamarie Hosler, Eleni Tassopoulous, Eleni Tassopoulous and Danamarie Hosler, family, neurodivergent children, siblings, Social Themes ·
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Picture book round up part… I’ve lost count

The Mighty Pollinators by Helen Frost

Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day by Jolene Gutierrez

Steve Irwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegar

July 28, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Helen Frost will have a new pollen book at the end of March-early April 2024 called The Mighty Pollinators. No, this is not a book and/or graphic novel about a new DC or Marvel movie of superheroes, but it is a book about the critters, insects, buggies, and even the wind, and how they make your garden, flowers, and more, grow. This is all done with fairly shorter poems that allow for the facts to be presented, but also in a fun and quick manner. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Angel Chang, animals, Australia, Emotions & Feelings, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Flowers & Plants, Helen Frost, inscets, Jolene Gutierrez, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegar, nature & science, neurodivergent children, Rick Lieder, Social Themes, Sonny Ross, Steve Irwin, zoos

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:557 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Angel Chang, animals, Australia, Emotions & Feelings, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Flowers & Plants, Helen Frost, inscets, Jolene Gutierrez, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegar, nature & science, neurodivergent children, Rick Lieder, Social Themes, Sonny Ross, Steve Irwin, zoos ·
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