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Dance Dance Dance….

Emma & Capucine, Volume 1 by Jérôme Hamon and Lena Sayaphoum

September 18, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While I enjoyed reading the two parts that are inclined in  Emma & Capucine, Volume 1 by Jérôme Hamon and Lena Sayaphoum, I was not able to be WOWed by it. There is nothing new to the events or thoughts happening. However, it is still a nice coming of age story Part One. We deal with growing apart from an older sibling, dealing with a dream not happening, finding new dreams, parents learning to support rather than push for themselves, and jealousy. There are at […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: ballett, coming-of-age, Coming-of-age comics, Dance, family, France, friendship, hip-hop dance, Jérôme Hamon, Jérôme Hamon and Lena Sayaphoum, Lena Sayaphoum, manga, mothers, paris, Paris (France), Performing art, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:409 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: ballett, coming-of-age, Coming-of-age comics, Dance, family, France, friendship, hip-hop dance, Jérôme Hamon, Jérôme Hamon and Lena Sayaphoum, Lena Sayaphoum, manga, mothers, paris, Paris (France), Performing art, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes ·
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What’s the name of that song?

The Music of Life by Louis Thomas

March 11, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Picture books are fun. You can read a book and finish it in a few minutes. You can feel like you accomplished something. You can learn things that you would not necessarily have been exposed to, because it is a “tough subject” but when it is “summarized” to be accessible to a younger crowd you can say, “OH NOW I get it…” (I am looking at you School House Rock. Okay that is a TV show, but the same concept.) But with The Music of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Cats, City & Town Life, Composition (Music), Louis Thomas, music, nature, Paris (France), Performing Arts, Sound

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:121 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Cats, City & Town Life, Composition (Music), Louis Thomas, music, nature, Paris (France), Performing Arts, Sound ·
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