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I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea by Janice Milusich and Chris Raschka

June 13, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea is a lovely, poetic text and soft classical story that also has several modern takes. Author Janice Milusich’s text and Chris Raschka styled illustrations make up this familiar season’s story (we have a child who follows the seasons in the usual ways by talking about the sun, how things feel, colors and more) but this time there is a wonderful twist of having a visually impaired narrator. This narrator must experience these things differently, therefore seems to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: Chris Raschka, Concepts, Disability, Janice Milusich, Janice Milusich and Chris Raschka, People with disabilities, seasons, Senses & Sensation, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:303 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: Chris Raschka, Concepts, Disability, Janice Milusich, Janice Milusich and Chris Raschka, People with disabilities, seasons, Senses & Sensation, Social Themes ·
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We need some space….and humans to do our dirty work.

Last Pick V01 Last Pick by Jason Walz

Last Pick: V02 Born to Run by Jason Walz

May 11, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

You know this story. We have read it a hundred times: Aliens take over Earth, steal people for their own needs and eventually, humans decide to fight back. A few will die on both sides, but even more become heroes.  And there is nothing wrong with that. Especially since Last Pick and Last Pick: Born to Run by Jason Walz have a few new pieces of information. This is a science fiction and realism mixed together creation. There is the classic graphic novel format and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, Alien abduction, Brothers and sisters, Dystopian, Jason Walz, People with disabilities, Special Needs

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:173 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, Alien abduction, Brothers and sisters, Dystopian, Jason Walz, People with disabilities, Special Needs ·
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