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A Best Illustrated book for the Adults

Small in the City by Sydney Smith

November 13, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Be in the right mind frame when you are reading Small in the City. As, frankly, Sydney Smith created a downright depressing story. At first you think the narrator is talking to you the reader about how they, the narrator is small, and you the reader are small, too. Therefore, being in the city can be a scary thing if you are not used to it. Then perhaps you think maybe the child is speak to a bird, or even a homeless person due to the tricks and suggestions that are made (how to find a warm spot, who will […]

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11/13/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No: 477 |
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| Tags: City & Town Life, Pets, Sydney Smith | Category: Children's, Fiction | 0 Comments

One Zombie Goldfish vs. One Vampire Cat: Round One

The Fintastic Fishsitter (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish) by Mo O’Hara

October 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As previously stated, I am not always a remake fan. And while The Fintastic Fishsitter (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish) is not a remake per say, it is a retelling of the story. First it is the timeless Tweety vs. Sylvester. Cat vs Dog. It is the “good vs evil” story. Only told as a Vampire Cat and Zombie Goldfish. Different, but done before. Also, Mo O’Hara’s Zombie Goldfish is in a picture book format this time (part of the remake). Not having read O’Hara’s My big Fat Zombie Goldfish novel stories, I am going to assume that the humor […]

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10/3/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No: 405 |
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| Tags: animals, Mo O’Hara, Pets | Category: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction | 0 Comments

To Build or Not to…. Nah! Just to Build!

In Made by Maxine by Ruth Spiro

Builder Brothers: Big Plans by Jonathan and Drew Scott

June 26, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In reverse alphabetical order, this review covers two different books about building, about trying and not giving up. In Made by Maxine by Ruth Spiro, we see our heroine trying to figure out how to make things bigger and better. When she gets a pet fish (who she thinks is waving at her), she builds it the biggest, funniest, craziest fish tank as the bowl she had for him was just too dull. And how proud both are of it! That is until the class pet parade is coming up and the tank is too big to move. And like […]

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6/26/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No: 246 |
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| Tags: brothers, dogs, Drew Scott, fish, Holly Hatam, Jonathan Scott, Kim Smith, Pets, Ruth Spiro, science, technology | Category: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fiction | 0 Comments

Bark once for yes, wag twice for no

The Dog Diaries: Ginger by Kate Klimo

March 5, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Dog Diaries follow the lives of different breeds throughout their lives. With the first book (though I am assuming you do not have to read in any order), Ginger, we see a Golden Retriever narrating her life from her puppy mill birth to her various homes. The modern language shows how some people act/feel/treat pets. The use of “Rainbow Bridge” for the death of dogs was a bit heavy-handed for this reader, but most people should be fine. The other part was the reference to the “furever home.” Once is funny. Twice? Already over it. First, we see how […]

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3/5/2019 | BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No: 64 |
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| Tags: animals, dogs, Kate Klimo, Pets | Category: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction | 0 Comments

That sounds far-fetched

My Dog Laughs by Rachel Isadora

December 27, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Rachel Isadora has created a reading and visual gem for the younger crowd with My Dog Laughs. The children and their dogs show how varied dogs are, as well as their owners. Each page shows how dogs make mistakes, give kisses, make friends, fart, eat and laugh. Each page shows there are tall, short, fluffy and all kinds of dogs. Yet, sometimes dogs look the same, too.  Isadora shows how people take care of and love their canine buddies. Without being pushy, Isadora also shows how the owners sometimes look like their pet and sometimes not so much (one child […]

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12/27/2018 | Post by BlackRaven
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| Tags: animals, dogs, Pets, Rachel Isadora | Category: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fiction | 0 Comments

In this story told in rhyme, will our Ninja find the python in time?

Ninja at the Pet Shop by Luke Flowers

December 24, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was looking for something fun for my nephew to have at my house in the book department. I thought an easy reader with animals and a ninja (if not real illustrations but bright cartoonish illustrations) would be fun. And perhaps the illustrations are fun to the young child or young at heart as he is. Sadly, the adult in me was very underwhelmed with Ninja at the Pet Shop. Typical kid, gets into trouble but not using common sense. Then, yeah! It is all hunky dory at the end. Ah. No. Not for me anyway. However, the story aside, I […]

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