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How to Talk to Your Succulent

How to Talk to Your Succulent by Zoe Persico

July 15, 2026 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Adara and her dad are moving in with her grandmother, after Adara’s mother dies. Her father won’t talk to her about her mother’s death or why they are moving from California to Michigan to begin with. Luckily, her grandmother is a great source of comfort, Adara quickly makes a friend, and she develops an interest in one of her mother’s passions: plants. The plants, it seems, also have an interest in her: for Adara realizes she can talk to them. But being a good friend […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: graphic novels, middle grade, plants, tween books, Zoe Persico

cosbrarian's CBR18 Review No:15 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: graphic novels, middle grade, plants, tween books, Zoe Persico ·
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They made me happy

Tiny Garden: A Picture Book by Deborah Underwood

Baba Palooza: A Picture Book by A. D. Ghani

February 2, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Lunch one day was a slightly cold Caesar chicken wrap. Why? I mean I purchased it warm. Well, I thought I had lost my credit card. And after three really bad days, that would have been the brown icing (if ya know what I mean) on the cake. Therefore, I tore my purse apart. That took longer than expected as I have used said bag to be a catchall for things recently (several pens, a coffin shaped sticky note pad, tiny 3D Mickey Moused eared […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: A. D. Ghani, Deborah Underwood, Emigration & Immigration, Environment, family, fathers, flowers, Jax Chow, Nadia Alam, nature, parents, plants, refugees, science, Social Themes, taxis, values

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:32 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: A. D. Ghani, Deborah Underwood, Emigration & Immigration, Environment, family, fathers, flowers, Jax Chow, Nadia Alam, nature, parents, plants, refugees, science, Social Themes, taxis, values ·
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Go see a weed

The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends by Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl

January 5, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends by Margaret Renkl and illustrated by Billy Renkl is a lovely, adorable and sweet read. The illustrations pop. I would like to see this as a series that shows “weedy gardens” around the country, so we can get an idea of climate and environmental differences. This book is a prose poem (a few lines on a page) telling us what you will find in a garden that is seemingly just a “weedy garden.” There are bees, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Billy Renkl, birds, Margaret Renkl, Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl, nature, plants

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Billy Renkl, birds, Margaret Renkl, Margaret Renkl and Billy Renkl, nature, plants ·
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I heard it’s quite a fan of growth music.

Music Plants Hope by Tonnye Fletcher and Natalia Bruno

December 2, 2025 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

A concert for plants? That is probably about as unique as it gets. And if you want to learn about that statement, then read Music Plants Hope by Tonnye Fletcher and illustrated by Natalia Bruno. I read it via an online reader copy, as it is due late May/early June 2026. But I think I might find a copy to donate to the local library and maybe for a few gifts for teacher friends. The text itself was enjoyable as there was a poeticness to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: earth science, music, Natalia Bruno, nature, plants, science, Social Themes, Tonnye Fletcher, Tonnye Fletcher and Natalia Bruno, values

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:540 · Genres: Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: earth science, music, Natalia Bruno, nature, plants, science, Social Themes, Tonnye Fletcher, Tonnye Fletcher and Natalia Bruno, values ·
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Winter, spring, summer and fall, all ya gotta do is read the poems

Poems for Every Season by Bette Westera and David Colmer

November 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back I requested several picture books from an online reader site. One of them was Poems for Every Season by Bette Westera and David Colmer (translator). I was not sure what I would get. I mean I figured poems and seasons (and of course most likely poems about seasons), but I did not have super high expectations. I figured things would be good, but not great. Plus, I just did not want to be disappointed as I had been a lot before (and since) reading […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Bette Westera, Bette Westera and David Colmer, children's poetry, Concepts, David Colmer, Dutch poetry, flowers, Henriette Boerendans, nature, plants, science, seasons

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:503 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Bette Westera, Bette Westera and David Colmer, children's poetry, Concepts, David Colmer, Dutch poetry, flowers, Henriette Boerendans, nature, plants, science, seasons ·
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When I told my nephew the zombies were looking for brains and we were safe, he didn’t get it

Plants vs. Zombies Volume 1: Lawnmageddon by Paul Tobin

October 6, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One day I was with my oldest nephew and I thought I’d take him to the library and pick up a few books to read. I was having trouble getting him to engage (he’s special needs and this was way out of his routine, so it was expected). After I started grabbing a couple titles on a whim (covers do make a difference), we wandered to the checkout desk.  It was then I realized that maybe I had missed his interest level (one never knows […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: family, friendship, Media Tie-In, Paul Tobin, plants, zombies

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:429 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: family, friendship, Media Tie-In, Paul Tobin, plants, zombies ·
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