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The Princess and the Grain of Rice by Tina Cho

December 10, 2025 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

When I first started working at the bookstore, I decided I was going to collect Cinderella stories from around the world. I found so many I had to stop. There were just too many. Then I decided that I would read as many fairy tales as I could and only collect the ones that really hit the spot.  And what book hits a spot better than a Princess and the Pea story? Or more accurately  The Princess and the Grain of Rice. However, this time […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry, Romance Tagged With: Asia, Asian, Country & Cultural, fairytales, folktales, korea, Korean, Princess and the Pea, princesses, queens, Social Themes, Tina Cho, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:548 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry, Romance · Tags: Asia, Asian, Country & Cultural, fairytales, folktales, korea, Korean, Princess and the Pea, princesses, queens, Social Themes, Tina Cho, Values & Virtues ·
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Food and Folks

Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya

January 6, 2022 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

A local school was purchasing a few titles for their library. I was unaware of the picture books Dumplings for Lili and La Princessa and the Pea. Therefore, I gave them a quick peak when they came in. Both were two of the sweetest books I have read all year! (Okay, got the year joke out early.) These two books are a modern fairytale and a reimaging of a classic. Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai is a lovely, illustrated book about a young girl […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: cultures, families, folktale, friendship, grandmothers, Melissa Iwai, Princess and the Pea, spanish, Susan Middleton Elya

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: cultures, families, folktale, friendship, grandmothers, Melissa Iwai, Princess and the Pea, spanish, Susan Middleton Elya ·
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