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Mevan and their bike

The Bicycle: How an Act of Kindness Changed a Young Refugee’s Life by Patricia McCormick

May 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I did not read the entire article I had about some new books coming, but it was highlighting summer and bicycles. The list was around half a dozen titles long, all picture books. I figured I could locate copies of most of them. And in fact, was able to find online reader copies for all of them. However, four of them stood out for me. These four were different but still had familiar elements that I found comforting.  In The Bicycle: How an Act of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: #Netherlands, Emigration & Immigration, family, friendship, Kurdistan, Mevan Babaqkr, Patricia McCormick, Poverty & Homelessness, Refugee children, refugees, Social Themes, Yas Imamura

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:232 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: #Netherlands, Emigration & Immigration, family, friendship, Kurdistan, Mevan Babaqkr, Patricia McCormick, Poverty & Homelessness, Refugee children, refugees, Social Themes, Yas Imamura ·
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And to think, when I was her age, I was learning to ride a bike

My Name is Bana by Bana Alabed

April 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My Name is Bana is not a memoir, but it is the story of Bana Alabed. She was a young girl who saw that things were not right in her war-torn homeland of Syria. And she stood up and did what modern kids did. She Tweeted. This is not that story. This is a story about Bana and how she is as strong as the tree she is named for. Bana’s mother tells her how the Bana tree grows strong. And how it is strong […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bana Alabed, Emigration & Immigration, family, Middle East, Nez Riaz, Refugee children, Social Activists, Social Themes, Syria

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:174 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bana Alabed, Emigration & Immigration, family, Middle East, Nez Riaz, Refugee children, Social Activists, Social Themes, Syria ·
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