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I was sad that I didn’t like this more.

October 11, 2018 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

I was disappointed in this.  I thought I would like more of it, and perhaps I would if I were more caught up on my nursery rhymes.  I recognized some of them, and a few were quite clever, but there were some I couldn’t place. After reading another Halloween book that was more to my taste, this felt a little lacking. We start off in a festive mood with “Boys and Girls, Come Trick-or-Treat,” which is based on “Boys and Girls, Come Out to Play”. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Poetry Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, halloween, Nursery Rhymes, picture book, Rachel Kolar, Roland Garrigue

crystalclear's CBR10 Review No:31 · Genres: Children's Books, Poetry · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, halloween, Nursery Rhymes, picture book, Rachel Kolar, Roland Garrigue ·
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Getting in the Halloween spirit

September 12, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Mother Ghost: Nursery Rhymes for Little Monsters by Roland Garrigue is my go-to Halloween story this year. It is superbly funny and quirky and has the most fun illustrations to compliment the text. However, the illustrations are not for everyone. They do have a uniqueness that make them not have a “soft” Halloween look. A coworker of mine said that while she is sure they work well for the text, she was not really loving the illustrations. They are not completely realistic and are slightly […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: halloween, Holidays & Celebrations, Nursery Rhymes, Rachel Kolar, Roland Garrigue, spooky

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:353 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: halloween, Holidays & Celebrations, Nursery Rhymes, Rachel Kolar, Roland Garrigue, spooky ·
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