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Little people doing big things

Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love. by Michele Edwards

Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning by Sarah Glen Marsh

May 10, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have not done a picture book marathon in a bit, and the most recent netted four books. Two of them have a lose theme of siblings. The Michele Edwards is an obvious sibling dynamic, where as the book about Mary Anning mentions her brother, and what he did to assist her, but the focus is on her. However, the other theme is that of you may be small, and you will need to take your time, but you can get the job done. I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: April Harrison, crafts, dinosaurs, dragons, family, Maris Wicks’, Mary Anning, Michele Edwards, Sarah Glen Marsh, Science & Technology, science and nature, siblings

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:321 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: April Harrison, crafts, dinosaurs, dragons, family, Maris Wicks’, Mary Anning, Michele Edwards, Sarah Glen Marsh, Science & Technology, science and nature, siblings ·
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She found dinosaurs in her backyard

A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard by Julia Lyon

June 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I do not know if I would call a dinosaur Ruth, but since Ruth Mason discovered so many of them, I guess one named Ruth is not so bad. And in A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard we see how she found so many goodies that would make up Ruth and many many more dinosaurs. It was 1905 and a girl named Ruth found strange rocks on her family’s land. Over the years, she keeps finding more, but […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alexandra Bye, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Fossils, Julia Lyon, Ranchers, Ruth Mason, Science & Nature, Science & Technology, South Dakota

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:273 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Alexandra Bye, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures, Fossils, Julia Lyon, Ranchers, Ruth Mason, Science & Nature, Science & Technology, South Dakota ·
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Genius? A$$? Or Both?

Hawking by Jim Ottaviani

February 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Stephen Hawking was a complicated man. Selfish, self-centered, intelligent, willing to work with others, wanted self-credit, chose romantic partners that seemed distant, and believed his own press as he made up most of it. You never know what will happen next in the pages of this graphic novel by Jim Ottaviani. Aptly named, Hawking¸ Ottaviani starts the story (told from the point of view of Hawking himself) from about age elven to around the eve of his death. Ottaviani makes it so you think you’ve […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: astrophysics, Cosmology, Jim Ottaviani, physics, Science & Technology, Space Science, stephen hawking

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:73 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: astrophysics, Cosmology, Jim Ottaviani, physics, Science & Technology, Space Science, stephen hawking ·
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In the 19th Century she was first

What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett

March 30, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A simple, but not simplistic look at Maria Mitchell and all the amazing things she saw comes to life in What Miss Mitchell Saw. Hayley Barret created a biography that reads as fiction about the first professional female astronomer. Yet, it is not just about what she saw (as what was out there had already been seen by others in the past) but the one very important find in the sky that made her world famous and respected by her peers and even a King. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 19th century, astronomers, comets, Diana Sudyka, Hayley Barret, Hayley Barrett, Maria Mitchell, Massachusetts, Science & Technology, Women astronomers

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:127 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 19th century, astronomers, comets, Diana Sudyka, Hayley Barret, Hayley Barrett, Maria Mitchell, Massachusetts, Science & Technology, Women astronomers ·
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Boldly Going Where No Woman had gone before (Well, that was the Soviet Union, but the US had firsts, too)

Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani

January 28, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier is not just a book about the Women of Space (the ones that inspired: calling Nichelle Nichols. And the ones that took the ride: calling Sally Ride. Sorry, must do one bad pun) but how they got there and what happened once they were. We see both the men and women who boldly went where no one went before. We see those who broken color and gender lines. We see the inner workings of training, the ships themselves and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aeronautics & Astronautics & Space Science, astronauts, Dr. Mary Cleave, female astronauts, Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks’, nasa, sally ride, Science & Technology, space, Space flight, Valentina Tereshkova

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:53 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aeronautics & Astronautics & Space Science, astronauts, Dr. Mary Cleave, female astronauts, Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks’, nasa, sally ride, Science & Technology, space, Space flight, Valentina Tereshkova ·
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Born a Slave Became a Botanist, Scientist, Inventor

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta

March 10, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver is a lovely snapshot of one piece of Carver’s life, I wish there was a little “more” to it. I do not mean Carver’s life as a whole. I was not looking for a biography, but I was looking for more about the growing plants in his garden and learning about them. Gene Barretta has strong text telling a good story. Everything that is told and shown is nice. It is poetic with Rank Morrison’s lyrical illustrations. […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History Tagged With: African-American, Agriculturists, Ethnic & Regional, Frank Morrison, Gene Barretta, George Washington Carver, Science & Nature, Science & Technology

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:116 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History · Tags: African-American, Agriculturists, Ethnic & Regional, Frank Morrison, Gene Barretta, George Washington Carver, Science & Nature, Science & Technology ·
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