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You know you’ve told a dad joke or two!

How to Make a Robot Laugh: Funny and Easy to Read Jokes for Children Who Love Robotics and Silly Engineering Humor by Chris Cate

How to Make a Shark Laugh by Chris Cate

November 14, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I don’t hate dad jokes (in fact, I have proudly told a few myself) but a bad one is not worth the effort! So, when I see a joke book for kids I usually assume they are going to be at best, okay dad jokes, or jokes that are really not funny if you’re over say five-years-old (maybe six for some). However, How to Make a Robot Laugh: Funny and Easy to Read Jokes for Children Who Love Robotics and Silly Engineering Humor by Chris […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: animals, Callisto Kids, Chris Cate, Jokes & riddles, Robotics, sea life, technology

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:549 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: animals, Callisto Kids, Chris Cate, Jokes & riddles, Robotics, sea life, technology ·
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No, really I liked this book

Hawai’i Sea Turtle Rescue by Fabien Cousteau

July 12, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If Mark Trail met Jeff Corwin met Steve Irwin met Fabien Cousteau, you would have Hawai’i Sea Turtle Rescue. Fabien Cousteau is the grandson to the famous Jacques Cousteau, and he seems to have an equal passion for wildlife and the ocean. He also seems to have a high opinion of himself, and the first few pages of this fiction formatted non-fiction graphic novel talks about the wonderful things he has accomplished (working with sharks, finding new species of piranha). With that humble bragging aside, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: explorers, Fabien Cousteau, Fabien Cousteau Expeditions, hawaii, Jacques Cousteau, James O. Fraioli, Joe St. Pierre, Marine animals, ocean, Recycling & Green Living, Scientists, sea life, Turtles

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:364 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: explorers, Fabien Cousteau, Fabien Cousteau Expeditions, hawaii, Jacques Cousteau, James O. Fraioli, Joe St. Pierre, Marine animals, ocean, Recycling & Green Living, Scientists, sea life, Turtles ·
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An homage to Granny, the world’s oldest known orca, who lived to be 105 years old!

Wild Orca: The Oldest, Wisest Whale in the World by Brenda Peterson

June 26, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Wild Orca: The Oldest, Wisest Whale in the World has a little quirk that at first, I missed (looking back, it was pretty obvious). The Granny the young girl speaks of is not her Granny, but Granny the orca whale that is the matriarch of three different pods of whales called J, K and L. My first clue something was up was the fact Granny might not show up if she was busy, and since she was busy being 105 years-old, that might be the case. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Brenda Peterson, Mammals, Marine Life, nature, orca whales, science, Science & Nature, sea life, Wendell Minor, whales

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:244 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Brenda Peterson, Mammals, Marine Life, nature, orca whales, science, Science & Nature, sea life, Wendell Minor, whales ·
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