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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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> Tag: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Names, family and two neat books

Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

The Gifts of Being Grand: For Grandparents Everywhere by Marianne Richmond

November 27, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A short (all of two books) list of picture books follows this paragraph. Wait, is it a list if it is only two? Anyway, both books would be good for gifts to different people. The first one is a great gift for a child and the second, for grandparents. Your Name is a Song talks about how it can be difficult for a child who has a name that is difficult to pronounce. Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow shows how one mother shows her child how beautiful her […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fiction Tagged With: African-American, Cultural, family, grandchildren, grandparents, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Luisa Urbie, Marianne Richmond, names, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:373 · Genres: Children's, Fiction · Tags: African-American, Cultural, family, grandchildren, grandparents, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Luisa Urbie, Marianne Richmond, names, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance ·
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Two different books creating feelings

I'll Be the Water: A Story of a Grandparent's Love by Alec Aspinwall

Crying is Like the Rain: A Story of Mindfulness and Feelings by Heather Feinberg

November 4, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Two interesting books, but not enough for me to find the word limit for each solo, therefor I am going to do “two books one review” for these little numbers. The connection I find with both titles is that they both have a somber theme and/or feeling to them. I’ll Be the Water: A Story of Loss, Greif, and a Grandparent’s Love is obviously about the loss of a beloved grandparent. However, it is also a hopeful story. We see all the wonderful things that […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fiction Tagged With: Alec Aspinwall, Chamisa Kellogg, death & grief, Emotions & Feelings, family, fishing, grandfather, grandparents, Heather Feinberg, mindfulness, Nicole Wong, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:341 · Genres: Children's, Fiction · Tags: Alec Aspinwall, Chamisa Kellogg, death & grief, Emotions & Feelings, family, fishing, grandfather, grandparents, Heather Feinberg, mindfulness, Nicole Wong, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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Celebration of you

Eyes That Kiss in the Corner by Joanna Ho

October 15, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners is a rating of five for Dung Ho’s illustrations alone. To me, they are the story. That’s not to say the story is a bad story, farm from it. It is a delightful story that shows how from the start the narrator, a young girl, loving her eyes by showing the history, myths and love of her culture and family. But it is a story that we have read before. Yet, there is nothing wrong with that. It is […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fiction Tagged With: Dung Ho, family, Joanna Ho, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, United States - Asian American

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:323 · Genres: Children's, Fiction · Tags: Dung Ho, family, Joanna Ho, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, United States - Asian American ·
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I scream you scream for Halloween! (Or: Autumn books that can be Halloween books )

We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Hogan Wilcox

She Wanted to Be Haunted by Marcus Ewert

The Little Kitten by Nicola Killen

A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Pumpkin Monster by Amy Young

September 25, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is Halloween, this is Halloween/Pumpkins scream in the dead of night Okay, these four books are on the other side of Halloween. They are not spooky (or at least not to the level of The Nightmare Before Christmas) but they are fun, can acutely be an autumn read (or even anytime read) and can be absolutely perfect for the right audience. We’re Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Hogan Wilcox is probably my least favorite of the group. That’s not to say it is […]

Filed Under: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Amy Young, Cats, friendship, halloween, Holidays & Celebrations, Marcus Ewert, Mary Hogan Wilcox, Nicola Killen, Pets, pumpkins, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Susie Ghahremani, unicorns

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:290 · Genres: Children's, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Amy Young, Cats, friendship, halloween, Holidays & Celebrations, Marcus Ewert, Mary Hogan Wilcox, Nicola Killen, Pets, pumpkins, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Susie Ghahremani, unicorns ·
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Play Time

Playing Wicked by Alex R. Kahler

September 4, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Playing Wicked is a lovely book that is creating a safe place for queer culture. However, it is also just a book about play and imagination. The theme of a non-traditional gender role is naturally presented. It is not preachy and there are layers. Alex R. Kahler’s main character, Dante, likes playing at being all types of characters. But sometimes he wants to be the wicked one. And not just any wicked character, but the wicked Queen. Dante is a typical kid who knows that […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fiction Tagged With: Alex R. Kahler, Ben Whitehouse, Clothing & Dress, Imagination & Play, lgbt, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:266 · Genres: Children's, Fiction · Tags: Alex R. Kahler, Ben Whitehouse, Clothing & Dress, Imagination & Play, lgbt, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance ·
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