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> Tag: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

A Bat mitzvah to go please

Becoming Brianna by Terri Libenson

February 9, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Becoming Brianna is a fun story about becoming yourself and learning about your own beliefs, and what you want to do vs what you want to do for others. Terri Libenson has brought Brianna back for her own (mostly) solo story. The events of this book are taking place while the previous book is also happening. However, you are not seeing those events, they are just mentioned.  And while it would be a good idea to read the previous books, this graphic novel is a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Religion Tagged With: Bat mitzvah, family, friendship, Middle school students, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Terri Libenson

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:75 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Religion · Tags: Bat mitzvah, family, friendship, Middle school students, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Terri Libenson ·
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Voted Most Likely to get hit by the ball

Chunky by Yehudi Mercado

February 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is a fun story. Chunky is a good look at one kid (Yehudi Mercado) and his struggles, but who always seems to be okay with the results. Hudi might not have won (at baseball, soccer, or football), but he did not lose. He just has a perfect record of not winning. And getting hit by the ball (except in swimming). The humor is sometimes borderline adult, but ages 8-9 (strong reader) to around 13-14 could get a kick out of it. Due to this […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Young Adult Tagged With: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Theme, working class Mexican-Jewish family, Yehudi Mercado

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:55 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Young Adult · Tags: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Theme, working class Mexican-Jewish family, Yehudi Mercado ·
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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 Books, 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 Books, 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 Books, 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 Books, 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 Books, 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 Books, Fiction · Tags: Dung Ho, family, Joanna Ho, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, United States - Asian American ·
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