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Sailing with a cat, dog, parrot, rat and some humans

 Trim Sets Sail  by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Helps Out  by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Saves the Day. by Deborah Hopkinson

Trim Sails the Storm  by Deborah Hopkinson

January 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#CBR16SweetBooks  Binge (four books same series/read back-to-back) Recently I accidentally found myself bingeing a series when I found (in my old) online reading links to copies of Trim Helps Out and Trim Sets Sail by Deborah Hopkinson (the author of way too many wonderful books to name here) and illustrated by Kristy Caldwell (illustrator of some delightful other books such as two I enjoyed, Away with Words: The Daring Story of Isabella Bird and Flowers for Sarajevo). Both of the new found titles are from October 2023, and I read them out of order (as […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: adventure, boats, cat, Cats, CBR16SweetBooks, Deborah Hopkinson, friendship, Helpfulness, Intermediate Reader, Kristy Caldwell, ocean, sailing, self understanding, Ships, Social Themes, Transportation

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:19 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: adventure, boats, cat, Cats, CBR16SweetBooks, Deborah Hopkinson, friendship, Helpfulness, Intermediate Reader, Kristy Caldwell, ocean, sailing, self understanding, Ships, Social Themes, Transportation ·
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Afterlift by Chip Zdarsky

January 28, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

OMG what was Afterlift? It was part … I do not know, and I do not know. Chip Zdarsky, Jason Loo, Pairs Alleyne, and Aditya Bidikar put together a graphic novel that takes you on a ride. There is everything in heaven, hell, and earth on the pages. We have our main character, an “uber driver” to Hell. Literally. Only she does not realize that at first. No, she only realizes this after she learns that one of her passengers is dead, The Hord of […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Aditya Bidikar, Chip Zdarsky, Heaven and Hell, Jason Loo, Pairs Alleyne, self understanding

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:38 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Aditya Bidikar, Chip Zdarsky, Heaven and Hell, Jason Loo, Pairs Alleyne, self understanding ·
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