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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Enviormental fun

Luz Goes Green V01 Luz Sees the Light by Claudia Dávila

Luz Goes Green V02 Luz Makes a Splash by Claudia Dávila

January 15, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Unknowingly I read the Luz Goes Green series backwards. Or I read Luz Makes a Splash (Luz Goes Green, 2) by Claudia Davila before Luz Sees the Light (book one). That did not take away from the fact that I loved this book. Honestly this is probably the closest five I have read in awhile. Sure, there was one small bump, but that is forgivable. That bump was because the online reader I was reading didn’t have a lot of color. I would have loved […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: activism, Claudia Davila, community, environmental, family, friendship, nature, science, Social Justice, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: activism, Claudia Davila, community, environmental, family, friendship, nature, science, Social Justice, Social Themes ·
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Of course, after building up this title, you will need to wait until April 2026 for reading

Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp (A Picture Book) by Minoru Tonai, Jolene Gutiérrez, and Chris Sasaki

October 29, 2025 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

When you read as many picture books as I do, once in a while one of two things (or both) can happen. The first is you think you’ve read it before (or at least a sample) or things start to feel similar due to similar subjects. A subject I am interested in are the Japanese-American internment camps from World War II.  This is partly because I have family who is Japanese-American and when I realized this could be them it made it personal (I know […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: activism, American Incarceration Camp, Asian-American, Chris Sasaki, civil rights, family, Japanese-American, Jolene Gutierrez, Minoru Tonai, Minoru Tonai, Jolene Gutiérrez, and Chris Sasaki, Social Justice, Social Themes, United States 20th C, World War II

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:481 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: activism, American Incarceration Camp, Asian-American, Chris Sasaki, civil rights, family, Japanese-American, Jolene Gutierrez, Minoru Tonai, Minoru Tonai, Jolene Gutiérrez, and Chris Sasaki, Social Justice, Social Themes, United States 20th C, World War II ·
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Down With The Miss Vicky’s!

Down with Lime Books!: A Story about Book Banning by Jan Zauzmer

October 1, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Miss Vicky might tell us Down with Lime Books! But what she does not realize is that the kids like lime books, and pink and purple, and blue, and yellow and read…. I mean red. Yes they love to read them all. Of course, this humorous look at book banning is silly and a bit tongue in cheek, but Down with Lime Books!: A Story about Book Banning by Jan Zauzmer and Blanca Millán is about a serious subject As mentioned, the character Miss Vicky […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: activism, banning & challenging books, Blanca Millán, book banning, book bans, Books, Current Events, Education, Jan Zauzmer, libraries, school, Social Justice, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:422 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: activism, banning & challenging books, Blanca Millán, book banning, book bans, Books, Current Events, Education, Jan Zauzmer, libraries, school, Social Justice, Social Themes ·
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Young rebels

Little Rebels by Yuyi Morales

July 29, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Cbr17bingo Citizen (as a citizen it is our duty to help the community we are a citizen of and we are a citizen of the Earth, the land, the people on it). To be honest, I do not remember if I requested the reader’s copy of Little Rebels by Yuyi Morales or if it was just sent to me, but either way I got a lovely surprise when it arrived at my work via the USPS mail. It is due in early September 2025, therefore […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: activism, cbr17bingo, Cbr17bingo Citizen, citizenship, Hispanic & Latino, Imagination & Play, Social Justice, Social Themes, Yuyi Morales

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:340 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: activism, cbr17bingo, Cbr17bingo Citizen, citizenship, Hispanic & Latino, Imagination & Play, Social Justice, Social Themes, Yuyi Morales ·
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I really got into Leila Boukarim books!

Mariam’s Dream: The Story of Mariam Al-Shaar and Her Food Truck of Hope by Leila Boukarim

April 9, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Leila Boukarim’s Mariam’s Dream: The Story of Mariam Al-Shaar and Her Food Truck of Hope is not a biography about a “woman done good.” Or an Arab woman “done good” or even an Arab refugee woman “done good.” It is all those things and much more. It shows that even if you were born into a situation where all you knew was being a refugee or if you have many obstacles to overcome, you can make your dream come true. Of course, that is a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: activism, Emigration, Immigration, Leila Boukarim, Mariam Al-Shaar, Middle East, refugees, Social Justice, Sona Avedikian, women

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:180 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: activism, Emigration, Immigration, Leila Boukarim, Mariam Al-Shaar, Middle East, refugees, Social Justice, Sona Avedikian, women ·
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She made sure it was not a silent night

Rachel Carson's Wonder-Filled World : How the Scientist, Writer, and Nature Lover Changed the Environmental Movement by Kate Hannigan

February 28, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This poetic biography of Rachel Carson covers the basic facts, but also gives a romantic twist to how her personality, adventures and contributions were. There are multiple sections where the five senses come into play and we learn what she sees, hears, smells, feels, and tastes. They could be literal but mostly metaphorical.  Rachel Carson’s Wonder-Filled World : How the Scientist, Writer, and Nature Lover Changed the Environmental Movement by Kate Hannigan and illustrated by Katie Hickey (which I read via an online reader copy […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: activism, conservation, environmental, Kate Hannigan, protection, Rachel Carson, Science & Nature, Social Justice, women

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:124 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: activism, conservation, environmental, Kate Hannigan, protection, Rachel Carson, Science & Nature, Social Justice, women ·
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