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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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1972; 1979 and now 2018

Felix’s New Skirt by Kerstin Brichzin

May 7, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There is another book you can check out if you are looking for a non-gender conforming book, Felix’s New Skirt. Felix is a boy. He likes skirts. He likes how it feels and how easy it is to move in them. He even borrows his sisters. But, of course, people in the neighborhood and his classmates do not accept it. It is not until Felix’s dad finds a solution that things start to work out for everyone. This for the reader who likes books about […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: bullying, Clothing & Dress, Igor Kuprin, Kerstin Brichzin, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:153 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: bullying, Clothing & Dress, Igor Kuprin, Kerstin Brichzin, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Values & Virtues ·
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Rock-a-bye friends in the tree-house top

The Tallest Tree House by Elly MacKay

April 25, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Tallest Tree House by Elly MacKay is one of those books where what you put into it is what you take out of it. You will either really like it, or be “eh, that’s nice.” The Tallest Tree House is a sweet story about friendship and the theme of “a place and time for everything.” And the time to build a tree house is now. But two friends have unique ways of going about making one. One plans and the other rushes about without […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: architecture, Children's Art Fiction, Elly MacKay, friendship, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:141 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: architecture, Children's Art Fiction, Elly MacKay, friendship, Social Themes ·
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When life gives you hurdles, lead with your knee

Lu Track #4 by Jason Reynolds

April 11, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have now come to the final book of Jason Reynolds’ Track series. Lu Track #4 covers the last leg of Ghost, Patina, Sunny and Lu during their time as newbies on a middle-school track and field team. It is bittersweet as I would like to know more, but also it is time to come to the finish line. We follow Lu as his changes include not being a full-time runner but is also doing the hurdles (which, of course, is a metaphor for his […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: African-American, Jason Reynolds, Social Themes, Track & Field

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:118 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: African-American, Jason Reynolds, Social Themes, Track & Field ·
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When you’re awkward, even for a naked mole rat

Sweety by Andrea Zuill

April 8, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While the theme of Sweety (being yourself no matter how “odd” or “weird” you might seem to others) has been done before, this has a slightly different feeling to it. Andrea Zuill has made it slightly more modern in some ways, but also has kept a classic feeling as well.  The classic aspect of the story is Sweety has a large, traditional family and how she and her family interact. The fact that Sweety asks if “being herself” while looking for friends could be seen […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Andrea Zuill, friendship, naked mole rat, self-esteem, Self-Reliance, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:113 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Andrea Zuill, friendship, naked mole rat, self-esteem, Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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We are small but mighty and that’s alrighty!

The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol

April 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

People are going to just love The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol.  It is a message book with the message of teaching people not to be greedy and to learn how to be happy with what you have, but also how to be kind and share. There are cute and fun illustrations as you follow The Little Guys as they bully, take what is not theirs and be downright, all around, bad scoundrels. However, this story has been done before. There are no surprises. The […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Environment, Social Themes, Values & Virtues, Vera Brosgol

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:108 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Environment, Social Themes, Values & Virtues, Vera Brosgol ·
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Paging Dr. Spencer Reed….. Your book isn’t so hot…but guess what?

Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belong, and Being Yourself by Matthew Gray Gubler

April 2, 2019 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

While Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belong, and Being Yourself is about a subject that is usually aimed at kids (be yourself and you will find your friends because your weirdness is okay! And that is because we are all weird in our own special way), seems to be more adult based.  The story feels more mature than what this subject tends to be aimed out. And due to the fact, the size is not the traditional picture book size, but one of those […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Emotions & Feelings, friendship, Matthew Gray Gubler, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:104 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Emotions & Feelings, friendship, Matthew Gray Gubler, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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