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Sending kindness

Share Your Love by Susan B. Katz

May 8, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Susan B. Katz might want you to Share Your Love, but I wish they had not done it in rhyming text. However, since I am not the technical audience for the book (which I would say would be a four- to eight-year-old), that is okay. It will work for that younger crowd. This makes things fun, light, and bouncy. This is a “kindness meditation” (as the publisher description says) but since I am not a fan of the word mediation (has too many connotations of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: lifestyle, Social Themes, Stories in rhyme, Susan B. Katz

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:309 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: lifestyle, Social Themes, Stories in rhyme, Susan B. Katz ·
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A friendship book made by friends, for friends

I Don’t Care by Julie Fogliano,

November 22, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I Don’t Care is a clever book. This is not just because of the text of Julie Fogliano, but how it came to be. The illustrators, Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal are best friends, and they knew they had to do the art together. An afterwards (a small section at the end that you should read as well) shows how Molly thought since they lived 20 minutes from each other, easy peasy, right? Well, then Juana moved to Connecticut and the back and forth in […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: friendship, Juana Martinez-Neal, Julie Fogliano, Molly Idle, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Stories in rhyme

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:565 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: friendship, Juana Martinez-Neal, Julie Fogliano, Molly Idle, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Stories in rhyme ·
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Two books about friends are better than one book about friends

Will You Be My Friend? by Sam McBratney

The Bear and the Moon by Matthew Burgess

October 2, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago, I read that Sam McBratney had passed on September 18, 2020. When I told a coworker of mine, she said, “2020 really does suck.” But at least we still have his and Anita Jeram’s last book together, Will You Be My Friend? While an adorable book, it is not “up to” the prequel, Guess How Much I Love You. That book was one in a million. It had not been really seen before. The parent is a dad bunny. The idea […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Anita Jeram, Catia Chien, Emotions & Feelings, friendship, Matthew Burgess, Sam McBratney, Stories in rhyme

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:302 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Anita Jeram, Catia Chien, Emotions & Feelings, friendship, Matthew Burgess, Sam McBratney, Stories in rhyme ·
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I wish last time I stubbed my toe the ending was a sweet

Because I Stubbed My Toe by Shawn Byous

August 11, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Because I heard we had a few new damaged copies of books I looked on the shelf at work that housed them. Because I looked at the at shelf, I found several books I thought might be interesting to read. And one of those books that was there was because Shawn Byous wrote a book. And it was also there because the store was able to buy it for its selves. But because it was damaged, it was there to be read by me. And […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Shawn Byous, Stories in rhyme

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:249 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Shawn Byous, Stories in rhyme ·
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No ifs, ands or butts (new or old) this is not for everyone

I need a NEW BUTT by Dawn McMillan

March 18, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am sure Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird are lovely people. However, this picture book, one I Need a New Butt!, did nothing for me. Something like this should be a gas. A real blow out. But sadly, nobody should toot their horn about it. I consider myself well versed in “butt jokes” (especially if there is a fart involved). I must have been a 10-year-old boy in a former life as I certain have that scents of humor. Yet, there was nothing new or […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Body, Dawn McMillan, Ross Kinnaird, Stories in rhyme

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:128 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Body, Dawn McMillan, Ross Kinnaird, Stories in rhyme ·
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Colors in rainbows

Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy

February 6, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Black Is a Rainbow Color has several levels. It would be good for black history month and a book that will get people talking in general. Angela Joy realizes (as mentioned in their afterwards) that “being black” is not just skin color, but it is a culture, too. This book is aimed to educate not only her own children, but the community as well. The narrator speaks about how black is not like the other colors of the rainbow but has its own rainbow of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes, Social Themes, Stories in rhyme, United States - African-American, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:66 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Angela Joy, Ekua Holmes, Social Themes, Stories in rhyme, United States - African-American, Values & Virtues ·
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