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Caught my eye because of the name, but kept me ’cause of the story

Christopher Pumpkin by Sue Hendra

October 15, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While we have had the “being different is okay” story, this one (Christopher Pumpkin) is done a tad differently making it fresh. Sue Hendra, Paul Linnet and Nick East create a story that, while perfect for Halloween (after all they are getting ready for a Halloween party) it can also be an anytime tale. Christopher is a pumpkin who is created by a witch. Along with other pumpkins, the witch has asked them to do all the dirty work and heavy lifting to get ready […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: halloween, holidays, Nick East, Paul Linnet, Rhyme, scary story, Sue Hendra

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:321 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: halloween, holidays, Nick East, Paul Linnet, Rhyme, scary story, Sue Hendra ·
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Do a little dance, while not weeing in your…

I Need to Wee! by Sue Hendra

July 25, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was cleaning up reader copies of picture books and saw, I Need to Wee! by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet.  I thought it funny the book title had WEE and not PEE. That alone, I thought, was going to make this a fresh new story about using the potty. I opened to page one and the first pun (our hero “whizzes” down the slide) jumped out at me. The whole “cute little dance” happened. Yes, I thought, we have our story. I thought “How […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Health & Daily Living, Paul Linnet, Sue Hendra, Toilet Training

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:285 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Health & Daily Living, Paul Linnet, Sue Hendra, Toilet Training ·
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    This sounds like a lot of fun! Thanks for the review.
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    on Life, love, and sex are better when you reject the idea of cringe and embrace wonder
    I like this concept! Thanks for the review.
  • Tracy
    on Y’all… a delightful break from the stress of life
    I'm not generally into shifter romances, but the title really is awesome.
  • Tracy
    on I don’t know if finding the perfect man is worth all of this
    That is definitely NOT what I am looking for in a romance.
  • Classic
    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
    Definitely skipping that one. Never read it.
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