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One Sweet Song by Jyoti Rajan Gopal

American Desi by Jyoti Rajan Gopal

March 20, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport author   The funny thing is, “sweet” does not always do it for me (unless it is a donut or chocolate). However, once in awhile a book that is sweet gets me in the feels. That is because it is sweet but not overly, sickening sweet (like three York peppermint patties and a mug of hot chocolate). And One Sweet Song falls in the former sweet category. Rhyming text takes us through a neighborhood when one person, while sitting on a balcony, plays a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Concepts, East Asian, family, identity, indian, Jyoti Rajan Gopal, Lifestyles, music, Performing art, Social Themes, Sonia Sanchez, Supriya Kelkar, Women's History Month

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:178 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History · Tags: CBR15Passport, Concepts, East Asian, family, identity, indian, Jyoti Rajan Gopal, Lifestyles, music, Performing art, Social Themes, Sonia Sanchez, Supriya Kelkar, Women's History Month ·
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A story gem

Brown is Beautiful by Supriya Kelkar

May 4, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am going to cheat and give you the publisher description: On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian-American girl makes note of all the things in the wilderness that are brown, too. Includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook. Why am I cheating? Because that is all you need to know about the story. What I want to focus on is how awesomely awesome this book is. We know that story, but this time we have a voice that is poetic, sweet, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Environment, family, Pride, Science & Nature, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Supriya Kelkar

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:204 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Environment, family, Pride, Science & Nature, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Supriya Kelkar ·
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