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Ching Ming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day

Clear and Bright: A Ching Ming Festival Story by Teresa Robeson and William Low

April 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Clear and Bright: A Ching Ming Festival Story by Teresa Robeson and illustrated by William Low is currently available, but I read via an online reader copy. This book is a nice book on diversity. It is a fun read, not a WOOW BEST BOOK EVER (or WBBE) but it has a lot of great points. We learn about the Ching Ming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day. We see how a family passes down their traditions to the next generation. As the publisher’s description says, our […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: Ancestor worship, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Chinese American families, community, Emigration, family, Holidays & Celebrations, Immigration & Refugees, Teresa Robeson, Teresa Robeson and William Low, traditions, William Low

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:187 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: Ancestor worship, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Chinese American families, community, Emigration, family, Holidays & Celebrations, Immigration & Refugees, Teresa Robeson, Teresa Robeson and William Low, traditions, William Low ·
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Space…. The adventure

Clouds in Space: Nebulae, Stardust, and Us by Teresa Robeson

September 13, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In the early part of the later section of August 2024 a book came out, but it was lost in the shuffle of the wonderful and crazy that is the book world. I became aware of it when I found an online reader copy of Clouds in Space: Nebulae, Stardust, and Us by Teresa Robeson. I decided lunch was dull enough, so let’s spice it up with the stars. This fairly quick reading picture book at first read did not grab me. It was more […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: astronomy, nature, Nebulae, physics, science, space, stars, Teresa Robeson

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:445 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: astronomy, nature, Nebulae, physics, science, space, stars, Teresa Robeson ·
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