Tom Percival

For those who question and have big feelings

Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty

Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival

December 6, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Questioneers and Big Bright Feelings series are a set of books dealing with social themes, such as confidence, being different, trying and failing, fears, lack of friendships all set for the (strong) four and up crowd. Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts on illustrations, and Tom Percival doing double duty with Meesha Makes Friends continue the themes. Beaty and Roberts use bold, bright, busy text and colors in Aaron Slater, Illustrator. The rhymes and fantastic illustrations (that are brassy, sassy, and […]

Time for picture book reviewing again!

Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi

Tilda Tries Again by Tom Percival

Pout-Pout Fish: Passover Treasure by Deborah Diesen

September 24, 2021 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

I am hungry. (Of course, that is like saying, it is Tuesday on Tuesday.) And a fun snack is cherry or grape tomatoes for me. Therefore, when I saw the word tomatoes in the title of this picture book, I was intrigued. In Tomatoes for Neela, Neela and her mother cook dishes and show how tomatoes play a role in foods of a culture. This task also shows how culture brings families together, even if one member (say, a beloved grandmother) is far away living […]

No need to fret Ruby

Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival

September 19, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Mornings are when I do some of my best reading as I have a task that allows me to wander the story without customers being around. And the other morning a display at the bottom of the steps had a few books where authors were coming, seasonal books and this brightly colored green and yellow book called Ruby Finds a Worry caught my eye. Picking it up I found Tom Percival created a book where I like the illustrations and the concept is nice. The […]

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