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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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The final work from Tomi Ungerer

Nonstop by Tomi Ungerer

December 17, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I first saw Nonstop by Tomi Ungerer I figured it was going to be an odd little book. Maybe serious, but nothing too drastic. Maybe even funny in a quirky way. Also, I would not have been surprised if it had been a wordless picture book. It had gotten press, but I was thinking since the art was different and the fact it was Ungerer (not to mention his last picture book) that was the reason it was getting attention. Instead, I was slapped […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Aliens, dystopian fiction, earth, end of the world, friendship, Shades and shadows, Tomi Ungerer

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:411 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Aliens, dystopian fiction, earth, end of the world, friendship, Shades and shadows, Tomi Ungerer ·
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Let’s hang around together and read some bat-tastic books!

Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors by Tomi Ungerer

September 19, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One morning, before the store was open, I found myself going to our children’s department. Coming out of the elevator, our sale book display assaulted my eyes with colors and their flashy hollering of “Read me!”  But the one that won my reading time was a black covered book about a bat called Rufus. The signature style of writing and illustrations of Tomi Ungerer tell you what you need to know about this book. But I know you might need/want more. As the title says, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Tomi Ungerer

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:380 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Tomi Ungerer ·
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