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Home Family

A Forest, A Family, A Harbor, A Home by Nikki McClure

The Things We Hold by Vanessa Lewis-Porter and Cornelius Van Wright 

August 19, 2026 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I honestly debated putting these two books together in one review. They are both about homes, but each with a radically different direction. One is about the closeness of home and family, while the other deals with homelessness and family.  The only similarty is that both are future publications and read via an online reader.  Yet, please find two books about home and what that means to the characters in these picture books. A Forest, A Family, A Harbor, A Home by Nikki McClure (due […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: coming-of-age, Cornelius Van Wright, family, Home, homelessness, Nikki McClure, poverty, self-esteem, siblings, Social Themes, travel, Vanessa Lewis-Porter, Vanessa Lewis-Porter and Cornelius Van Wright 

BlackRaven's CBR18 Review No:244 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: coming-of-age, Cornelius Van Wright, family, Home, homelessness, Nikki McClure, poverty, self-esteem, siblings, Social Themes, travel, Vanessa Lewis-Porter, Vanessa Lewis-Porter and Cornelius Van Wright  ·
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