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Marine Life

Meadows of the Sea: The Wonders of Seagrass by Michelle Schaub

November 3, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Overall, Meadows of the Sea: The Wonders of Seagrass by Michelle Schaub is a good story about the ocean with the metaphor of showing how it is like a meadow. This idea makes something that seems unfamiliar and even alien, take on a form that we know and can understand. The poetic nature of the first part (the story) is reminiscent of the ocean flow itself. The fact that the second part (actual factual information) is added on the page allows the book to grow with […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: earth science, Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Marine Life, Michelle Schaub, nature, ocean, science, water

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:488 · Genres: Children's Books, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: earth science, Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Marine Life, Michelle Schaub, nature, ocean, science, water ·
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Home is the place where when you go there, you have to finally face the thing in the dark.

September 7, 2017 by borisanne 3 Comments

Drumroll…………. It makes its second appearance in my Cannonball Read in as many years. (Here is my review from last year.) But dangit, it’s just absolutely outstanding all over again. Honestly, I might be at a loss for words now, and I think that’s because Stephen King took all of them. All the words. It is so long. But it reads so fast! I can’t put it down, and I don’t want to put it down! It’s just one of those books. So, the timing […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: abuse, balloon, belch higgins, ben hanscom, beverly marsh, bill denbrough, boat, bob gray, cbr9, childhood, eddie kaspbrak, float, flood, georgie, haunt, henry bowers, King, magic, memories, mike hanlon, patrick hockstetter, Pennywise, richie tozier, sewers, silver, spider, stanley uris, Stephen King, todash, Turtle, victor criss, water

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: abuse, balloon, belch higgins, ben hanscom, beverly marsh, bill denbrough, boat, bob gray, cbr9, childhood, eddie kaspbrak, float, flood, georgie, haunt, henry bowers, King, magic, memories, mike hanlon, patrick hockstetter, Pennywise, richie tozier, sewers, silver, spider, stanley uris, Stephen King, todash, Turtle, victor criss, water ·
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