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I am a Professional Book Pusher. Reading is a passion, as is writing, bragging about nephews, and alligator wrestling. My first year participating was 2018. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: BlackRaven's Quick Questions interview.)

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All Aboard these two travelin’ tales

December 28, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

All Aboard! Time to hop on the Snake Train! Trust me this is not like that infamous plane. These are nice, colorful, cute (later sleepy) snakes. They have fun going around the track, having adventures and finally, end their day curled up in their dens. Kathryn Dennis has a simplistic story and art to make your toddler want to go on their own train trip. The thing that makes Snakes on a Train accessible to people who do not like snakes is the fact that the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Annie Silvestro, christmas, humor, Kathryn Dennis, Paola Zakimi, snakes, trains

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:483 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Annie Silvestro, christmas, humor, Kathryn Dennis, Paola Zakimi, snakes, trains ·
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Sonnet 43 and a bunch of cows

December 27, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

How do you know you have book burnout? (Yes, it is possible.) You look at two great potential books and ask yourself, “Didn’t I read this before?” And realize, no you did not, but you have read books like them. Fortunately feel good books are out there, but they seem to be saturating the market right now. Maybe they have always been there, and I have been out of the loop, but just seems there are a lot of “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” out there. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Bedtime & Dreams, Christopher Silas Neal, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emotions & Feelings, Jennifer Adams, Kathryn Cristaldi, Kristyna Litten

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:481 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Bedtime & Dreams, Christopher Silas Neal, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emotions & Feelings, Jennifer Adams, Kathryn Cristaldi, Kristyna Litten ·
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Two more books that will tie up your day with reading

December 27, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Making a Friend is a clever pun. As Beaver is good at making a lot of things (slides, stripy socks, a lodge) but he is not good at making friends. Oh, he tries, but it never works out as he hopes. Though I would say the others are not really appreciating the attempts. A skunk should appreciate flowers (who does not like flowers?) and the why is the porcupine sad over the popped balloons? But yes, waking owl during the day is a bit more […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Alison Friend, animals, Barbara Bottner, friends, snowman, Tammi Sauer, uYi Chen, winter

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:479 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Alison Friend, animals, Barbara Bottner, friends, snowman, Tammi Sauer, uYi Chen, winter ·
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Be You, I’m already taken

December 27, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Being You by Alexs Pate and illustrated by Soud is a fairly idealistic look at being You. The story is very modern. Therefore, if you are looking for a slightly different book about “it’s good to be you” story this is it. I do not mean the story itself is different (the story is like any other with this theme) but the illustrations are different. While there is a mix of children there is defiantly more minority children. And the feeling of the illustrations gives […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Alexs Pate, Emotions & Feelings, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, social issues, Soud

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:477 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Alexs Pate, Emotions & Feelings, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, social issues, Soud ·
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Two different stories that tie into each other

December 27, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Fur, Feather, Fin All of Us Are Kin and Mapping Sam are two science books that are not dull science. While Fur is more traditional science, it is written so it reads as a story. And Sam is a story that has information in it. Mapping Sam was my favorite out of the two. Joyce Hesselberth creates a story of a cat that puts their family to bed then goes out into the night on their nightly adventures. They explore all sorts of areas, climb […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Diane Lang, Joyce Hesselberth, maps, science, Stephanie Laberis

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:476 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Diane Lang, Joyce Hesselberth, maps, science, Stephanie Laberis ·
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That sounds far-fetched

December 27, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Rachel Isadora has created a reading and visual gem for the younger crowd with My Dog Laughs. The children and their dogs show how varied dogs are, as well as their owners. Each page shows how dogs make mistakes, give kisses, make friends, fart, eat and laugh. Each page shows there are tall, short, fluffy and all kinds of dogs. Yet, sometimes dogs look the same, too.  Isadora shows how people take care of and love their canine buddies. Without being pushy, Isadora also shows […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: animals, dogs, Pets, Rachel Isadora

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:474 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: animals, dogs, Pets, Rachel Isadora ·
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