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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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Vampirina and her monster family celebrate a snow day!

October 15, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Our favorite little ballerina, sleepover-having, beach going vampire, Vampirina, is back with her family and they are having a grand adventure in the snow! Conveniently this book just happens to be named,  (Imagine that!) Contessa Anne Marie Pace has brought to life our little vampire friend with a very special snow day. Her family and friends (even a reluctant big sister) go out to sled, toss snowballs, ice skate and even, possibly make a new friend! And perhaps the best part to this quirky story […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Anne Marie Pace, family, LeUyen Pham, vampires, Winter Sports

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:385 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Anne Marie Pace, family, LeUyen Pham, vampires, Winter Sports ·
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Future publication that you should know about now

October 11, 2018 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Kiss Number 8 is a graphic novel that will not be coming out until March of next year, but really deserves a lot of press beforehand. Like Check, Please! Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu (previously reviewed here and currently out) Colleen AF Venable does not shy away from some tough issues. However, unlike Ukazu there is less humor. Warning: to best show you this book there are a lot of spoilers below. Therefore, I will say here, this is a great book, but will not be […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Colleen AF Venable, elderly gay wind chime, friendship, gay, GBT, lesbian, transgender

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:384 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Colleen AF Venable, elderly gay wind chime, friendship, gay, GBT, lesbian, transgender ·
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Pandora isn’t the only one with box troubles

October 11, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

David Goodner and Louis Thomas’s Ginny Goblin Is Not Allowed to Open This Box is not a Halloween story. It is a story about patience and imagination. However, Ginny and her adventures will make a nice addition to ones Halloween book collection. Ginny is told she cannot open the oh so special box her parents have for her. That is, it cannot be opened until dinnertime. But of course, being a typical kid, she will pull out all the stops to find a way to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: David Goodner, Louis Thomas

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:383 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: David Goodner, Louis Thomas ·
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Trick or Treat smell my….yeah not going there…..

October 11, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Skelly’s Halloween would be the perfect book for the young Halloween crowd. They will enjoy the silly antics that go along with a sweet story of a skeleton that just wants to go trick-or-treating as he is only awake for this one day. And all he wants to do is to celebrate Halloween. However, he has an accident that just makes him go all to pieces! And well….it takes more than the all the kings horses and kings men to put Skelly back together again. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: David Martin, halloween, Lori Richmond

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:382 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: David Martin, halloween, Lori Richmond ·
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I cannot be Quiet as Tomie has a new book!

October 11, 2018 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

Oh Tomie! Your illustrations are on point, but the story needs to be in a smaller format! I would love to see this in a lap size or even a medium sized board book. But don’t worry, I still love you Mr. D! Quiet by Tomie dePaola is classic dePaola. A grandfather and his grandchildren go out to enjoy the world around them. While the world is busy and chaotic, there is also quiet to enjoy. The combination of spiritual and secular is there. You […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: family, Multigenerational, nature, Tomie dePaola

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:381 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: family, Multigenerational, nature, Tomie dePaola ·
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Does the boogeyman have boogers?

October 10, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Does Frankenstein Get Hungry? That is the question on the mind of a little sleepless girl. Well, one of many questions anyway. These questions make the “ghoulish seem foolish” and as she asks them, she is able to overcome her fears of the “things in the dark.” Monsters are no match for the imagination of this heroine! Of course, the adult will realize what is going on, especially on the last page as certain things come to light. The illustrations of debut author John Solimine […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:380 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: ·
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