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Old and New Traditions

Just Us by Molly Beth Griffin

March 21, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am one of those people who do not like change. Unless it’s when I get money back from a purchase that I have made. Seriously, though, change can be hard for people and children especially. And especially when it has become a tradition filled with pleasant memories, good feelings and food (I do like food).  Molly Beth Griffin’s Just Us shows how when something changes, it can also be a good thing, just different. The narrator of the story is upset that the winter […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Alternative Family, Anait Semirdzhyan, cousins, Emotions & Feelings, family, Holidays & Celebrations, Molly Beth Griffin, siblings, Social Themes, Thanksgiving

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:114 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: Alternative Family, Anait Semirdzhyan, cousins, Emotions & Feelings, family, Holidays & Celebrations, Molly Beth Griffin, siblings, Social Themes, Thanksgiving ·
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Generations

My Baba's Garden by Jordan Scott

Babo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day by Astrid Kamalyan

Dadaji’s Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande

November 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What do you do when you have a picture book online reader copy marathon? You read them, then decide which ones to write up. And these stories about different generations coming together are just a small sample of what was on my reading plate. Both of my grandmothers were odd. After all, they married my grandfathers. And you don’t know odd until you have met the man the neighborhood called “the crazy old man with the ski pole” or the one who told the president […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry Tagged With: Anait Semirdzhyan, art, Astrid Kamalyan, family, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandparent, Jordan Scott, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Ruchi Mhasane, Sydney Smith, traditions

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:788 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: Anait Semirdzhyan, art, Astrid Kamalyan, family, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandparent, Jordan Scott, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Ruchi Mhasane, Sydney Smith, traditions ·
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Time for school

A Smart, Smart School, by Sharon Creech

June 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When it comes to Sharon Creech, I feel there are two categories of fans. Those who love everything she does, and those who mostly like her work. Oh, I am sure there are a few people who do not like her at all, but those people are wrong.  I am in that second category. I have liked most of the things I have read, but have found a few special ones. I like A Smart, Smart School, but it is not my favorite. However, if […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Anait Semirdzhyan, Concepts, school, Sharon Creech, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:393 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health · Tags: Anait Semirdzhyan, Concepts, school, Sharon Creech, Social Themes ·
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