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I was going to send all the spider pictures to my sister, but she’d unalive me….

The Spider Lady: Nan Songer and Her Arachnid World War II Army by Penny Parker Klostermann

January 28, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Disclaimer: Realistic spiders are drawn in the book The Spider Lady: Nan Songer and Her Arachnid World War II Army by Penny Parker Klostermann and Anne Lambelet. It is due early May 2025, and was read via an online reader copy. OMG! Now, if you do not like spiders, you probably should not read this book. However, I wish you would. Yes, there are spiders (a lot of spiders) but the art of Lambelet makes them so darn cute! I mean, I’d cuddle with them…. […]

I don’t know why you shouldn’t trust a fish, but you can read this book to find out…and then there is a bonus book too

Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson

Fiona and the Peculiar Praise by Rennie Dyball

January 28, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I do not know how to write up Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson and illustrator Dan Santat, other than to say, read it and find out what you think. I cannot tell you that on this one. The story is simple, a narrator starts with “this is a dog, cat, etc…” and what they do, characteristics, etc. and then, “This is a Fish, do not trust them.” Um…okay. And then we go through the book about fish and trust issues. Things are cute and […]

To laugh at

How to Make a Lion Laugh (How to Make Them Laugh) by Chris Cate

Ho-Ho-Ho-Larious Christmas Jokes (How to Make Them Laugh) by Chris Cate

January 28, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back I wrote a review for a couple of Chris Cate’s kids joke books. The following two are both due in September of 2025, one ready for the Christmas holidays and the other for the child in your life who likes jokes. How to Make a Lion Laugh (How to Make Them Laugh) and Ho-Ho-Ho-Larious Christmas Jokes (How to Make Them Laugh) are two new joke books I read via an online reader copy. They are not the “WOW these are the best […]

Bee is for Honey and more

Diary of a Bee by Stepanka Sekaninova

January 22, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I did not know what to expect with Diary of a Bee by Stepanka Sekaninova and illustrated by Linh Dao when I saw the online reader copy (due mid April 2025). I figured it would be something like, “I wake up, brush my teeth, eat breakfast, go to (fill in space), lunch, dinner, snacks and go to bed.” You know, like a kid would do. But instead it is a fictionalized life of a bee. We start with “pre bee” and how they grow, hatch, […]

A caucus race is real?

Me, the Dodo?: Memoirs of a Dodo by Anders Roseberg and Alex Preyzner

January 21, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I only read books online that I can have for free. And when I got an ad saying there were these books for free that I had never heard of, I went looking into them. Turns out they were Evil Empire books which I do try not to buy from, but hey! Free, right? However, I was surprised at how it grabbed me. So, if you have an interest in a somewhat funny and informative book about the Dodo bird, then Me, the Dodo?: Memoirs […]

From hustle and bustle to buzz and whirr

Nightsong by Sally Soweol Han

January 17, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Nightsong by Sally Soweol Han is a story about a young boy who is tired of visiting the adults with his adult (assuming mother). But soon it is time to go home and the adult and child head for the bus, hop on and are leaving the city behind. Until the wheels on the bus don’t go round and round, and one needs to be fixed. A long day got longer, but our young boy decided to listen to the sounds around him and explore […]

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