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Zooni is a plucky, friendly pup

Zooni Tales: Keep It Up, Plucky Pup by Vikram Madan

Zooni Tales: A Friend Till the End by Vikram Madan

December 28, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I ended 2023 with two sequels read in the young adult category (a thriller/mystery/romance and a humorous/romance/fantasy graphic novel) and a young early reader that is part of a series but it sounds like you can read in any order. Each one showed a part of my personality. And my very little kid came out when I read Zooni Tales: Keep It Up, Plucky Pup by Vikram Madan. And while I can take or leave Zooni, they have some interesting elements that could really make […]

Talking about my best friend!

Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1 by Kaz Windness

October 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Normally I would just say this book, Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1, was just about friendship. And it is, but it is also about being different and yourself. And when you become your final self, this is a real coming out story that is trans based. Worm, sweet and a bit naïve, says they are like Caterpillar, who is a bit more practical. Such as Caterpillar points out they are not the same when Worm says they are best friends who […]

Once I wore magic snow suits to play in the snow. Now I just read about the stuff.

Snow Friends by Margery Cuyler

Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper

December 11, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is winter and as I type this, there are flakes of snow speeding about outside the window. And how can you not remember the times you were a kid and went out in the snow to play on a day like this? (Okay, maybe not in Hawaii or someplace equally warm….) But I remember the boots, hats, mittens (with mittens attached to a string that went around your back to the other mitten, so you didn’t lose it…) and snowsuits (that were magic: once […]

When T-Rex honked

Everything Awesome about Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Beasts! by Mike Lowery

October 29, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I could not finish Everything Awesome about Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Beasts! by Mike Lowery not because it was bad, but because it was awesome and I had to go back to work and not sit and read. Also, (long story, please get comfy) this was part of a set of books we received that were free from an online event at work. I decided to do the nice thing and give them to some people who had some other free swag coming to them. Therefore, […]

Dirty Half Dozen Part Two

The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! by Elaine Bickell

My Little Fox by Rick Chrustowski

Hedgehog Needs a Hug by Jen Betton

Gator, Gator, Gator! by Daniel Bernstrom

Fear the Bunny by Richard T. Morris

The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin

October 9, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Another dirty-half dozen of picture books for your viewing pleasure: We start with The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! by Elaine Bickell with some far out illustrations by Raymond McGrath. When I first saw the cover I was thinking, “Huh. Well that’s kind of different.” And it turned out to be just a cute anytime book, but one that would be a great Halloween story. It is just about a ghost looking for their lost “voice” or “boo.” And while it is abot a Ghost […]

Do drop in and find this book

Dewdrop by Katie O’Neill

September 2, 2020 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

I am on the fence about Katie O’Neill. I have not disliked anything I have read, but I am also not “OMG MY FAVORITE EVER” author. There is a certain charm that O’Neill has that comes across in what I have read. Even when there is “scary adventure” it is still comforting. She seems like she might be your favorite aunt. Or that fun neighbor that becomes like an aunt/grandmother to you. And that charm is continued in their picture book, Dewdrop. This is just […]

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