April Pulley Sayre – Cannonball Read 17

Get into a pickle

Pickle Words: Crunchy, Punchy Pickles and Poetry by April Pulley Sayre

March 22, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I decided that a book about pickles was not going to be my thing before I even started Pickle Words: Crunchy, Punchy Pickles and Poetry. I mean what can you say about pickles? Well, obviously April Pulley Sayre can say a lot about pickles. They have two things going on within the text itself. First they give us the words of pickles, such as crunchy and spicy. Then there are poems talking about how you pickle cucumbers, vegetables, and other items. They also include such […]

The odd feeling when you give a book a one just because you’re not “feeling it” not because it’s a bad book

Spacebot by Mike Twohy

Cityscape: Where Science and Art Meet by April Pulley Sayre

December 23, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I know not every book can be a winner for every reader. However, I like to think that I can find something to like about books that I am not 100% behind. Of course, that is not always the case, but I at least try and go into a book with an open mind. And while I did that with the below picture books, I had to close my mind up to liking them after reading. They did not “do it” for me. And therefore, […]

Why sing ONE song when you can sing four?

The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky

Bird Watch by Christie Matheson

Bird Builds a Nest: A First Science Storybook by Martin Jenkins

Warbler Wave by April Pulley Sayre

March 8, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Even though the weather has other plans, the calendar is saying that Spring is around the corner. Therefore, the Spring/Easter displays are in full bloom. And on said display for children’s books at work, we have several bird books. Therefore, a lovely theme of birds grace the below reviews. The first book I want to mention is The Blue Songbird by Vern Kousky is a sweet book about finding your “personal song”, it is obvious this story has been done before (cue: Happy Feet I and II). However, […]

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