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Ducking ducks and Women in Pants!

Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings by Emma Bland Smith

Cloaked in Courage: Uncovering Deborah Sampson, Patriot Soldier by Beth Anderson

October 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This tale by Emma Bland Smith is the one that imagines how things went when Robert McCloskey decided to write Make Way For Ducklings. Their take is a bit poetic license I am sure, however Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards: The Making of Make Way for Ducklings, is a fun way to see how one of his most famous works was made. From real ducklings to full grown ducks; from editors not willing to take the “okay” and from his own need to have things perfect, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anne Lambelet, authors, Beth Anderson, Deborah Sampson, Emma Bland Smith, Robert McCloskey, solider, Stadtlander, war, women

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:737 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anne Lambelet, authors, Beth Anderson, Deborah Sampson, Emma Bland Smith, Robert McCloskey, solider, Stadtlander, war, women ·
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Let me get my britches on!

Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence by Beth Anderson

March 2, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What do we want? Freedom! When do we want it? As soon as we put on some britches and head to the bridge! Beth Anderson brings to life Prudence Wright, who, even as a young girl, had a “spark of independence” in her. As an adult she organized the women of her town to help protect it as the men were off battling the British in the “big battle.” Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence would be an astounding […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1775-1783, Beth Anderson, Minute Women, Prudence Wright, revolution, revolutionary, Susan Reagan, United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:82 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1775-1783, Beth Anderson, Minute Women, Prudence Wright, revolution, revolutionary, Susan Reagan, United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods ·
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