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Getting lost and found again

Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord

August 8, 2024 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Mia is visiting her grandmother in Maine on her own for the first time. This would be exciting, but the reason her mom is staying behind is to sell their old family house, so they can move in with her new boyfriend. The changes are freaking Mia out a little, so she’s glad to visit her reliable Grandma in the small town of Stone Harbour. But when she arrives, she finds that things have changed at Grandma’s too – a boy about her age named […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: Addiction, animals, birding, birds, Cynthia Lord, family drama, friendship, maine, middle grade

cosbrarian's CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: Addiction, animals, birding, birds, Cynthia Lord, family drama, friendship, maine, middle grade ·
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Sky things

Paul the Peacock by Tilly Matthews

Little Cloud's Big Dream by Ixtzel Arreola

June 25, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Booktalk ain’t got nothing on me! It only has to open its mouth and insert words into the air! But I must take my fingers to the computer keyboard and type!  Now, granted, I type fairly quickly, but that old school click click tells me I’m having an overload of words! Therefore, I will just let you dive into the reviews I am giving you today.  Paul the Peacock by Tilly Matthews is pretty straight forward. There is a peacock; his name is Paul; and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, birds, Feelings, friendship, Ixtzel Arreola, Martina Liebig, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Tilly Matthews, Weather

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:290 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, birds, Feelings, friendship, Ixtzel Arreola, Martina Liebig, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Tilly Matthews, Weather ·
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“Zahra and I were complete; we were the sun and the wind, the sky and the earth, life and death, above the world and untouchable.”

The Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee

May 13, 2024 by esme Leave a Comment

I was a big fan of Fonda Lee’s Green Bone Saga, so when I stumbled on this novella, I was thrilled! In the sprawling Green Bone Saga, Lee crafted a dynasty in which 10s of key actors loved and hated and fought and died over several countries and thousands of pages. In The Untethered Sky, Lee narrows the scope to a single girl and her bird – well, never her bird, but the bird that she tends. I didn’t read the blurb on this book, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, birds, canadian author, Fiction, Fonda Lee

esme's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, birds, canadian author, Fiction, Fonda Lee ·
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Another way to view nature

Birds of the West by Molly Hashimoto

May 12, 2024 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Over the past twenty years, I’ve become a fairly avid birder. More recently, I’ve begun to re-cultivate the interest in drawing I first developed as a young teen. During the pandemic, I started watching online tutorials about nature journaling and, more specifically, drawing birds. Molly Hashimoto’s Birds of the West, an Artist’s Guide, is a wonderful source of inspiration. It’s a combination field guide, art book, and how-to manual. Hashimoto specializes in block prints and watercolors, though she also shares some etchings and images she […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, birds, CBR16, KimMiE", Molly Hashimoto, nature

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:10 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: art, birds, CBR16, KimMiE", Molly Hashimoto, nature ·
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Owls are fan favorites

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

April 12, 2024 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

It seems to me that even people who are lukewarm about birds get excited about owls. Whether you associate them with wisdom (thanks to their connection with the goddess Athena), stuffy know-it-all-ness (à la Winnie the Pooh’s pal), or as messengers (everything from Native American folklore to Harry Potter), you have undoubtedly encountered stories about owls in some area of your early life or education. Perhaps it’s their large, all-knowing eyes, or their stillness, or the way they swoop in almost without a sound that […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: biology, birds, CBR16, Jennifer Ackerman, KimMiE", nature, ornithology

KimMiE"'s CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: biology, birds, CBR16, Jennifer Ackerman, KimMiE", nature, ornithology ·
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The nature of a boy

Pansy Boy by Paul Harfleet

April 3, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The theme of Pansy Boy is familiar, but the presentation is new. The artwork is unusual and classical. The “ugly” and “beauty” (the ugly of the hateful things that are said, and the beauty of the young boy, the birds, and the flowers) are shown in fresh ways to move things along. Paul Harfleet made an experience book. The rhyming aspect could work for some people, but sometimes it took me out of the moment. The overall theme of things is bullying because the main […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Poetry Tagged With: animals, birds, bullying, classmates, Flowers & Plants, LGBTQ, Paul Harfleet, school, Science & Nature, self-esteem, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:134 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Poetry · Tags: animals, birds, bullying, classmates, Flowers & Plants, LGBTQ, Paul Harfleet, school, Science & Nature, self-esteem, Social Themes ·
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