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Regardless if they like to dig, dance or jive…. I mean dive… these birds move!

Dig, Dance, Dive: How Birds Move to Survive by Etta Kaner

February 8, 2022 by BlackRaven 6 Comments

All the birds in the illustrations of Dig, Dance, Dive: How Birds Move to Survive are goofy, spooky, creepy (some of those birds have evil or at least mischief planned), or just plain odd. And I loved it. I wanted to know what could I learn about birds when the black egret looks like it dropped on big old dirty birdie on the head of some unsuspecting human? (And really its just smirking because dinner is to be served in a bit due to the […]

‘Western Australia had missed roll-call, but would be able to attend class in 1901 if John Forrest signed it’s permission slip’

Girt Nation by David Hunt

January 30, 2022 by LittlePlat 1 Comment

…Western Australia needed a bit of coaxing to enter Federation With Girt Nation, David Hunt’s Unauthorised History of Australia returns, following both Girt and True Girt. Why an ‘unofficial’ history? Probably to shake any potential readers of the misconception that these books are dry, academic tomes, but rather satirical and rather un-sanitized (but no less insightful) takes on Australian history. And what, a non-Australian might ask, is a Girt? Or what is meant by Girt? While the word is not exactly part of common […]

Birds on the Brain

Sentinel Chickens: What Birds Tell Us About Our Health and the World, by Peter C Doherty

October 31, 2021 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

After over eighteeen months of pandemic, I’m sure most people have read a book or two about pandemics, disease outbreaks, or even just viruses. Most of these books probably don’t leave the reader feeling very relaxed. Sentinel Chickens: What Birds Tell Us About Our Health and the World, is not like that. Full of amicable ancedotes about birds, diseases and their relations with regards to humans, this books was such a gentle read that I felt that I could take it to the beach and […]

My feathered and not so feathered friends

Bird Boy by f Matthew Burges

August 19, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Bird Boy is marketed as an “Inclusive Children’s Book.” And while I am not sure what the criteria is for that, the results of Matthew Burgess and Shahrzad Maydani’s book is one that shows you how to be yourself and shows that we are all different but similar at the same time. We are rainbow colors, and maybe use wheelchairs or have glasses, but we can play, have fun, and enjoy nature, and be ourselves with our friends. What happens when you are a shy […]

Here Birdie, birdie bird!

How to Find a Bird by Jennifer Ward

January 21, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

How to Find a Bird is a great non-fiction book presented as a traditional picture book story. Jennifer Ward’s text is about an all-knowing narrator taking you (and the characters of the book) on a journey throughout almost all the known birds. Some will be familiar due to your own area, while others might not be. There are even a few pages dedicated to birds that have gone extinct. Each page has facts or pieces of information on birds, how to see and hear birds […]

Don’t Judge Books by their Covers and Don’t Miss these!

Snow Birds by Kirsten Hall

The Snow Fox by Rosemary Shojaie

January 6, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Nothing like having a few minutes to read a picture book. The thing is, with these two books I need a lot more than a few minutes! I need to sit down and take oh, 3 to 5 minutes per page. Each book has details in their illustrations that make them frame worthy. Snow Birds at first made me think, “Okay, one to three words per page. And if a complete sentence is not there, I would not be surprised.” Well, that old adage, Do […]

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