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Not all Gingerbread Boys are edible

Lint Boy by Aileen Leijten

August 14, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

(image taken from internet) I was expecting a story about…. I do not know. But not something like what Lint Boy is. I did not realize Aileen Leijten’s story was going to be part gingerbread boy, part Coraline and part Toy Story. To name a few. I am sure you could find other stories to compare it too. On the surface it is a quirky fantasy story of friendship and never giving up. It is about loyalty and fighting for what is right. A little […]

To Build or Not to…. Nah! Just to Build!

In Made by Maxine by Ruth Spiro

Builder Brothers: Big Plans by Jonathan and Drew Scott

June 26, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In reverse alphabetical order, this review covers two different books about building, about trying and not giving up. In Made by Maxine by Ruth Spiro, we see our heroine trying to figure out how to make things bigger and better. When she gets a pet fish (who she thinks is waving at her), she builds it the biggest, funniest, craziest fish tank as the bowl she had for him was just too dull. And how proud both are of it! That is until the class […]

Life might not be basketball, but basketball can be Life

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

June 24, 2019 by BlackRaven 3 Comments

My goal this year was to read books I tend not to read. I was doing well but quickly fell back into my comfort zones. One being YA graphic novels. As far as I know, I have not read any Kwame Alexander novels. I might have read a short story or two, but that is it. Therefore, I have wanted to add him to my To Be Read List and figured a graphic novel was a good way. What it turned out to be was […]

A tribute to big brothers

Just Like My Brother by Gianna Marino

June 12, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Just Like My Brother by Gianna Marino is a cute story. Most toddlers will like the repetition of the text as the characters speak and as the giraffe moves along with the other animals repeating the same question (have you seen my(their) big brother) adding something new about said big brothers physical characteristics or is personality, then getting similar answers from the other animals who tell the little giraffe they too have the same qualities as their older brother. Yet, with all the goodness that Just Like My […]

He ain’t heavy he’s my brother

Charlie & Mouse Even Better by Laurel Snyder

Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder

April 12, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Charlie & Mouse series by Laurel Snyder are one of those cute book series that you like but do not necessarily go “OMG BEST BOOKS EVER!” You enjoy the cute stories and the brotherly bond between Charlie and Mouse. The text is not your usual limited picture book text either. These books are more of a beginning to second grade read. This allows it to grow from a read-aloud to the child reading on their own. Also, this helps an older child who still […]

If you are different from a person everyone agrees is wonderful, it means you are somehow wrong.

April 29, 2017 by borisanne Leave a Comment

This was a tough one, emotionally. One True Thing is the story of a brilliant young woman “with her whole life ahead of her” who is guilted by her controlling and emotionally-arrested father into leaving her life behind to come home and care for her dying mother. And it covers so much ground in a very gentle but sad way: gender roles, parenting, family dynamic, literature and poetry, agency, friendship, romance, and ultimately, euthanasia. At the very beginning of the story, Ellen tells us that […]

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