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They think, therefore they ARRRR!!!!!

August 24, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Yo ho ho! And a bottle of Milk! Listen up you scurry mates! I have one whale of a tale to tell you about! When one tough pirate… bus driver… is all about how brrrave and strrrong pirrrates… I mean kinderrrgarteners are when they are off to their first day of school. That is, until his beloved parrot, Polly, flies off because of stormy seas…. Ah… bumpy roads. This leaves him to show that he might not be so brave himself after all. But with […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Anxiety, bus, Education, Fear, Kevin M. Barry, Mike Ornstein, pirates, school

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:320 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Anxiety, bus, Education, Fear, Kevin M. Barry, Mike Ornstein, pirates, school ·
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It’s Your First Day of School Busy Bus and everything (spoiler) will be okay!

August 15, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It’s Your First Day of School Busy Bus! is a very basic “first day of school jitters” story, but this time it is told from the buses point of view. Claire Messner has created the illustrations showing the reader (slowly as you go along) the apprehension growing on the face of the bus. This is a cute touch and makes it realistic.   Jody Jensen Shaffer It’s Your First Day of School Busy Bus! is a very basic “first day of school jitters” story, but this […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: bus, Claire Messner, fears, first day of school, Jody Jensen Shaffer, school, Transportation

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:307 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: bus, Claire Messner, fears, first day of school, Jody Jensen Shaffer, school, Transportation ·
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