Christopher Eliopoulos – Cannonball Read 17

I’m not sleepy….

The Yawns Are Coming! by Christopher Eliopoulos

May 8, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Who has not had a yawn sneak up on them? Then another? And another? The two kids in this story have just that happen in The Yawns Are Coming! by Christopher Eliopoulos. Yawns is a cute story about two best friends wanting to play all night long at a sleepover, but how the Yawns (and their friends) have other plans. While the kids bravely fight the Yawns, they are no match! The funny antics of these two best friends (and the Yawns and their friends) […]

No D.I.D here, the gal SAVES the monster and the day!

Monster Mayhem by Christopher Eliopoulos

November 29, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My new recommendation for the middle grade reader (and slightly younger) is Monster Mayhem by Christopher Eliopoulos. At first, I figured it was just going to be some “bathroom humor” and not the fun kind (oh come on, you know you have laughed at one poop or fart joke in your life….). But what it turned out to be is a cute, funny, sweet and heavy with movie monsters and science graphic novel for the ages 8 to 10. Zoe is a super-smart young girl […]

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I Am Kind: A Little Book about Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer

June 14, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I Am Kind: A Little Book about Abraham Lincoln talks about the personality of Lincoln with the backdrop of being kind (a trait he was known for) as the moral to the story. And while being kind is a subject or moral for all ages to learn, the overall feeling of the book (the fact that it is being told by the point of view of Lincoln and dealing with in simple terms, the personality and events of Lincoln) seems a bit mature for the […]

I Am Gandhi

March 30, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The good thing about biographies for children is you do not tend to see the negative aspects of a person’s personality. The bad thing about biographies for children is you do not tend to see the negative aspects of a person’s personality. Therefore, I feel I am not always getting the full picture of a person. With that said, it is good that you do not see that Gandhi might not have been as perfect as I Am Gandhi (from the Ordinary People Change the […]

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