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The world in your hands

A Garden in My Hands by Meera Siram

July 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have found several picture books of late. One of them, A Garden in My Hands is a sweet, contemporary book that explores the Indian culture of one child’s family. While the mother of the story shares her own stories about the family, their culture, and more, the little girl watches them come alive as her mother applies to her hands some henna. There is a little humor and a lot of love. Meera Siram has tapped into a special world to share with those […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Asia, Diversity & Multicultural, East Indian Americans, India, Meera Siram, Sandhya Prabhat

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:474 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Asia, Diversity & Multicultural, East Indian Americans, India, Meera Siram, Sandhya Prabhat ·
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Around the world in a book

Lunar New Year (Celebrations & Festivals) by Natasha Yim

Martina Has Too Many Tias by Emma Otheguy

The Masjid Kamal Loves by Ashley Franklin

Lali’s Flip-Flops by Farhana Zia

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was in the mood for picture books, and when I went looking for one, I found four. (I was surprised I only found four). And when I started to really look at them, I realized they were all culturally based.  And due to the shorter nature of them, it would be hard to write individual reviews, so here is a “Around the World ” in four books themed review. All are currently available and all are good reads and I will probably read the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: Aaliya Jaleel, Ashley Franklin, Asian celebrations, aunts, Caribbean & Latin American, celebrations, Diversity & Multicultural, Emma Otheguy, Emotions & Feelings, family, Farhana Zia, friendship, holidays, Imagination & Play, Jingting Wang, Muslim, Natasha Yim, Sara Palacios, Social Themes, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:462 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Aaliya Jaleel, Ashley Franklin, Asian celebrations, aunts, Caribbean & Latin American, celebrations, Diversity & Multicultural, Emma Otheguy, Emotions & Feelings, family, Farhana Zia, friendship, holidays, Imagination & Play, Jingting Wang, Muslim, Natasha Yim, Sara Palacios, Social Themes, Values & Virtues ·
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A name by other other

Say My Name by Joanna Ho

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo Picture This:  I like these images. There are six people who are from different areas of the world. And all of them have one thing in common. They have a name. Now, that is not unusual, but what is unusual in Say My Name is how we learn of these names. Each one of their names is special in its own way. And each of the children tells us why their name is special, how it is connected to their people’s history, culture and what […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: cbr15bingo, country & ethnic, Diversity & Multicultural, Joanna Ho, Khoa Le, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:446 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: cbr15bingo, country & ethnic, Diversity & Multicultural, Joanna Ho, Khoa Le, Social Themes ·
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Coming to America

 It'll Be Irie: Staying True to Yourself by Alejandra Barajas

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo On the Road: a young boy immigrates to America I had decided that I did not want to read It’ll Be Irie: Staying True to Yourself by Alejandra Barajas for no other reason than I had read a lot of being yourself type of books and one more was going to be one too many. I then found a physical reader copy and since I prefer reading books that way, I thought I would give it a shot. I am glad I waited for it […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Alejandra Barajas, cbr15bingo, Diversity & Multicultural, Don Swaby, Jamaica, new experiences, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:442 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Alejandra Barajas, cbr15bingo, Diversity & Multicultural, Don Swaby, Jamaica, new experiences, Social Themes ·
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Taking the stigmatization out of natural hair care

Wash Day by Tiffany Golden

June 7, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you see a picture book cover that has two sassy looking girls on it, you know things will either be super silly or… no,  you know it will be super silly. Yet, Wash Day has more to it than humor. We follow a young girl who tells us how hard it can be to have her hair washed. It is not until her sister shows her another way that things get better for our narrator. Tiffany Golden’s story is sweet, and educates people not […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Diversity & Multicultural, family, Lhaiza Morena, siblings, Social Themes, Tiffany Golden

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:407 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Diversity & Multicultural, family, Lhaiza Morena, siblings, Social Themes, Tiffany Golden ·
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New Year party

The Tray of Togetherness by Flo Leung

May 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The day was a Thursday, and it was my lunch time. I was trying to not eat too many red onions, as I had paired my tuna sandwich with sour cream and onion chips. (Thank the good person who invented antacids!) I was also trying to read The Tray of Togetherness by Flo Leung. Which is appropriate as Leung was telling us about the Lunar New Year treats one girl and her family were serving during their New Year Party. And not only do they […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History Tagged With: Diversity & Multicultural, Flo Leung, Holidays & Celebrations, Multigenerational

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:373 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History · Tags: Diversity & Multicultural, Flo Leung, Holidays & Celebrations, Multigenerational ·
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