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It’s a bird! It’s a…” Well, you know the drill

Metropolis Grove by Drew Brockington

June 20, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I think ages strong 6-7 to aged 10 will get a kick out of this book, Metropolis Grove.  The story is simple: a new kid on the block meets the only other kids on the block on her first day in the neighborhood. Theirs is a friendship that is quickly made, along with a tree house (a little less quickly made) and one of the three does not really believe Superman is real and other knows he is as she saw him from her window […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery Tagged With: DC Comics, Drew Brockington, friendship, Metropolis, Superman

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:315 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery · Tags: DC Comics, Drew Brockington, friendship, Metropolis, Superman ·
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Future reads I recommend now (so go and preorder at your local independent bookstore)

Book Buddies V01 Ivy Lost and Found by Cynthia Lord

Spider-Ham Graphic Novel: Great Power, No Responsibility by Steve Foxe

Waffles and Pancake: Planetary-YUM by Drew Brockington

June 23, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I said to myself this weekend: What did I do to log myself out of my Simon and Schuster account of free ebooks? Of course, who knows what the password is as it is the only one that I have not put on my list of passwords (hiding in my hidden spot). So, what is a poor girl to do? Go old school with wonderful and amazing in your hand reader copies! Book one was Book Buddies V01 Ivy Lost and Found created by Cynthia […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: Cats, CatStonauts, Cynthia Lord, dolls, Drew Brockington, family, friends, friendship, library, marvel, science, Shadia Amin, siblings, space, Spider Ham, Spider Pig, spiderman, Stephanie Graegin, Steve Foxe, superheros

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:187 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: Cats, CatStonauts, Cynthia Lord, dolls, Drew Brockington, family, friends, friendship, library, marvel, science, Shadia Amin, siblings, space, Spider Ham, Spider Pig, spiderman, Stephanie Graegin, Steve Foxe, superheros ·
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