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Grandma and Felix

Words Between Us by Angela Pham Krans

August 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When I first saw Words Between Us as an online reader copy and noticed the cover, it made me assume that this was going to be a grandparent/grandchild story and one where their language difficulties would cause problems. However, I was mostly right. This was a grandmother and grandson story, but they are able to speak to each other (both speak Vietnamese). They have a tight and special bond as time goes by and the two of them learn about each other. However, the grandmother […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: Angela Pham Krans, Asia, Dung Ho, Emigration & Immigration, family, grandmothers, grandsons, Social Themes, Vietnam

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:596 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: Angela Pham Krans, Asia, Dung Ho, Emigration & Immigration, family, grandmothers, grandsons, Social Themes, Vietnam ·
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More smiling eyes

Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho

January 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While gorgeously illustrated, Eyes That Speak to the Stars is a repeat of the companion book Eyes That Kiss in the Corners also by Joanna Ho and Dung Ho. However, that is not to say it is not as delightful as the first book, but I was looking for something slightly different. The story starts off with an innocent drawing by a school friend, has our narrator questioning how people see him, and how he sees himself. The picture looks nothing like him. But through […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: culture, Dung Ho, family, friends, Joanna Ho, self-esteem, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: culture, Dung Ho, family, friends, Joanna Ho, self-esteem, Social Themes ·
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Celebration of you

Eyes That Kiss in the Corner by Joanna Ho

October 15, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners is a rating of five for Dung Ho’s illustrations alone. To me, they are the story. That’s not to say the story is a bad story, farm from it. It is a delightful story that shows how from the start the narrator, a young girl, loving her eyes by showing the history, myths and love of her culture and family. But it is a story that we have read before. Yet, there is nothing wrong with that. It is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Dung Ho, family, Joanna Ho, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, United States - Asian American

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:323 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Dung Ho, family, Joanna Ho, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, United States - Asian American ·
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