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 Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a Thunderstorm by Laura Purdie Salas

Queen Elizabeth: Volume 87 (Little People, Big Dreams) by Sanchez Vegara

September 14, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is time for picture a book round up. Below are two radically different, but equally good titles.  Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a Thunderstorm is a poetic look at the excitement, softness, loudness, strength of a Thunderstorm. The start, middle, and ending of a storm are given by simple text of Laura Purdie Salas. Their work is complimented by Elly MacKay and their equally complicated, but familiar and comfortable, illustrations. The poetry of a storm comes to life in a way you might […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Elly MacKay, Laura Purdie Salas, Melissa Lee Johnson, nature, Queen Elizabeth II, Sanchez Vegara

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:485 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Elly MacKay, Laura Purdie Salas, Melissa Lee Johnson, nature, Queen Elizabeth II, Sanchez Vegara ·
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Rock-a-bye friends in the tree-house top

The Tallest Tree House by Elly MacKay

April 25, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Tallest Tree House by Elly MacKay is one of those books where what you put into it is what you take out of it. You will either really like it, or be “eh, that’s nice.” The Tallest Tree House is a sweet story about friendship and the theme of “a place and time for everything.” And the time to build a tree house is now. But two friends have unique ways of going about making one. One plans and the other rushes about without […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: architecture, Children's Art Fiction, Elly MacKay, friendship, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:141 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: architecture, Children's Art Fiction, Elly MacKay, friendship, Social Themes ·
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