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A Special kind of lunch

Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Lailah is in a new school in a new country. She misses her old friends, friends who were old enough last year to partake in the fasting of Ramadan. This year, she is deemed old enough by her mother, and wishes she could share her concerns and excitement with those friends. But here at the new school, she is shy and worried no one will understand the importance of this honor. She worries that people will make fun of her and feel sorry when she […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History Tagged With: Emotions & Feelings, family, friends, Lea Lyon, Ramadan, Reem Faruqi, Religion, school, United States - Middle Eastern & Arab American

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:233 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History · Tags: Emotions & Feelings, family, friends, Lea Lyon, Ramadan, Reem Faruqi, Religion, school, United States - Middle Eastern & Arab American ·
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This is a beautiful book with a sensitive subject

Fox: A Circle of Life Story by Isabel Thomas

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was thinking Fox: A Circle of Life Story was going to be more about the cycle of trees, plants, the seasons, the forest and not about the cycle of life of a mother fox. Isabel Thomas created a poetic, beautiful story of life and death. We follow a fox as she wanders the woods, crossing the human road, and her unfortunate end. The concept of death is lightly presented, but also nothing is held back. It is a serious look at the cycle of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: animals, biology, Daniel Egneus, Death New Experiences, family, foxes, Isabel Thomas, Science & Nature, Social Topics

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:231 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: animals, biology, Daniel Egneus, Death New Experiences, family, foxes, Isabel Thomas, Science & Nature, Social Topics ·
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Watch your penguin… I mean baby!

Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Vampenguin written and illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins cannot have 250 words written about it. When you say, “A baby vampire trades places with a penguin at the zoo for the day and they cause a bit of mischief.” You have said it all. Of course, you can then say things like, “Why were the parents so clueless?” They and the older sibling had plenty of opportunities to notice the change. Even if they are looking at the other animals or talking on the cellphone. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: animals, family, family outings, halloween, holidays, Lucy Ruth Cummins, penguins, zoos

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:224 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: animals, family, family outings, halloween, holidays, Lucy Ruth Cummins, penguins, zoos ·
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But she can’t help it. It’s too much reality for an almost-eight-year-old.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo Book Club I wanted to do a pure Bingo. Unfortunately, I could not get myself to read the book I picked, Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau (a choice of a book group that purchases their books via the bookstore I work at). Therefore, I went hunting for an “easy book club recommend” and found lots of books that just sounded hard. (I am not sure what they considered easy, but one list had several over 300 paged books on it.)  But, as we […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, coming-of-age, Fairy Tales, Fairy tales explaining reality, Fairy tales vs. reality, family, Fredrik Backman, friendship, grandmothers, Grandparent and child, imagination, individuality, Life change events

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:220 · Genres: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, coming-of-age, Fairy Tales, Fairy tales explaining reality, Fairy tales vs. reality, family, Fredrik Backman, friendship, grandmothers, Grandparent and child, imagination, individuality, Life change events ·
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Love &…well, more love…

Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

August 2, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

“Do you think it’s possible that you can believe in me for a bit? How do you believe in someone who left when you were eight years old? And how was I supposed to manage the enormous chasm that existed between how he said he felt about me and what his actions said he felt about me?” Liv thought her biggest problem was trying to find a way to tell her boyfriend that she wants to attend art school rather than follow him to Stanford. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Complicated, family, Greece, Jenna Evans Welch, Mental Health, travel

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr13bingo, Complicated, family, Greece, Jenna Evans Welch, Mental Health, travel ·
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Their costumes are made of cardboard, but their hearts are made of gold

The Cardboard Kingdom V02 Roar of the Beast by Chad Sell

July 30, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo Gateway  (This (so far two book) graphic novel series is one that I am not a huge fan of, but I know they are good for today’s readers. They introduce modern subjects (GLBTQ related) but also the classics like bullies and friendship issues. I recommend this to both starting in the genre of graphic novel and one if you’ve been into GNs for a bit).   The Cardboard Kingdom V02 Roar of the Beast is: a graphic novel. It is a colorful graphic novel at […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: bulliles, cbr13bingo, Chad Sell, community, costume, David DeMeo, family, female superhero, friendship, Jay Fuller, Katie Schenkel, Kris Moore, Manuel Betancourt, Molly Muldoon, monsters, siblings, Social Themes, Vid Alliger

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:213 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: bulliles, cbr13bingo, Chad Sell, community, costume, David DeMeo, family, female superhero, friendship, Jay Fuller, Katie Schenkel, Kris Moore, Manuel Betancourt, Molly Muldoon, monsters, siblings, Social Themes, Vid Alliger ·
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