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Come for the story, leave appreciating some lovely art

Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald

A Happy Place by Britta Teckentrup

Imperfectly Perfect: A Story That Cherishes Beauty in Imperfection by Perry Emerson

December 8, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There was an email in my work email inbox that first was thanking the booksellers who had nominated several titles from the publisher for the Indie Next newsletter. They then asked us to consider some other titles for the next one (as the deadline was in a few weeks). This made me browse the titles they were promoting and found one that worked for my particular mood at the time.    The one that caught my eye was the picture book, Is This a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald and illustrated by […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Britta Teckentrup, Dreams, enviormentalism, family, friendship, Hoang Giang, imagination, Katherine Tillotson, Megan McDonald, Perry Emerson, Science & Nature, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:867 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Britta Teckentrup, Dreams, enviormentalism, family, friendship, Hoang Giang, imagination, Katherine Tillotson, Megan McDonald, Perry Emerson, Science & Nature, Social Themes ·
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“Welcome to the future! The future stinks.” (Your Pal Fred)

Your Pal Fred Volume One by Michael Rex

Doom’s Day Camp V02 The Story Eater by Joshua Hauke

December 7, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had an odd reading arc at the end of 2023. I  found some not overly happy books. One was a book about Palestine and Gaza, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, and  two books about the apocalypse. Not to mention the teen novel about a “camp” to train teenage assassins. However, there was humor in the two apocalypse books. In Your Pal Fred Volume One, Michael Rex made a character that is from the past. He wakes up in the seriously dystopian world of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: apocalyptical, family, friendship, Joshua Hauke, Michael Rex, siblings, war

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:859 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: apocalyptical, family, friendship, Joshua Hauke, Michael Rex, siblings, war ·
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Gift a read

Joy to the World: A Christmas Song by Sara Gianassi

Silent Night: A Christmas Song by Sara Gianassi

The Last Slice: A Three Kings Day Treat by Melissa Seron Richardson

December 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If you like giving books for the holidays, these two board books illustrated by Sara Gianassi are adorable! They capture the more traditional feelings and ideals of the season, but also are just nice books. Perfect for stocking stuffers, these are practically must haves for everyone. They do include the full text (or at least a few verses) of each song (therefore a few lines might not be as familiar to some people) and have the sweetest images for illustrations. Okay, maybe too sweet for […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion Tagged With: family, Holiday, Melissa Seron Richardson, Monica Arnaldo, music, Sara Gianassi, Social Themes, traditions

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:855 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion · Tags: family, Holiday, Melissa Seron Richardson, Monica Arnaldo, music, Sara Gianassi, Social Themes, traditions ·
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Slam poetry on the page

Composition by Junious Ward

December 5, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

For full disclosure, I was about half way through this poetry collection when I started my review. I was not “feeling it” and put the book down. However, since then, I have read more. The poetry of Composition by Junious Ward is very subject focused and the style is mostly non-traditional with artistic language. Some poems are easy to read and understand as they are set in a traditional format, whereas others (such as the one that has been “blacked out” leaving only a few […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: African American & Black, family, Junious Ward, Racially mixed people, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:852 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: African American & Black, family, Junious Ward, Racially mixed people, Social Themes ·
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Rabbit go home

Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by James Sturm

December 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Watership Down: The Graphic Novel adapted by James Sturm and illustrated by Joe Sutphin took Richard Adams’ novel and made it into a lovely book about the power of the people, and lovely illustrations that show the good and the darkness around them. The story is the one you know and maybe loved as a child, but I was fresh to the story for the most part. I knew that there would be rabbits and people had said it was dark, but other than that, I had […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Religion, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: adaptations, animals, community, family, James Sturm, Joe Sutphin, literary, nature, Richard Adams, survival

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:848 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Religion, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: adaptations, animals, community, family, James Sturm, Joe Sutphin, literary, nature, Richard Adams, survival ·
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“In the name of all who can no longer speak, I send you love.” Kati Preston

Hidden: A True Story of the Holocaust, by Kati Preston

November 29, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The memoir/biography of Kati Preston, Hidden: A True Story of the Holocaust, is one of the most beautiful, and ugliest, pieces of literature I have read this year. The story, through the child eyes of Preston, is pure and honest, yet because it is adult Preston writing the actual story, there is some of that maturity included. The ugly of the war and things done is told in the words a child understands, slightly “sugar coating” it (they say the Russian soldiers are “hurting the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: family, Holocaust, Hungary, Kati Preston

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:843 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: family, Holocaust, Hungary, Kati Preston ·
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