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What Rosa Brought by Jacob Sager Weinstein

Come and Join Us!: 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long by Liz Kleinrock

Once Upon a Sari by Zenia Wadhwani

October 18, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Recently I posted on my Facebook page a couple images from books I was promoting that day. One was a book I had posted here before, The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story, by Aya Khalil and the other What Rosa Brought by Jacob Sager Weinstein. Considering current events, I wanted to promote love, positivity and acceptance. And I cannot think of two better books to show this. Except maybe Once Upon a Sari by Zenia Wadhwani. Or Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays […]

The author’s love for the story and man

Enlightened by Sachi Ediriweera

October 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The graphic novel Enlightened is with lovely illustrations that fit the tone of things. The story is modern voiced to help today’s reader understand the journey of one man who went on to do great things. Sometimes things are a little lofty, yet not overly pushy, but still not as modest as could be. And overall, this is a fun and delightful experience book. Sachi Ediriweera’s story comes from the experiences of their childhood, learning the teachings of and about the Buddha. The man Siddhartha […]

Cale Atkinson in reviews

Simon and Chester V01 Super Detectives by Cale Atkinson

Rock Stars Don’t Nap by Jason Perkins

October 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back, I found a Simon and Chester book. I don’t remember what number in the series it was, but I just found volume one, Simon and Chester V01 Super Detectives. And they started as cute as they were in that first book I read. Now, I am not saying BEST BOOKS EVER, but Cale Atkinson does a cute story that has a not-so-spooky take on things. And this time the detective mystery story is tackled. Even though Simon and Cheseter are a living […]

A girl and her island

Yukie’s Island: My Family’s World War II Story. by Yukie Kimura, Kodo Kimura

October 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Yukie is a young girl who lives on an island with her parents and siblings. She plays and explores with her brother, helps their father keep the lighthouse going, and is excited when they leave the island for school, even on the day she lost her lunch overboard and the fish had a feast because of it. She is a typical young girl, except this is not a story of just any girl, or any island, but one of a young Japanese girl during World […]

Reading the city

City Under the City by Dan Yaccarino

October 10, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I think I have read City Under the City before. However, I did not really remember it at all. Sure, things seemed a smidgen familiar, but the theme is similar in other works and I always find samples here and there so that’s why a page or two wasn’t completely “fresh.” And that is not necessarily a bad thing as I was able to read it fresh. And like with another book I read and this happened to me, I was able to take something […]

The 21 Step count

The Unknown Soldier by Jess M. Brallier

October 10, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Now let me tell you about The Unknown Soldier or in this case, the book by Jess M. Brallier. Yes, the same Jess Brallier who is the author of the Booker the Bat book. And I do not think one author has written two more different books (except for Jonathan Hill and their Odessa and Tales of a Seventh-grade Lizard Boy) than these two. One is lighthearted and fluffy and squeaky, the other serious, informative and emotional. While the book seemed familiar, I did not […]

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