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Hiking through boyhood “shoulds”

When You’re a Boy by Blake Nuto

February 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We know the stereotypes of what “boys and girls should be.” And there are several books out there that talk about how girls should break that mold and be bold, brave, aggressive, smart, funny, and basically be “like a boy” and not the shy, demure “should be” of a girl. This time Blake Nuto takes that concept, but for boys. A boy should be like the cruel wild, but the narrator is also saying they have learned about kindness. There are several parts to this […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: & Sons, Blake Nuto, boy & men, family, fathers, nature, Social Themes, values, virtues

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:79 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: & Sons, Blake Nuto, boy & men, family, fathers, nature, Social Themes, values, virtues ·
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I wish I had this girl helping me when I do my chores

Soulful Struttin’ by ulia Pierre Hammond

October 16, 2024 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

The title of the last book review was supposed to be, “I finally have gotten everything I have written, posted.” Then this morning I read one more picture book that is officially due late October/early November 2024, and I read via an online reader copy. Plus, I had just one more to post yesterday, but couldn’t get to it so it didn’t matter anyways! The book cover is the first thing you (obviously) see, so you know that you will have a diverse cast of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: African American & Black, Ana Latese, chores, family, fathers, fathers & daughters, house cleaning, Imagination & Play, music, parents, Sunday, ulia Pierre Hammond

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:504 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: African American & Black, Ana Latese, chores, family, fathers, fathers & daughters, house cleaning, Imagination & Play, music, parents, Sunday, ulia Pierre Hammond ·
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Moms and Dads are rad

Some Moms by Fifi Abu

Some Dads by Fifi Abu

April 22, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had a few minutes before bed the other night and had a need for a quick read, so I picked up two goofy, lovable picture books by Fifi Abu. Find an image of Abu, as they look everything like a Fifi, but nothing like what I expected (which is fantastic, as the author is half the fun of a book for me). And  if you found that image on the book, well, read the book(s)!  As well as the author burb. Spoiler: as a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Diversity & Multicultural, families, fathers, Fifi Abu, mothers, parents

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:176 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health · Tags: Diversity & Multicultural, families, fathers, Fifi Abu, mothers, parents ·
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The rom-com romp

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang

March 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was hesitant to start Lunar New Year Love Story for a few reasons: I am not a romance reader; I thought the use of Leuyen Pham as the illustrator was an odd choice; and as I like Gene Luen Yang, would I build this book up too much and it would not live up to my hype?  Well, I am still not a romance reader and the arc was not how I run my romance life, but it was fun and heartwarming. (Granted if […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: #fate, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Dance, dating, family, fathers, friendship, Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham, lion dance, Lunar New Year, mothers, paranormal, Spirits

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:102 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: #fate, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Dance, dating, family, fathers, friendship, Gene Luen Yang, LeUyen Pham, lion dance, Lunar New Year, mothers, paranormal, Spirits ·
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When Boy Met Girl, she changed his world

They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles

March 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My vacation was filled with snacks and naps. In between that it was filled with reading books and three of those were sequels (two volumes that were volume threes and one book was volume two). One of those reads was a more a companion novel, or I should say, a prose poetry story/novel and not a traditional novel. Yet, it  does help to have read They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems by David Bowles first. This time we follow Joanna, or “Fregona” (a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: bullies, Current Events, David Bowles, Emigration & Immigration, family, fathers, friendship, Hispanic & Latino, school, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:71 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: bullies, Current Events, David Bowles, Emigration & Immigration, family, fathers, friendship, Hispanic & Latino, school, Social Themes ·
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Third Time Isn’t Always A Charm

Teen Killers V03 Teen Killers At Large by Lily Sparks

The Fourth Closet: Five Nights at Freddy’s (Five Nights at Freddy’s Graphic Novel #3) by Christopher Hastings.

March 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I took a two week staycation recently where I was able to read about a dozen books. Some were short, but a few had a little kick to them. Such as Teen Killers At Large V03. The Teen Killers Club series Lily Sparks created a modern day Bonnie and Clyde, with kill switches implanted in the necks of people, hackers, billionaires, rough family dynamics, and a bunch of killers under the age of 18. This novel was probably the weakest of the three only because […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Christopher Hastings, coming-of-age, Death, Diana Camero, family, fathers, friendships, Kira Breed-Wrisley, Lily Sparks, murders, Robotics, Scott Cawthon, Social Themes, Thrillers & Suspense

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:68 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Christopher Hastings, coming-of-age, Death, Diana Camero, family, fathers, friendships, Kira Breed-Wrisley, Lily Sparks, murders, Robotics, Scott Cawthon, Social Themes, Thrillers & Suspense ·
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