Frank Morrison – Cannonball Read 17

Theme: Groovy books

The World Below the Brine by Walt Whitman

Kick Push by Frank Morrison

Dolls and Trucks Are for Everyone by Robb Pearlman

We Are Better Together by Bill McKibben

September 24, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Picture books are one of my favorite genres as you can read something and then say, “I READ that book!” Okay, so it is only 45-50 pages, but you accomplished something. And these below titles are ones that you should feel proud of accomplishing. The World Below the Brine by Walt Whitman is the poet’s work about the day and the world around him. The art of James Christopher Carroll is what makes this book worth the time. Sure, you can read a poem by […]

R-E-A-D Please!

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford

April 23, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had hoped to like R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford a bit more than I did. Perhaps my desire to like it “a lot” made it impossible for the result to live up to my expectations. Yet in the end, I enjoyed reading this glimpse into Franklin’s world. It just will probably not be on my top ten of favorite picture books I read this year list. This book is simple, but not simplistic. We see the life and […]

Born a Slave Became a Botanist, Scientist, Inventor

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta

March 10, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver is a lovely snapshot of one piece of Carver’s life, I wish there was a little “more” to it. I do not mean Carver’s life as a whole. I was not looking for a biography, but I was looking for more about the growing plants in his garden and learning about them. Gene Barretta has strong text telling a good story. Everything that is told and shown is nice. It is poetic with Rank Morrison’s lyrical illustrations. […]

Christmas Spirit? We got it right here!

December 19, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I Got the Christmas Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison and illustrated by Frank Morrison has a lot to like. And a lot of things that you might not be as crazy about. The illustrations of Morrison are lovely. They are quirky and filled with details. And the colors! Bold and sassy and quirky and as spunky as the little narrator herself. They introduce you to a city setting for those who might not be familiar with it and show the setting a lot of kids do […]

Let the Children March

February 9, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robison is a poetic look at the Children’s March of 1963. The adults knew it was time to fight for their rights. But they were afraid of the repercussions. The children decided, it was their rights too, and decided to march. A poetic introduction that is accented by Frank Morrison’s illusions of a time of history that many might not know of. Told from a child’s view, what happened to the children and teens of the march is powerful. […]

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