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When Langston Found Langston

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

March 30, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome is an interesting look at the late 1940s, Chicago, growing up and literature that was way too short. I would have enjoyed more of the history of the time and seen a bigger connection to the two people called Langston. Still, I enjoyed what I read but, like I said, there needed to be more: more of the history of the times (Why were the black families moving north? Why were the soldiers were coming back? Even the fact that […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: African-American, Alabama, bullies, Chicago, Death, family, father and son, friends, grief, Langston Hughes, Lesa Cline-Ransome, loss

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:125 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: African-American, Alabama, bullies, Chicago, Death, family, father and son, friends, grief, Langston Hughes, Lesa Cline-Ransome, loss ·
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Good thing I’m not allergic to books, but if I was, I’d still read this!

Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

March 4, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While the story on the surface of Allergic: A Graphic Novel sounds simple, there is also the complicity of learning of an illness and the result of it being “not fair” to the person dealing with the situation. There is also the typical growing up issues of siblings, friendship, and fear issues. All of it will come to a head by the end and while it might seem overwhelming our heroine, Maggie, finds a way. Megan Wagner Lloyd’s story is an old one (coming to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health Tagged With: Adolescence & Coming of Age, allergies, family, friends, Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter, Pets

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:106 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health · Tags: Adolescence & Coming of Age, allergies, family, friends, Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter, Pets ·
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And the Best Aunt Ever award goes to… ME!

My Little Pony: Holly Jolly Harmony by D. Jakobs

My Little Pony Best Gift Ever: A Perfectly Pinkie Present by Bonnie Ventura

Rainbow Dash: Reading Rainboom! by Talluah May

Twilight Sparkle: Best Aunt Ever! by Talluah May

January 28, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have three nephews with such amazingly similar but unique interests. However, reading is not one of their current strong suits. I mean it used to be for the middle one, the younger occasionally, but the oldest is special needs and reading is not his cup of tea. But he loves superheroes and My Little Pony currently. And I will do anything to get him to see that books are fun. So, no brainer! And the great thing is, he gets ponies, I get to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Bonnie Ventura, D. Jakobs, family, friends, friendship, Glenn Thomas, Golden Books, Holiday, my little pony, Talluah May, Zoe Persico

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:45 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Bonnie Ventura, D. Jakobs, family, friends, friendship, Glenn Thomas, Golden Books, Holiday, my little pony, Talluah May, Zoe Persico ·
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BFL: Big Friendly Leviathan (Or not)

Doodleville V01 by Chad Sell

December 24, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Doodleville V01 by Chad Sell was a bit of a hard sell for me (okay got that out of my system). It is by the author of a book I felt was “Okay. Not OKAY!” (A small difference, but one nonetheless.) But I was in the mood for something that felt easy but knew would not be just fluffy and Doodleville seemed to fit. And the theme of dealing with the fears and emotions of one girl was not fluffy. But it was not “heavy” […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chad Sell, family, friends, imagination, monsters, superheroes

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:430 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chad Sell, family, friends, imagination, monsters, superheroes ·
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The odd feeling when you give a book a one just because you’re not “feeling it” not because it’s a bad book

Spacebot by Mike Twohy

Cityscape: Where Science and Art Meet by April Pulley Sayre

December 23, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I know not every book can be a winner for every reader. However, I like to think that I can find something to like about books that I am not 100% behind. Of course, that is not always the case, but I at least try and go into a book with an open mind. And while I did that with the below picture books, I had to close my mind up to liking them after reading. They did not “do it” for me. And therefore, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: April Pulley Sayre, cityscapes, dogs, friends, Mike Twohy, space animals, space creatures, spaceships

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:429 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: April Pulley Sayre, cityscapes, dogs, friends, Mike Twohy, space animals, space creatures, spaceships ·
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Once I wore magic snow suits to play in the snow. Now I just read about the stuff.

Snow Friends by Margery Cuyler

Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper

December 11, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is winter and as I type this, there are flakes of snow speeding about outside the window. And how can you not remember the times you were a kid and went out in the snow to play on a day like this? (Okay, maybe not in Hawaii or someplace equally warm….) But I remember the boots, hats, mittens (with mittens attached to a string that went around your back to the other mitten, so you didn’t lose it…) and snowsuits (that were magic: once […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: animlas, Cathy Camper, dogs, family, friends, granddaughters, grandmothers, Kenard Pak, Margery Cuyler, Will Hillenbrand

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:392 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: animlas, Cathy Camper, dogs, family, friends, granddaughters, grandmothers, Kenard Pak, Margery Cuyler, Will Hillenbrand ·
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