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Grandpa, Gong Gong or Bompa, whatever you call them, they are all still Grandfathers!

Grandpa Grumps by Katrina Moore

My Day With Gong Gong by Sennah Yee

May 26, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In these two books, we see granddaughters who are not that close to a grandfather. Or at least, not at first due to the generation and language gaps they face. In Grandpa Grumps and My Day with Gong Gong two young granddaughters have problems trying to connect with their grandfathers as both grandfather’s English is limited, and Daisy and May have limited Chinese. But both learn that no matter the gaps they are facing, what can overcome that is the language of family and love. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Elaine Chen, family, granddaughters, grandfathers, Katrina Moore, Sennah Yee, Xindi Yan

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:148 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Elaine Chen, family, granddaughters, grandfathers, Katrina Moore, Sennah Yee, Xindi Yan ·
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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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