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“Good Morning with roses and jasmine,”

A Good Morning for Giddo by Dahlia Constantine and Irene Latham

August 22, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Picture books are a great way to read a book without reading a few hundred pages. They still can entertain, give factual information and make you laugh. Of course, you can cry and be mad, too, as everything is there, as well. I have said this before and will say it again: Picture books are legitimate books. And A Good Morning for Giddo is a very legitimate book. It does not have a big action scene and the message is a little slow in the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Africa, Basma Hosam, Birthday!, celebrations, Dahlia Constantine, Dahlia Constantine and Irene Latham, egypt, family, grandfathers, Grandparent and child, Holiday, Irene Latham, Multigenerational

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:375 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: Africa, Basma Hosam, Birthday!, celebrations, Dahlia Constantine, Dahlia Constantine and Irene Latham, egypt, family, grandfathers, Grandparent and child, Holiday, Irene Latham, Multigenerational ·
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I read a little bit

Pockets for Two: A Collection of Girlhood by Lindsay Ward

Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld

Hedgehog and the Art Show by Ozge Bahar Sunar

October 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Okay, this might be a surprise, but I read a little bit. In fact this should be such a shock to you that if you did not fall down laughing, you are not paying attention. Seriously, I like books. I like sharing books and I will share three with you. Disclaimer: even if the book is out, I read all as online reader copies.  Pockets for Two: A Collection of Girlhood is a sweet story about the magic of pockets, treasures and special friendships. Lindsay […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: Brizida Magro, Ceyhun Sen, Clothing & Dress, Cori Doerrfeld, creativity, Emotions & Feelings, friendship, Grandparent and child, health, illness & injuries, Lindsay Ward, Multigenerational, Ozge Bahar Sunar, Science & Nature, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:756 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: Brizida Magro, Ceyhun Sen, Clothing & Dress, Cori Doerrfeld, creativity, Emotions & Feelings, friendship, Grandparent and child, health, illness & injuries, Lindsay Ward, Multigenerational, Ozge Bahar Sunar, Science & Nature, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes ·
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The universal language of unconditional love

Quiet Time with My Seeya by Dinalie Dabarera

April 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport country When you see a title like, Quiet Time with My Seeya (or at least me), I assume that you will get an outlined story. Meaning: Step one: Grandparent is coming. Or child goes to grandparent. Step two: Child is bored, and grandparent makes magic. Or the child knows grandparent makes magic. Step three: They have lots of fun, maybe learning something new, but always a happy generational story.   There is nothing wrong with this story format. It is a good format and I like […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: CBR15Passport, communication, Dinalie Dabarera, Diversity & Multicultural, family, Grandparent and child, language, Multigenerational, Sinhalese grandfathe

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:244 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: CBR15Passport, communication, Dinalie Dabarera, Diversity & Multicultural, family, Grandparent and child, language, Multigenerational, Sinhalese grandfathe ·
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An elephant never forgets. Until she does

Never Forget Eleanor by Jason June

February 8, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport new to me author (though I had heard the name Jason June, I realized, I have never actually read them!)   Jason June you are a mean, person! How could you pull on my heartstrings with your lovely story of a grandmother elephant and her grandson elephant going through a difficult situation? Why did you make me cry? Of course, you Loren Long, I blame, too!  Those sweet, illustrations of adorable elephant ears and big eyes looking up at his grandmother while they do […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Concepts, dementia, Diseases & Illnesses, Elephants, family, friends, grandmothers, Grandparent and child, Jason June, Multigenerational

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:89 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: CBR15Passport, Concepts, dementia, Diseases & Illnesses, Elephants, family, friends, grandmothers, Grandparent and child, Jason June, Multigenerational ·
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But she can’t help it. It’s too much reality for an almost-eight-year-old.

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo Book Club I wanted to do a pure Bingo. Unfortunately, I could not get myself to read the book I picked, Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau (a choice of a book group that purchases their books via the bookstore I work at). Therefore, I went hunting for an “easy book club recommend” and found lots of books that just sounded hard. (I am not sure what they considered easy, but one list had several over 300 paged books on it.)  But, as we […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, coming-of-age, Fairy Tales, Fairy tales explaining reality, Fairy tales vs. reality, family, Fredrik Backman, friendship, grandmothers, Grandparent and child, imagination, individuality, Life change events

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:220 · Genres: Book Club, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, coming-of-age, Fairy Tales, Fairy tales explaining reality, Fairy tales vs. reality, family, Fredrik Backman, friendship, grandmothers, Grandparent and child, imagination, individuality, Life change events ·
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