Holiday – Page 4 – Cannonball Read 17

I know it is 298 days until Halloween but this is a year-round Treat!

The Ghosts Went Floating by Kim Norman

January 6, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am going to say it. I am not ashamed. I almost peed myself laughing at The Ghosts Went Floating. I thought my coworkers would come into the office and think that I had officially finally lost it for good this time. But I did not care! I would just have told them that Kim Norman is a genius! Norman took “The Ants go Marching” song and gave it the most awesome of awesome twists: put that tune to a Halloween theme. I have seen […]

Not all Holidays are Christmas

Love All Year: A Holidays Anthology by Elizabeth Kahn

November 22, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I loved this anthology of holiday romance novellas. I knew I would. When Elizabeth announced she was putting together an anthology of romances centered around non-Christian holidays, I knew she would put out a thoughtful and entertaining book. I’m hoping this will be the first of many Love All Year anthologies. All of the stories were lovely, each in their own way. I wasn’t ready for any of them to be done when I reached the end. For the most part, the stories were about […]

Love is a many splendored thing

A Book of Love by Emma Randall

January 20, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Just when you think the holidays are over, the calendar tells you otherwise. February sees Valentines Day. And A Book of Love by Emma Randall would be the perfect gift to give if your sweetheart does not want flowers or candy. Or you are looking for an alternative to the traditional gift. And if your loved one likes sugary sweet picture book stories, with diverse characters and is a lovely story, just not my personal taste, then A Book of Love would be the perfect […]

A book Susan Eaddy and Lucy Fleming made

Eenie Meenie Halloweenie by Susan Eaddy

December 31, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Let’s end the year with my favorite holiday, Halloween. Eenie Meenie Halloweenie is a clever rhyming book that uses the child’s imagination to pick out a Halloween costume. Should she be an elephant or penguin? She is sure whatever it will be, it is going to be something she can make and the clever ideas on how to make a penguin or monkey will be great for dress up time any time of the year. Her solution is clever, if not necessarily the most realistic, […]

They say it with love

How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? by Jane Yolen

November 27, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The illustrations of the cover tell you that this is another Jane Yolen and Mark Teague collaboration. And the cute lovely dinosaur on said cover shows you it is part of their How Do Dinosaurs…? series. The title tells you that this is How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? The format is familiar: the narrator asks does the dinosaur do X? (Something naughty or mischievous). And then you see what you should be doing to celebrate the holiday. The board book format makes it perfect […]

Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree, who invented thee?

Tomie dePaola's Christmas Tree Book by Tomie dePaola

November 8, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am sure that I have mentioned before that I love Tomie dePaola! Even the books that are not as strong as some of my favorites are always delightful to read. dePaola always knows how to write a story on the level for anyone to enjoy and keeps one’s interests. While the publisher says it is for ages 4 to 8 I can see an older child enjoying it as well and of course adults will get a kick out it. This time, we learn […]

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