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Four books for the price of one review (and a lunch break filled with books)

The Peacock Who Howled with Jackals  by Nahid Kazemi

You Can't Tame a Tiger by Stephanie Ellen Sy

RJ and the Ticking Clock by Ian Duncan

Who Needs the Dark?: The Many Ways Living Things Depend on Darkness by Laura Alary

May 7, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The other day I found a few titles I was interested in via an email newsletter. When I looked them up to see if reader copies online were available, they had thumbnails of the images, but not the full  text. I read these introductions, but was hoping to find finished copies sometime in the future (as they are all summer and fall publications). The next day what to my wondering eyes did appear? It was eight tiny reindeer…. I mean, those four titles I had […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Asian, celebrations, darkness, earth science, environmental science, Fables, fathers, friendship, Ian Duncan, jackals, Julien Chung, Laura Alary, LGBTQ, lions, Nahid Kazemi, parents, Risa Hugo, school, Scot Ritchie, self-esteem, Social Themes, Stephanie Ellen Sy, Time

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:246 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Asian, celebrations, darkness, earth science, environmental science, Fables, fathers, friendship, Ian Duncan, jackals, Julien Chung, Laura Alary, LGBTQ, lions, Nahid Kazemi, parents, Risa Hugo, school, Scot Ritchie, self-esteem, Social Themes, Stephanie Ellen Sy, Time ·
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