James Gladstone – Cannonball Read 17

Read Me, Now!…. Please

A Star Explodes: The Story of Supernova 1054 by James Gladstone

We're Not Weird: Structure and Function in the Animal Kingdom by Michael Garland

October 23, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I just want to write a list of books labeled with the title: Read Me, Now! The two books below are those kinds of books. You should read them not because I say so, but because they are good (of course, my saying so alone should really be enough!) All titles were read via online reader copies. A Star Explodes: The Story of Supernova 1054 is a story about a supernova. The poetic telling James Gladstone creates shows us the life and times from when […]

The author and I might get a second chance at viewing this phenomenon again

Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley’s Comet by James Gladstone

February 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When a nonfiction book is written in a fiction format, this is one of my favorite ways of presenting it. Everything is accessible and able to be conveniently understood. It teases the interests and allows us to be happy with what we have or go on to explore more. In Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley’s Comet we have the story of Halley’s Comet being told by the comet itself. The voice of the comet is friendly and almost like a beloved grandparent. […]

Earth Day and Beyond

April 17, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

With Earth Day, Green Up Day and Spring around the corner (though I am not as sure about Spring due to the current weather conditions) the young readers fancy turns towards books about the earth. And both titles, Water’s Children: Celebrating the Resource That Unites Us All by Angele Delaunois and When Planet Earth Was New by James Gladstone, give a story and facts about the past and present earth, the people there, water as well as many other details. Water’s Children shows us how […]

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