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National Park adventure

Scout Moore, Junior Ranger: Great Smoky Mountains. by Theresa Howell

April 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Scout Moore is an adventurous kid. She is the head ranger of her own backyard, and one day is ready to take on the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. And Theresa Howell takes Scout, her family and we the reader on an adventure in the picture book Scout Moore, Junior Ranger: Great Smoky Mountains. Not only to we swim and hike, but we also see giant elks, salamanders, other creatures of the wild and a girl named Jolene. But what Scout really wants is to […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: family, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jeffrey Ebbeler, National parks and reserves, Science & Nature, Theresa Howell, Vacations

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:263 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: family, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Jeffrey Ebbeler, National parks and reserves, Science & Nature, Theresa Howell, Vacations ·
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One, two, eleven, five

Ten Dragon Eggs: A Book about Counting Down by Lynda Graham-Barber

April 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport  author How can you not like the rich, jewel colors of Jeffrey Ebbeler’s illustrations in Ten Dragon Eggs: A Book about Counting Down? Okay, sure, they might be too cute. Or maybe they have too big eyes, but they do fit the story that Lynda Graham-Barber made for us. They are sweet, silly and have a cleverness to them. The story is simple, a dragon mother watches her eggs hatch. It is a difficult process but amusing to the readers. And then, along the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Concepts, Counting & Numbers, Dragons & Mythical, Jeffrey Ebbeler, Lynda Graham-Barber

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:229 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR15Passport, Concepts, Counting & Numbers, Dragons & Mythical, Jeffrey Ebbeler, Lynda Graham-Barber ·
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Food for the eyes

Feast of Peas by Kashmira Sheth

March 10, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When reading a couple books at lunch I notoced a theme. Food. I guess I was hungry to devor a good book (or two) as well as a good sandwhich (which was so-so, had too many red onions, but the books were tasty). : In Feast of Peas, our main man Jiva looks forward to a feast when his garden peas are ready for the picking. Unfortunately, when it is time to pick, they have disappeared! And nothing he does will stop the mysterious thief, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: family, friendship, Jeffrey Ebbeler, Kashmira Sheth

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:162 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: family, friendship, Jeffrey Ebbeler, Kashmira Sheth ·
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