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Snow Birds by Kirsten Hall

The Snow Fox by Rosemary Shojaie

January 6, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Nothing like having a few minutes to read a picture book. The thing is, with these two books I need a lot more than a few minutes! I need to sit down and take oh, 3 to 5 minutes per page. Each book has details in their illustrations that make them frame worthy. Snow Birds at first made me think, “Okay, one to three words per page. And if a complete sentence is not there, I would not be surprised.” Well, that old adage, Do […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, birds, foxes, friendship, Jenni Desmond, Kirsten Hall, Rosemary Shojaie, snow

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, birds, foxes, friendship, Jenni Desmond, Kirsten Hall, Rosemary Shojaie, snow ·
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Albert’s Tree

April 19, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is SPRING! And Albert cannot wait to find his favorite tree and enjoy the always so quiet and peaceful branches. As well as taking another nap in those same said branches.  However, while trying to relax, all of a sudden, the tree starts crying. It has never done that before. What could be casing it? Albert sees that nothing has changed (it even tastes the same when he’s upside down). When Albert and some of his forest friends try different tricks that work for […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: Jenni Desmond

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:87 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: Jenni Desmond ·
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