Jessie Hartland – Cannonball Read 17

Jump on the Earth Train

Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan

The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement by Barry Wittenstein

November 17, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Science and history can be a fun subject for kids. However, it always seems that people hit on the same historical event or scientific areas. Therefore, I am interested when I find books that do not cover the “same old same old,” or find a fresh take on an old favorite. While both books are available, I read them via online reader copies. When I saw Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider, My first thought was, “Oh a spider.” My […]

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep

Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner by Jessie Hartland

August 21, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner by Jessie Hartland is a fun historical fiction story that mixes facts with a little mythology. We see how the famous flag of Francis Scott Keyes poem was made: by a seamstress, her daughter, nieces, mother and a black, female, indentured servant. We see how it was raised over the fort to scare off a British attack (that never happened). And later on, we see the battle that it became famous for. […]

Bon Appetit!

Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child by Jessie Hartland

August 12, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child by Jessie Hartland was a book I noticed in our sale section. I was looking for books to donate to my local library as an “In Memory” gift for a coworker from our sister store. She liked children’s books and had done a few reviews for cookbooks as well, therefore, I thought this was a perfect combination. I had known two things about Julia Child’s before this book: One she loved to cook (more butter the better) and she […]

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