John Churchman – Cannonball Read 17

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Easter Surprise by Jennifer and John Churchman

April 12, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Easter Surprise is Jennifer and John Churchman’s fifth book in the Sweet Pea series. If you like quaint stories about talking animals, you will like Sweet Pea and the barnyard family. This time our little animal friends go on a mysterious hunt to find out what surprise Sweet Pea has in store for a baby bunny called, Fern. Along the way, Fern, runs into her friends and keep finding these lovely colored eggs with images of the farm animals on them. And who is […]

Chomp down on a good book

July 31, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I like the photographs of Alpaca Lunch. The story is very much in the theme and tone of Jennifer and John Churchman’s other books, which I can appreciate, but have always felt these stories were a bit too sentimental for my tastes. But: Oh, my goodness! They are cute and fuzzy animals! And Yeah Vermont! We rock! The Churchman’s live and raise their animals on their Vermont farm. Each of their stories show what each animals job or role is on the farm and […]

A Sweet Pea & Friends book

June 8, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A Farm for Maisie is the third title in the Sweet Pea & Friends series. These books by John and Jennifer Churchman tell the story of their farm and the animals that live there. Each story is told from the viewpoint of the animals. Their humanistic thoughts, feelings and fears come together within the text and photographs. The first, Sweet Pea & Friends is The Sheepover. It was a big hit at my bookstore. The customers like the sweet, fanciful story of animals and what […]

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