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No matter how they look, a sister is a sister

My Sister the Apple Tree by Jordan Scott, Jamal Saeed, and Zahra Marwan

March 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Diversity  CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge My Sister the Apple Tree by Jordan Scott, Jamal Saeed, and Zahra Marwan is due this fall (September 2025). I was able to read it via an online reader copy. Now, I know I probably won’t be purchasing a finished copy for myself, but this book is a very contemporary themed picture book that is good for the older reader and should be read.  A young child starts their story with the birth of twin goats. They are envious that […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: apples, Arab American, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, diversity, Emigration, Immigration, Jamal Saeed, Jordan Scott, Jordan Scott, Jamal Saeed, and Zahra Marwan, Middle Eastern, nature, refugees, siblings, Social Themes, Trees, war, Zahra Marwan

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:138 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: apples, Arab American, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, diversity, Emigration, Immigration, Jamal Saeed, Jordan Scott, Jordan Scott, Jamal Saeed, and Zahra Marwan, Middle Eastern, nature, refugees, siblings, Social Themes, Trees, war, Zahra Marwan ·
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Generations

My Baba's Garden by Jordan Scott

Babo: A Tale of Armenian Rug-Washing Day by Astrid Kamalyan

Dadaji’s Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande

November 1, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What do you do when you have a picture book online reader copy marathon? You read them, then decide which ones to write up. And these stories about different generations coming together are just a small sample of what was on my reading plate. Both of my grandmothers were odd. After all, they married my grandfathers. And you don’t know odd until you have met the man the neighborhood called “the crazy old man with the ski pole” or the one who told the president […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry Tagged With: Anait Semirdzhyan, art, Astrid Kamalyan, family, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandparent, Jordan Scott, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Ruchi Mhasane, Sydney Smith, traditions

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:788 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Poetry · Tags: Anait Semirdzhyan, art, Astrid Kamalyan, family, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandparent, Jordan Scott, Rashmi Sirdeshpande, Ruchi Mhasane, Sydney Smith, traditions ·
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Science, but fun

Angela’s Glacier by Jordan Scott

Climbing the Volcano by Curtis Manley

October 23, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Science was never my thing growing up. However, maybe if I was exposed to/had more science based stories, that mixed effortlessly fact and fiction, I might have gotten into things more. The titles (both due January 2024 and read via online reader copies) Angela’s Glacier and Climbing the Volcano would be the first two I would want to read.  Jordan Scott’s Angela’s Glacier is a unique way of telling us to “stop and smell the glacier.” Or for most of us, to stop and smell […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Sports Tagged With: Camping, coming-of-age, Curtis Manley, Diana Sudyka, Environment, family, Jennifer K. Mann, Jordan Scott, Outdoor Activities, parents, Science & Nature, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:766 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Sports · Tags: Camping, coming-of-age, Curtis Manley, Diana Sudyka, Environment, family, Jennifer K. Mann, Jordan Scott, Outdoor Activities, parents, Science & Nature, Social Themes ·
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