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Lunch was less than satisfyingly, but these picture books made up for it

Here Comes Ocean by Meg Fleming

My Rainy Day Rocket Ship by Markette Sheppard

Hurry Up!: A Book About Slowing Down by Kate Dopirak

Smashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman

The Ocean in Your Bathtub by Seth Fishman

Meet the Latkes by Alan Silberberg

December 22, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was sitting at lunch, eating something not that great tasting (but when you forget your lunch and the owner provides food, you know beggars can’t be choosey), I decided to distract myself with some quick picture book reading. And I found six titles that By George the III! Are pretty darn good. Each of these is a Third or a 3 rating. Not OMG but books I will gladly recommend and might just read a second time. Here Comes Ocean by Meg Fleming (author) […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alan Silberberg, Andrea Zimmerman, Charly Palmer, Christopher Silas Neal, Dan Yaccarino, David Clemesha, Isabel Greenberg, Kate Dopirak, Markette Sheppard, Meg Fleming, Paola Zakimi, Seth Fishman

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:427 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Alan Silberberg, Andrea Zimmerman, Charly Palmer, Christopher Silas Neal, Dan Yaccarino, David Clemesha, Isabel Greenberg, Kate Dopirak, Markette Sheppard, Meg Fleming, Paola Zakimi, Seth Fishman ·
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And We’re off to Bed

May 29, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car says Kate Dopirak and Mary Peterson. And our little car is off beeping goodnight to all his friends. And by the end, pulls in back at home, sleepy and ready to go to bed himself. The end. Sadly, there is not a lot of text to this book for the toddler crowd. The text loses traction for many reasons. The least being the short amount of text. The main one is the story has been done before. However, if you are […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: cars, Kate Dopirak, Mary Peterson, vehicles

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:169 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: cars, Kate Dopirak, Mary Peterson, vehicles ·
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