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Colorful Mondays: A Bookmobile Spreads Hope in Honduras by Nelson Rodriguez

Fiona the Fruit Bat by Dan Riskin

What's Inside a Bird's Nest?: And Other Questions about Nature & Life Cycles by Rachel Ignotofsky

July 13, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I like books. You like books. The neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras likes books. And Luis likes books in Colorful Mondays: A Bookmobile Spreads Hope in Honduras. A lot. And he cannot wait for the bookmobile to come once a week. He cannot wait for the adventures he will find inside books. And he cannot wait for the happy feelings he gets by reading, then telling, the stories. Nelson Rodriguez, Leonardo Agustin Monetes, Rosana Faria, Carla Tabora, and Lawrence Schimel got together and wrote, illustrated and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, birds, Books, Carla Tabora, Dan Riskin, eggs, family, friendship, Honduras, Lawrence Schimel, Leonardo Agustin Monetes, Nelson Rodriguez, nests, Rachel Ignotofsky, Rachel Qiuqi, reading, Rosana Faria, Science & Nature

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:514 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, birds, Books, Carla Tabora, Dan Riskin, eggs, family, friendship, Honduras, Lawrence Schimel, Leonardo Agustin Monetes, Nelson Rodriguez, nests, Rachel Ignotofsky, Rachel Qiuqi, reading, Rosana Faria, Science & Nature ·
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Almost 6 miles

9 Kilometers by Claudio Aguilera

December 12, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I remember as a kid not wanting to get up and go to school. It was a chore and all I had to do was get up, eat a prepared breakfast, and get dressed. The sun (and my mom) was already up for at least an hour or two. I had to wait for the bus to drive oh five-ten minutes down the road. When they switched the route when I was older, it took 15-20 minutes.  The only real struggle was rainy days or […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Activism & Social Justice, Caribbean & Latin America, Claudio Aguilera, Gabriela Lyon, Lawrence Schimel, School & Education, Social Themes, Values & Virtues

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:595 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Activism & Social Justice, Caribbean & Latin America, Claudio Aguilera, Gabriela Lyon, Lawrence Schimel, School & Education, Social Themes, Values & Virtues ·
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