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Rooting out the truth

I Am Not Boring: The True-Life Story of a Log by Lena Podesta

October 21, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Honestly, I don’t know about you but if I see a brown thing (yeah, went there too, but realized it was a log) in cartoon form I tend to look at it and assume I will not be interested in it. And even with the words NOT and BORING that still would not grab my attention. However, for some odd reason I decided to pick up I Am Not Boring: The True-Life Story of a Log by Lena Podesta (due late May 2026) in an […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: forest, Lena Podesta, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Trees

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:463 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: forest, Lena Podesta, Science & Nature, Social Themes, Trees ·
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A blazing good friendship

Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon by Melissa Marr

August 21, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon had great potential for becoming a great a bedtime story, but it fell short at the last minute. It was a treat to watch Baby Dragon play with his friend throughout the castle and the village, but then it is time for rest, which would have been the perfect ending. But Melissa Marr decides to let Baby Dragon wake and start again. The pacing of the book makes this rest only the time of a cat-nap and not the falling asleep […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: friendship, Lena Podesta, Melissa Marr

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:325 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: friendship, Lena Podesta, Melissa Marr ·
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