Levi Hastings – Cannonball Read 17

Friends since the 1940s

Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Kyle Lukoff

June 5, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped is by Kyle Lukoff and illustrated by Levi Hastings. I had hoped that it would be something different than the usual LGBTQ book, as I have read several and wanted more things. The fact that Lukoff is using the code phrase, “Are you a friend of Dorothy?” made it seem promising. And while they did not disappoint, as an adult reader, I’m still looking for more. […]

Drag Queens and Dinosaurs have bellies

B Is for Bellies by Rennie Dyball

Parker’s Place by Russ Willms

Big Wig by Jonathan Hillman

July 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was going to use B Is for Bellies by Rennie Dyball as my Bingo Bodies but found another one instead. Therefore, I just decided to add this to a review of two other books about being yourself. Starting with a bunch of bellies (well, we have A first as B is for Bellies is an alphabet book) we have a self explanatory picture book. This book is about big bellies, small bellies, black and brown, and white and purple bellies (okay maybe not purple). […]

The Man: Mayor Pete BEFORE he was Mayor

Mayor Pete: The Story of Pete Buttigieg by Rob Sanders

March 31, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Mayor Pete: The Story of Pete Buttigieg will need to be updated by the time this comes out in July. The book ends on him being a Presidential Candidate. Otherwise, Rob Sanders wrote a fun introduction to the man few know about before that candidacy was announced. A hint of classic illustrations with a modern feel to go along with it is what you will see with Levi Hastings illustrations. It looks like something you would see from the late 1960s or 1970s. Yet, the […]

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