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Presenting Olive Chen!

Oh, Olive! by Lian Cho

June 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Want a funny, sweet story about being yourself? Or a book that reminds you of Olivia the Pig with paints and color? You need Oh, Olive! This book, by Lian Cho (author and illustrator) might be the one you want. The story itself is familiar, but the way the author has presented it is clever and new. The art is fresh and silly, but keeps things in perspective.  Our Olive cannot paint a shape. Not a square like her father, nor a triangle like her […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Asian Picture Book Fiction, family, Imagination & Play, Lian Cho, parents, self-esteem

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:422 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Asian Picture Book Fiction, family, Imagination & Play, Lian Cho, parents, self-esteem ·
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We are family (Goodness help you)

Summer Is for Cousins by Rajani Larocca

Oh No, the Aunts Are Here by Adam Rex

April 4, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As a cousin, I compare myself to books about cousins. And while me and mine did play and have ice cream, we did not do it  the way this family does in Summer Is for Cousins.  But it does not matter how you spent your summers; you probably can relate to Ravi’s family. He is the almost youngest (there is a new seventh cousin to his sixth place), he admires his oldest cousin, and he likes sharing ice cream time with all the cousins. The […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction Tagged With: Abhi Alwar, Adam Rex, aunts, cousins, family, Lian Cho, Rajani LaRocca

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:200 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction · Tags: Abhi Alwar, Adam Rex, aunts, cousins, family, Lian Cho, Rajani LaRocca ·
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