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Required guts, courage, and bravery… So of course she was a woman!

Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines by Kris Coronado

August 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you see a title like Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines you might wonder if there really were enough people to fill a book. Well, it sounds like you could fill a book on any one of the four women who Kris Coronado highlights. Instead they take four real life women who saved lives, tended to the light houses, and dealt with other issues and situations. We follow Ida Lewis, Juliet Nichols, Venus Parker, and Julia Toomey who were women who were […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Ida Lewis, Islenia Mil, Julia Toomey, Juliet Nichols, Kris Coronado, Lighthouses, United States, Venus Parker, women

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:367 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Ida Lewis, Islenia Mil, Julia Toomey, Juliet Nichols, Kris Coronado, Lighthouses, United States, Venus Parker, women ·
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A girl and her island

Yukie’s Island: My Family’s World War II Story. by Yukie Kimura, Kodo Kimura

October 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Yukie is a young girl who lives on an island with her parents and siblings. She plays and explores with her brother, helps their father keep the lighthouse going, and is excited when they leave the island for school, even on the day she lost her lunch overboard and the fish had a feast because of it. She is a typical young girl, except this is not a story of just any girl, or any island, but one of a young Japanese girl during World […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Asia, Benten Jima Island, family, Japan, Kodo Kimura, Lighthouses, Military & Wars, Steve Sheinkin, Suzuki family, World War II, Yukie Kimura, Yukie Kimura, Kodo Kimura

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:739 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Asia, Benten Jima Island, family, Japan, Kodo Kimura, Lighthouses, Military & Wars, Steve Sheinkin, Suzuki family, World War II, Yukie Kimura, Yukie Kimura, Kodo Kimura ·
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The land hurricane

Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper by Anna Crowley Redding

June 22, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have read a few things about Kate Moore, but ironically, they were not as “deep” as this picture book. They might have had more story, but they did not have the emotion of this Anna Crowley Redding tale. Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper will come out summer of 2022. And you must preorder you copy today at your favorite independent bookstore (or you are welcomed to borrow mine if you do not have one). This illustrated by Emily […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Anna Crowley Redding, Connecticut, Fayerweather Island, Kate Moore, Lighthouses

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:324 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Anna Crowley Redding, Connecticut, Fayerweather Island, Kate Moore, Lighthouses ·
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Dark stuff of fairy tales

Of Salt and Shore by Annet Schaap

September 4, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Do you want to read The Little Mermaid story but with a big twist? Okay, maybe that is not enough. How about do you want to read about a young girl who is dealing with the death of her mother, her father’s drinking, keeping the lighthouse light burning and a real do-gooder teacher? I will loss in a boy who lives in the houses tower and likes biting people as they come into his room (after all, he has to keep up that “monster” persona), […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Annet Schaap, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Fantasy & Magic, father & child, Father and child, identity, Lighthouses, mermaids, pirates

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:265 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Annet Schaap, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Fantasy & Magic, father & child, Father and child, identity, Lighthouses, mermaids, pirates ·
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