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Baby you’re the tops

Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals  by Linda Ashman

November 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals  might be one of my favorite books this year. Linda Ashman and Aparna Varma (illustrators wonderfully done by) crated a book that has facts, little fiction, and a lot of fun. A page of facts follows a poem about different animals and the things they do. Chomp well, stink well, and so much more. I am partial to the stinking ones (okay, I like some of the chompers, too. And then there is the ones […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: animals, Aparna Varma, Linda Ashman, Science & Nature, zoology

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:551 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: animals, Aparna Varma, Linda Ashman, Science & Nature, zoology ·
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The Dirty Half Dozen

Ways to Welcome by Linda Ashman

What's the Matter, Marlo? by Andrew Arnold

The Unicorn Came to Dinner by Lauren DeStefano 

The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson

All Welcome Here by James Preller

Jules vs. the Ocean by Jessie Sima

October 9, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I love working in a bookstore. When I have lunch and don’t feel like reading a novel, I can grab a picture book. If I am home and just can’t concentrate on the novel format, I grab a picture book. The below are The Dirty Half Dozen Picture Books that have been grabbed recently. Ways to Welcome by Linda Ashman and Joey Chou (rating 3): I liked the idea, but the execution was not really to my tastes. It would be a cute story time book […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Andrew Arnold, Christie Matheson, Gaia Cornwall, James Preller, Jessie Sima, Joey Chou, Lauren DeStefano, Linda Ashman, Mary GrandPre

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:308 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Andrew Arnold, Christie Matheson, Gaia Cornwall, James Preller, Jessie Sima, Joey Chou, Lauren DeStefano, Linda Ashman, Mary GrandPre ·
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