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Activist and leader

Little People, Big Dreams: Vanessa Nakate by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

September 28, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

As I said with my Lenny Henry review, I recently refound the Little People, Big Dreams series, with their new people or new to most children biography series. When I found Vanessa Nakate I said, “That name sounds familiar, who is she again?” Then I realized she was that Vanessa Nakate, the young woman who had her image cropped out of the photograph that included other climate change activists. This young woman knew that she was not just being cropped out of a photograph, but […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: activism, conservation, family, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Olivia Amoah, Uganda, Vanessa Nakate

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:705 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: activism, conservation, family, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Olivia Amoah, Uganda, Vanessa Nakate ·
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A funny thing happened when I went looking for a book to read

Little People, Big Dreams:  Lenny Henry by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

September 28, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I recently refound the Little People, Big Dreams series. I had given them a break because they were doing the same people other series were doing. Nothing wrong with that, but I needed something new. And when I found them again, there were people that were new to me or new to children’s picture book biographies. Or people I was surprised that readers/authors/creators of series were still thinking of them, or at least to the point that they felt a new biography was needed (I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Diane Ewen, Lenny Henry, Little People Big Dreams, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:704 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Diane Ewen, Lenny Henry, Little People Big Dreams, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara ·
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Two women and a whole lotta space

Sally Ride of the Little People, Big Dreams by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Journey to the Stars: Kalpana Chawla, Astronaut by Laurie Wallmark

August 29, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In the 1960s it was Space: The Final Frontier.. We have come a long way since those words first graced our eyes and ears. We put a man on the moon, we put space crafts on Mars and we put several women there, too.  Women who would make history in ways other than being “the first” or almost first. Sally Ride was the first American woman, third in space. Kalpana Chawla would be the woman to represent that no matter where you come from, or […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: aakhee Mirchandani, Alona Millgram, Kalpana Chawla, Laurie Wallmark, Maitreyi Ghosh, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, sally ride

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:624 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: aakhee Mirchandani, Alona Millgram, Kalpana Chawla, Laurie Wallmark, Maitreyi Ghosh, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, sally ride ·
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O, Canada and Terry Fox!

Terry Fox (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

August 3, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Who is Terry Fox? In the picture book, Terry Fox (Little People, Big Dreams) we see who this young person was and how they influenced not only his own country of Canada but influenced people around the world in the search for a cure for cancer. Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara created a book that is a love or hate book, with little in between. Though, as a reviewer I am on Team In Between. I like that there is a picture book biography of someone […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: Canada, cancer, Disabilities & Special Needs, Marathon of Hope, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, T. Connor, Terry Fox

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:432 · Genres: Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: Canada, cancer, Disabilities & Special Needs, Marathon of Hope, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, T. Connor, Terry Fox ·
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My body of work

Pond by Jim LaMarche

Dwayne Johnson by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

July 18, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr14bingo Bodies Level One Body has several meanings. However, it usually means a physical breathing thing, or once was breathing., yet it can me an authors “body of work” or the body of your car. Or several other things. I am focusing on two types of body. A body of water and a human body. When a group of friends find a neglected pond in their favorite play area, the pass and present come together because of a body of water. Jim LaMarche’s Pond is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Dwayne Johnson, family, friends, Jim LaMarche, Lirios Bou, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, nature, pond, science, wildlife

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:386 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: cbr14bingo, Dwayne Johnson, family, friends, Jim LaMarche, Lirios Bou, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, nature, pond, science, wildlife ·
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