Marianne Ferrer – Cannonball Read 17

Just because it is spring, doesn’t mean you can’t read a book about winter things

Brown Girl in the Snow by Yolanda T. Marshall and Marianne Ferrer

May 8, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

September 2025 is the start of the Autumn/Winter release books. And this year (2025) so far has it looking like there will be some terribly hot titles. I am not just talking about whether they have “hot themes” (immigration, new school, historical events) or are from or set in a warm climate, I am talking about whether they are going to be talked about and if they are going to get noticed and which ones are going to get awards and recognition. And Brown Girl […]

How Mama Tree and the Forest woke Little Pin

Wake Up, Little Pin!: The Story of a Sleepy Sapling by Loretta Garbutt

August 29, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Wake Up, Little Pin!: The Story of a Sleepy Sapling by Loretta Garbutt and illustrated by Marianne Ferrer came out in mid-March of 2024. However, I did not learn about it until August of that year. I found an online reader copy and it sounded interesting, but I was not sure at first if I wanted to read it. After a bit I said, why not read a book about a tree? I like trees. I like nature (as long as I’m not in it […]

Flower power on the playground

The Weedflower by Elizabeth Davaze

June 25, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I might have reviewed the title The Weedflower by Elizabeth Davaze and illustrated by Marianne Ferrer before, but I don’t remember. However, I do remember reading it before. And I must have been in two very good moods those days. Usually, a book that is a bit “extra sweet” and a bit “overly modern” is not my usual thing. Therefore, maybe it is because I am trying to keep some plants on the front porch (again) this year, and there is a flower box with […]

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