Michael Genhart – Cannonball Read 17

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Spanish Is the Language of My Family by Michael Genhart

April 12, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I assumed that Spanish Is the Language of My Family would take the format of “this is my family, and we speak Spanish” and then a list of wonderful Spanish words such as an alphabet book might give or beginning Spanish words would be given. Well, we get the wonderful words, but also a bit more. There is a spelling bee and a history lesson on how many children (we will learn from the 1930s to 1960s) that were not allowed to speak Spanish outside […]

Diverseness for the younger crowd.

Rainbow: A First Book of Pride by Michael Genhart

Hair Twins by Raakhee Mirchandani

January 17, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What do you do when you want to show diverseness to your child, but they are not ready for some big, non-fiction encyclopedic knowledge book? You grab a picture book. And the below titles are perfectly diverse in that fun picture format. Rainbow: A First Book of Pride was originally from 2019. Therefore, it is just an introduction to the rainbow flag with none of the “extras” we see today. It is a way to show how the GLBTQ+ community is not separate, but part of […]

My cup of books overflows

When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community by Gayle E. Pitman

This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman

They're So Flamboyant by Michael Genhart

January 6, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was browsing an online catalog and found several titles on GLBTQ+ themes. Some had a few pages to sample the goodies inside, but others had full text. I have picked a few and will be doing more in another review, but three per review should probably be a limit, otherwise your eyes will pop out at all the goodness in one place and not able to read! When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community by Gayle E. […]

Love Is Love

May 29, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Love is Love by Michael Genhart and Ken Min tells of how a one child tells his friend how he is teased due to his two dads. As you go along, you see, as our narrator does, that love is love no matter if you have two dads, two moms or one of each. The only real issue I have with this story is that the people that should be reading this, will not be. Some people do not think being gay is acceptable. Or […]

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