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Experience of sadness

Sad Book by Michael Rosen

October 8, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A while back I found the companion book to Michael Rosen’s Sad Book. Therefore, I figured I should see how the whole thing started and got a copy of the book from my library. After finishing it, I think that The Sad Book is a well done book on dealing with grief, but the second book, Where Are You, Eddie? (coming in Summer 2026) was more detailed and the stronger read of the two. With that said, I feel that The Sad Book could be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: & Sons, family, fathers, grief, Michael Rosen, parents, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:444 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: & Sons, family, fathers, grief, Michael Rosen, parents, Social Themes ·
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Sad books that help make it better

The Fabric of Us by Aditi Anand

Where Are You, Eddie? A Companion to Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen and Gill Smith

September 9, 2025 by BlackRaven 1 Comment

This is a review that seems like another review about a book I almost didn’t write up, but it is not really. Oh, yes, I almost did not write up The Fabric of Us by Aditi Anand (due later May 2026; read via an online reader copy) because I could not think of enough words for a full review. At least not by itself. It was only when I read  Where Are You, Eddie? A Companion to Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: & Sons, Aditi Anand, Death, family, fathers, Gill Smith, grief, loss, Michael Rosen, Michael Rosen and Gill Smith, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:401 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: & Sons, Aditi Anand, Death, family, fathers, Gill Smith, grief, loss, Michael Rosen, Michael Rosen and Gill Smith, Social Themes ·
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Finding family

On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It by Michael Rosen

May 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

A rating of 3 makes this seem like it On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It is not a good book/collection. However, this rating is because of the images of Quentin Blake, which I am not a fan of. However, they are perfect for the atmosphere of the writing (raw, desolate, almost hopeless) and since t there are no half points, this is a 3.5 lower 4. The idea of migration, refugees, immigrants, all come together while we follow Michael Rosen finding out about […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Emigration & Immigration, family, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Michael Rosen, Quentin Blake, Social Topics, ww2, WWII

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:341 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Emigration & Immigration, family, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Michael Rosen, Quentin Blake, Social Topics, ww2, WWII ·
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