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I’m on a role with Author Leila Boukarim

Rima and the Painter by Leila Boukarim

Lost Words: An Armenian Story of Survival and Hope by Leila Boukarim

Sundays Are for Feasts by Leila Boukarim

April 7, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Once upon a time there was a day where picture books were read. Each one was special in their own way, but since they were picture books I didn’t want to weaken their goodness with a too long review for each one individually, Therefore, I put them in one review. Each one was read via an online reader copy. I will start with Rima and the Painter by Leila Boukarim and illustrated by Melissa Iwai. Due later in July 2025, this book is about a […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History Tagged With: 1915-1923, Arab Women, Armenian, art, family, Immigration & Refugees, Lebanon, Leila Boukarim, Melissa Iwai, Middle Eastern, Migration, mothers, Multigenerational, rmenian Genocide, Ruaida Mannaa, Sona Avedikian

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:176 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, History · Tags: 1915-1923, Arab Women, Armenian, art, family, Immigration & Refugees, Lebanon, Leila Boukarim, Melissa Iwai, Middle Eastern, Migration, mothers, Multigenerational, rmenian Genocide, Ruaida Mannaa, Sona Avedikian ·
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Rising above

Follow the Flyway: The Marvel of Bird Migration. by Sarah Nelson

Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman by Emma Carlson Bene

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo Take Flight: The first book has birds literally migrating and the second a young girl flies above her “lot in life” I was in the mood for something different the other day and I found a science and history selection in the picture book format. There is a lot going on, therefore one future publication (though I did have a physical reader copy) and one current book will need to have multiple reads. August 2023 is a busy month for books. And one of […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: birds, cbr15bingo, Emma Carlson Bene, enviornment, Giovanni Abeille, Maya Hanisch, Migration, Rose Schneiderman, Sarah Nelson, science, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:445 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: birds, cbr15bingo, Emma Carlson Bene, enviornment, Giovanni Abeille, Maya Hanisch, Migration, Rose Schneiderman, Sarah Nelson, science, Social Themes ·
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Rhythm and butterflies

A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony

Rhythm by Jackie Azua Kramer

May 31, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Perseverance in an interesting concept. And within the picture books A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration and Rhythm, we see two different ways of obtaining that.  Both titles are due mid-February 2024 and were read via an online reader copy. Cynthia Harmony made a book that has the migration of not only monarchs, but people too, in A Flicker of Hope. When Lucia and her father notice that the monarch butterflies are getting ready for their trip North, they know the journey of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: community, Cynthia Harmony, Devon Holzwarth, Emigration & Immigration, family, Jackie Azua Kramer, Mental Health, Migration, monarch butterflies, parents, Poverty & Homelessness, Science & Nature, seasons, Social Themes, Taia Morley

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:391 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: community, Cynthia Harmony, Devon Holzwarth, Emigration & Immigration, family, Jackie Azua Kramer, Mental Health, Migration, monarch butterflies, parents, Poverty & Homelessness, Science & Nature, seasons, Social Themes, Taia Morley ·
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