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Three books that I wanted to show y’all

Where Is the Mississippi River? by Dina Anastasio

The Littlest Yak in The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser

Smurf Tales #3: The Crow in Smurfy Grove and other stories by Peyo

October 27, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Three books that I wanted to show y’all because: a) I like them b) want to tell you about them since I think someone here will like them c) they will help boost my count d) they are all in one review as I can’t do a 250 review for each solo e) all the above Where is the Mississippi River? It is “out west” someplace. (Don’t ask me for directions. I can get lost in my own backyard). But if you had a chance […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: Dina Anastasio, Lu Fraser, Mississippi River, Peyo, Pierre Culliford, Ted Hammond, western expansion

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:362 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: Dina Anastasio, Lu Fraser, Mississippi River, Peyo, Pierre Culliford, Ted Hammond, western expansion ·
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Just like never meet your heroes, don’t revisit a childhood favorites unless you are ready for an eye-opener

The Smurfs and the Bratty Kid by Peyo

May 31, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I had little knowledge of the Smurfs history outside of them being from Belgium, they were “three apples high” and blue. I knew the cartoon of the 1980s, but at the time unaware of its comic/graphic novel background. This collection, The Smurfs Tales #1: The Smurfs and the Bratty Kid by Peyo tells a little of the behind the story (in afterwards that was previously used as an introduction in other collections) but is mostly separate comics. And it starts from where the company producing […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: Action & Adventure, Media Tie-In, Peyo, smurfs

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:163 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: Action & Adventure, Media Tie-In, Peyo, smurfs ·
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