Phoebe Wahl – Cannonball Read 17

Bunch of goodies

Green on Green by Dianne White

I Believe I Can by Grace Byers

Everyone's Awake by Colin Meloy

An Ordinary Day by Elana K. Arnold

The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl

December 16, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Books come in all shapes, sizes and subjects. But the one thing that picture books have in common is they have illustrations and (usually) text. And most times both are really good. And here are five books that fit both those categories. Green on Green by Dianne White (as our author) and Felicita Sala doing those illustrations I loved. I give this a five for some amazing illustrations. They are what makes this book out of sight! The text rhymes and is poetic. The rhyming […]

Not a creature was stirring… okay TWO mice were stirring

Paper Mice by Megan Wagner Lloyd

May 31, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While first blush, Paper Mice looks like it will be AMAZING, it turns out to be only amazing (lower case). When talking to a coworker about it she mentioned that it is pretty. And that is exactly what I was trying to say to her when I was talking about it being cute. There is nothing wrong with this book, but it is not completely living up to how it starts out for my tastes. Yet, there is a pleasant enjoyment to this book that adds […]

Backyard Fairies

June 12, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Backyard Fairies is more of a 4.5 rating as I would have liked “something else” (though I am not sure exactly what that would be. Perhaps I would have liked it to be a tad bit longer. I do enjoy the illustrations as they are unique. They have a realistic quality but in a slight unrealistic way. The contradiction of this does make them slightly magical. Phoebe Wahl has been the girl in this story. I would also go as far to say, that she […]

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