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The Wheat Whisper or Father of the Green Revolution,

Hero for the Hungry : The Life and Work of Work of Norman Borlaug by Peggy Thomas

June 13, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While back, an email came into my possession containing the (currently available) reader copy of Hero for the Hungry : The Life and Work of Work of Norman Borlaug  by Peggy Thomas and illustrator Sam Kalda. The first part of the first half was interesting. It gave a nice introduction to the man that was Norman Borlaug. Starting with him as a young farm child to his college years, we see how he would eventually end up in Mexico learning as much as he would […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: earth science, Peggy Thomas, poltical, Sam Kalda, Science & Technology Biographies, Scientists, world hunger

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:307 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: earth science, Peggy Thomas, poltical, Sam Kalda, Science & Technology Biographies, Scientists, world hunger ·
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And you thought your mom was cool

The Mother of a Movement: Jeanne Manford: Ally, Activist, and Co-Found of PFLAG by Rob Sanders

September 16, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We all should probably have a mother like Jeanne Manford. She was a mother of all mothers by doing what she could do for her children. And when one of them came out as gay during a less understanding time to say the least, she could have disowned him, or told him he was a sinner or worse. She could have done nothing, but instead she said Yes, I will stand up for you and write a letter so the world can see how proud […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: family relationships, glbtq, Jeanne Manford, Morty Manford, PFLAG, Rob Sanders, Sam Kalda

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:488 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: family relationships, glbtq, Jeanne Manford, Morty Manford, PFLAG, Rob Sanders, Sam Kalda ·
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