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They blinded me with Science

The Truth about Crocodiles: Seriously Funny Facts about Your Favorite Animals by Maxwell Eaton III

July 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#cbr11bingo #Science The first of my cbr11bingo books is: (drum roll please): The Truth about Crocodiles: Seriously Funny Facts about Your Favorite Animals by Maxwell Eaton III is a funny and educational book. Humor is both kid and adult friendly, but some jokes are slightly more adult. Not inappropriate but slightly more sophisticated. This and the fact the way it is set up (story text and fact text) allows the book to grow with your child. It is a multilevel and multi-aged book. There is something […]

To Build or Not to…. Nah! Just to Build!

In Made by Maxine by Ruth Spiro

Builder Brothers: Big Plans by Jonathan and Drew Scott

June 26, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In reverse alphabetical order, this review covers two different books about building, about trying and not giving up. In Made by Maxine by Ruth Spiro, we see our heroine trying to figure out how to make things bigger and better. When she gets a pet fish (who she thinks is waving at her), she builds it the biggest, funniest, craziest fish tank as the bowl she had for him was just too dull. And how proud both are of it! That is until the class […]

An homage to Granny, the world’s oldest known orca, who lived to be 105 years old!

Wild Orca: The Oldest, Wisest Whale in the World by Brenda Peterson

June 26, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Wild Orca: The Oldest, Wisest Whale in the World has a little quirk that at first, I missed (looking back, it was pretty obvious). The Granny the young girl speaks of is not her Granny, but Granny the orca whale that is the matriarch of three different pods of whales called J, K and L. My first clue something was up was the fact Granny might not show up if she was busy, and since she was busy being 105 years-old, that might be the case. […]

My first DNF in years

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World by Rachel Swaby

June 21, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

From Goodreads: Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history’s brightest female scientists. In 2013, the New York Times published an obituary for Yvonne Brill. It began: “She made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job, and took eight years off from work to raise three children.” It wasn’t until the second paragraph that readers discovered why the Times had devoted several hundred words to her life: Brill was a brilliant rocket scientist who invented a propulsion system to keep communications satellites […]

Don’t get stuck, read this book about quicksand!

The Quicksand Book by Tomie dePaola

June 21, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I once said Tomie dePaola could do no wrong in my eyes. And while that is still true, The Quicksand Book is not in my top ten likes. Yet, there is a charm to it that makes it a fun book tht could appeal across ages. This is a clever story about the facts of quicksand. The boy of the story is pontificating as the girl (who was swinging through the jungle, minding her own business, when her vine breaks) has been caught in quicksand. […]

Lets get twisted with Ada Twist

Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants by Andrea Beaty

May 23, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants is a continuing of the picture book series Andrea Beaty and David Roberts started with Iggy Peck, Architect, and Rosie Revere, Engineer and of course, Ada Twist, Scientist. And this chapter book is book two in The Questioneers series for the strong second to third grade reader. There are a few bumps for adult readers, but the age it is aimed at should love. Especially if they are into science, asking questions and funny friendship stories. Like her picture […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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