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Is this your kind of fun?

Not Perfect by Maya Myers

We Light Up the Sky with Music! by Nick Maland

October 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I like books not just because they are fun, but because there is fun for everyone. Now you might not like a book about Best Buddies; or Romance; or World War Two. But that is okay, there are plenty of leaves on the tree for you to find something you do like. And that is what Not perfect and We Light Up the Sky with Music! was for me: one like and one not like.    Maya Myers’s story is one anyone can relate too. Being […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: family, grandparents, Hyewon Yum, Maya Myers, music, Nick Maland, self-esteem, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:774 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: family, grandparents, Hyewon Yum, Maya Myers, music, Nick Maland, self-esteem, Social Themes ·
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Ah! Love!

Eyes That Weave the World’s Wonders by Joanna Ho

Love Grows by Ruth Spiro

Say It with Me (Dilo Conmigo) by Nancy S. Torres

October 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Sometimes a theme takes a little while to find when I look at books to write as one fun, roundup review. but the three below took no time at all to find a connection. Each one is about love. Love of family, love of yourself, and love even when we are far away from our loved ones.  Love of family and self is the theme in Eyes That Weave the World’s Wonders. Joanna Ho and Liz Kleinrock (also of Come and Join Us!: 18 Holidays […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: adoption, Asian people, Diversity & Multicultural, family, Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock, Lucy Ruth Cummins, Multigenerational, Nancy S. Torres, new experiences, Ruth Spiro, Science & Nature, self-esteem, Social Themes, spanish, Zoey Black

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:759 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: adoption, Asian people, Diversity & Multicultural, family, Joanna Ho, Liz Kleinrock, Lucy Ruth Cummins, Multigenerational, Nancy S. Torres, new experiences, Ruth Spiro, Science & Nature, self-esteem, Social Themes, spanish, Zoey Black ·
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Simple but interesting

The Awesome Human Journal: A Tool Kit for the Tough Days, the Good Days, and All the Days in Between by Nataly Kogan

October 10, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport genre   I have almost 590 reviews to hit 15 Cannonballs for Cannonball 15. And while it is possible (vel veeter did fourteen and change in 2019), is it practical for me to have that goal/thought/need/etc? Probably not. However, the reason I started my review off like this is because I was wondering if The Awesome Human Journal: A Tool Kit for the Tough Days, the Good Days, and All the Days in Between would be a good journal for me to have someplace […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Journaling, Motivational & Inspirational, nataly kogan, self-esteem, Women's History Month

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:195 · Genres: Featured, Health, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: CBR15Passport, Journaling, Motivational & Inspirational, nataly kogan, self-esteem, Women's History Month ·
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Being Betty

 Itty Bitty Betty Blob by Constance Lombardo

September 26, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We have seen the story of Itty Bitty Betty Blob before (being yourself) but this time around it is the art that makes it terribly fun, quirky and fresh. The black, white and gray coloring of the monsters and the world they live in vs. Betty in all of the colors (done by Micha Player) was a fun change to the everything is all color, if not more dull than the person who is flamboyant. Plus, they were clever, and set the mood. Plus, we get some […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Constance Lombardo, daughters, Micha Player, monsters, mothers, self-esteem, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:696 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Constance Lombardo, daughters, Micha Player, monsters, mothers, self-esteem, Social Themes ·
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An education in who you are

The Airless Year by Adam P. Knave

September 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

After reading The Airless Year I realized two things, first I had wanted to read it awhile back, but had forgotten about it; and second it was not what I expected. I was not sure what I thought this book was about, but not this. Adam P. Knave, Valentine Barker, and Frank Cvetkovic have created one of the first (if not only) books I have read where the parental units are not all “lovey dove we believe in you happy happy you’re a genius” towards […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Health, Young Adult Tagged With: Adam P. Knave, family, Frank Cvetkovic, friendship, glbtq, identity, music, parents, self-esteem, Social Themes, Valentine Barker

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:672 · Genres: Fiction, Health, Young Adult · Tags: Adam P. Knave, family, Frank Cvetkovic, friendship, glbtq, identity, music, parents, self-esteem, Social Themes, Valentine Barker ·
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Homework, boys, hidden lizard people labs

School for Extraterrestrial Girls Vol. 2: Girls Take Flight  by Jeremy Whitley

September 19, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am giving School for Extraterrestrial Girls Vol. 2: Girls Take Flight by Jeremy Whitley a 3.5 as I need the rest of the series (and there were some story flow issues that I had). This is a series where I need everything it has all at once. I can handle it! This nickel and diming Tara and her friends story is going to make me spontaneous combust! Like Tara does one day in class.   That part of the story is from book one, where we learn that Tara is […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aliens, body image, friendship, Jamie Noguchi, Jeremy Whitley, Relationships, school, self-esteem, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:664 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aliens, body image, friendship, Jamie Noguchi, Jeremy Whitley, Relationships, school, self-esteem, Social Themes ·
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