Shannon Wright – Cannonball Read 17

When was the last time your clothes made you smile?

Clothes to Make You Smile: Patrick Kelly Designs His Dreams by Eric Darnell Pritchard and Shannon Wright

June 5, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Two things are happening to let us know that time moves on. First, we are starting to get 2026 calendars in (and already have the August 2025-June 2026 planners) at my work, and second, 2026 reader copies are becoming available so we are ready for next year (and here we’re not even halfway through 2025!). But one of those readers (that I found online) which is due mid-January 2026 was Clothes to Make You Smile: Patrick Kelly Designs His Dreams by Eric Darnell Pritchard and […]

You draw like a girl

Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd

April 1, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Once upon a time I found an online reader copy, but it was taken down (time limits you know) and then I found a new one, but waited too long again. So I said, I’m reading this darn book! And to the library I went! Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes by Traci N. Todd and Shannon Wright (illustrator) had some interesting art for the cover and it felt like it would be a good read. While I immensely enjoyed this book, […]

“When you’re twins, the magic just never ends” (Little Richard, Philip Bailey)

Twins: A Graphic Novel by Varian Johnson

May 28, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Twins: A Graphic Novel has two main elements that make it both familiar and new. Varian Johnson does the “twin thing” (two sisters who are best friends, know each other in ways even their parents cannot know, and are each other’s “partner in crime/fear/whatever is needed), but then makes a new twist with having a modern touch with a blended family of color. The story is simple: Two sisters; almost identical (one is slightly taller; this one has a scar) and best friends. That is […]

What is Better than Mommy and Daddy Love?

December 28, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What is better than mommy love? Two books about how awesome moms are (and for good measure one dad, too). My Mommy Medicine given to us by Edwidge Danticat and illustrated by Shannon Wright (due late February 2019) talks about when a little girl wakes up not feeling well she and her mom can do all sorts of things to make her feel better. Sometimes it is hugs, reading, taking naps, drinking hot chocolate or tea, telling stories, dancing and sometimes real medicine. Based on […]

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