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Magical fairy friends

Wild Fairies V01 Daisy’s Decorating Dilemma by Brandi Dougherty.

January 18, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport Books I Own(it’s been sitting on my pile for over six months!)Wild Fairies V01 Daisy’s Decorating Dilemma is an adorable story about fairies, friendship, helping each other and asking for help. The science of nature sneaks into the tale in a fun manner and there is an afterwards that helps you learn more about the characters, but also a bit about the flowers they represent. This is the first book (as it is volume one) in the Wild Fairies series by Brandi Dougherty. I had […]

I want to do a clever/funny title but that just does not really fit the seriousness of the story

Something Happened to My Dad: A Story about Immigration and Family Separation by Ann Hazzard and Vivianne Aponte Rivera

January 18, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport due to father being born in another countryI have been surprised by several of the books I have read recently. I think it will be about one thing, or will go a particular way, but it tosses all assumptions to the side and reminds me why one should never assume they know anything about something they know nothing about. Something Happened to My Dad: A Story about Immigration and Family Separation fits that bill. I thought it would be about the death of a […]

Mangonificent tale

Farah Loves Mangos by Sarthak Sinha

January 18, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport Different Countries (author is from India & his travels have taken him “from the tropical rainforests to the high Himalayas where he makes children’s books from his tiny studio.”) This book, Farah Loves Mangos, has multiple feelings, but in the end, it becomes a little bittersweet. At first it seems like a lovely story of a young girl, her mangos, and her grandfather. I assumed we would have a symbolism story where the mango tree represents the grandfather, or how the tree is the […]

What came from my picture book reading day

This is Joy by Shelley Johannes

Yoshi’s Big Swim: One Turtles Epic Journey Home by Mary Wagley Copp

Waiting on Mr. Sloth by Katy Hudson

Trucker Kid by Carol Gordon Ekster

January 17, 2023 by BlackRaven 3 Comments

I was going to use This is Joy by Shelley Johannes as a recommended by a friend, but since I was slightly pushing it with my first, I figured having an author who I also have not meet, just interacted online was another push. However, the recommendation came from a person who said they had given some of their favorite books to a friend, so friends were involved. Anyway, this is a sweet story about a young girl who measures joy by the big and […]

Diverseness for the younger crowd.

Rainbow: A First Book of Pride by Michael Genhart

Hair Twins by Raakhee Mirchandani

January 17, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What do you do when you want to show diverseness to your child, but they are not ready for some big, non-fiction encyclopedic knowledge book? You grab a picture book. And the below titles are perfectly diverse in that fun picture format. Rainbow: A First Book of Pride was originally from 2019. Therefore, it is just an introduction to the rainbow flag with none of the “extras” we see today. It is a way to show how the GLBTQ+ community is not separate, but part of […]

Elliot had a rough few days

The Witches of Silverlake Volume One by Simon Curtis

January 17, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not familiar with the author or illustrator of this graphic novel but was familiar with Legendary Comics YA the publisher with the reading of Championess by Kelly Zekas making this my second CBR15Passport author unknown. The Witches of Silverlake Volume One is a 3.5 rating but rounded up to a four as there is potential and it is not really a 3. However, there are a few bumps where things do not flow smoothly and/or jump to “the next scene” without warning, or […]

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