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Hiking through boyhood “shoulds”

When You’re a Boy by Blake Nuto

February 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

We know the stereotypes of what “boys and girls should be.” And there are several books out there that talk about how girls should break that mold and be bold, brave, aggressive, smart, funny, and basically be “like a boy” and not the shy, demure “should be” of a girl. This time Blake Nuto takes that concept, but for boys. A boy should be like the cruel wild, but the narrator is also saying they have learned about kindness. There are several parts to this […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, Health Tagged With: & Sons, Blake Nuto, boy & men, family, fathers, nature, Social Themes, values, virtues

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:79 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: & Sons, Blake Nuto, boy & men, family, fathers, nature, Social Themes, values, virtues ·
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Building bridges

The Paper Bridge by Joelle Veyrenc and Seng Soun Ratanavanh

January 8, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One morning I opened my emails to find a Floris Books email saying I was a winner from the Grabbing a Galley from the Publishers Weekly campaign and there was an online link that was in the email. It hadn’t been that long since I had entered, but I had forgotten the titles I had hoped for. Therefore it was Christmas and I was opening the book present I always love getting. This one was the picture book, The Paper Bridge created by Joelle Veyrenc, […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Mystery, Poetry Tagged With: Asia, differences, Environment, Floris Books, friendship, Joelle Veyrenc, Joelle Veyrenc and Seng Soun Ratanavanh, Katy Lockwood-Holmes., nature, people, science, Seng Soun Ratanavanh, Social Themes, values

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:11 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, Mystery, Poetry · Tags: Asia, differences, Environment, Floris Books, friendship, Joelle Veyrenc, Joelle Veyrenc and Seng Soun Ratanavanh, Katy Lockwood-Holmes., nature, people, science, Seng Soun Ratanavanh, Social Themes, values ·
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A girl and her dog learn what loves got to do with it

What's Love All About, Minimoni? by Rocio Bonilla

December 27, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While What’s Love All About, Minimoni?, written and illustrated by Rocio Bonilla, is a bit idealistic, it is also cute. When a young girl asks about what love is, she has a mature journey to finding it. What she learns is what many adults do not even realize: Love is a little bit of everything that is good. And she can imagine sharing that with the world. As I said, it is a bit idealistic, but it does have some silly moments, too. This means […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health Tagged With: emotions, Feelings, friendship, Rocio Bonilla, Social Themes, values, virtues

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:623 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Health · Tags: emotions, Feelings, friendship, Rocio Bonilla, Social Themes, values, virtues ·
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At least I didn’t disappoint the goose

Hank Goes Honk by Maudie Powell-Tuck

October 11, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

At first, I was not going to read Hank Goes Honk by Maudie Powell-Tuck as I was not in the mood for a picture book about a goose. However, the hat made me think, “That looks familiar….” And as I was gazing at this goose in a hat, I realized there was some stink eye being given!!  Oh that goose was giving me the look of, “Whatcha mean ya not gonna read me?”  Oh that side eye telling me I’d regret missing this opportunity. Man! […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: animals, Duncan Beedie, geese, Maudie Powell-Tuck, Social Themes, values

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:487 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: animals, Duncan Beedie, geese, Maudie Powell-Tuck, Social Themes, values ·
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My books; not your books….

All the Books by Hayley Rocco

October 11, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Piper, a book loving chipmunk and I have a lot in common. We are both book lovers. We have cute, chubby cheeks, we’re not keen on sharing our books, and we both love books. Did I mention that already? Well it is true. And in fact, I’m a book dragon. Well, you might call it hoarding, but I call it dragon. And I would say that Piper is a dragon, too. Only I don’t go as extreme as she does. You see, Piper loves her […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: animals, Books, chipmunks, friendship, Hayley Rocco, John Rocco, libraries, Mammals, reading, sharing, Social Themes, values

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:478 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: animals, Books, chipmunks, friendship, Hayley Rocco, John Rocco, libraries, Mammals, reading, sharing, Social Themes, values ·
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The Food Cart, The Girl and the Community

Noodle & Bao by Shaina Lu

October 11, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The story of Noodle & Bao is obvious (the little guy taking on the big guy/the small town getting taken over by big money), but overall it is fun and fresh. There were a few bumps in the flow of things and the animals and human living side-by-side is odd (maybe it is because the people are that type of personalities?) but it keeps things light as we see gentrification at work. The use of details and colors are minimal but important. The extras at […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History Tagged With: Asian-American, community, family, friendship, gentrification, Shaina Lu, Social Themes, values

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:476 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History · Tags: Asian-American, community, family, friendship, gentrification, Shaina Lu, Social Themes, values ·
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