Women’s History – Page 2 – Cannonball Read 17

Pancakes, britches and home

Pancakes for Findus (Findus and Pettson) by Sven Nordqvist

The Van Buren Sisters vs. the Pants Police by J.F. Fox

A Garden Called Home by Jessica J. Lee and Elaine Chen

January 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Picture books are a great way to read books and have fun as well. You not only read a book (and can read several in a day: Think of a tailor and some flies and “seven in one blow”), but you can learn something. Like how to make pancakes out of your pants, or what britches are, and even that some plants need snow to help them grow. And not only that, you can just have a delightful story you can solo read or read […]

The wonder of women

Wonderful Women of the World by Laurie Halse Anderson

July 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Biographies by various authors and illustrators to show the real Wonder Women of the world are on the pages of the graphic novel, Wonderful Women of the World. From names you know (the Williams sisters, Greta Thunberg) to people you might not have heard of (Teara Fraser, Francisca Nneka Okeke), we fly, learn water is weird, and learn how to be ourselves through our love, expressions and fighting. There are several extras and author biographies included. This is not an easy read, but a thoughtful and […]

More than the black-veiled image at her husbands funeral

Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Corretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I knew a little bit about Coretta Scott King’s story, but mostly how it related to her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And when I saw Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King I was wondering how much her life would be shaped by her husbands? How much would there be about her and not just “oh she was this really famous guy’s wife and mother of his children?” Well, there is a lot about her. More than I really would have […]

A natural woman

Alice Guy: First Lady of Film by Jose-Louis Bocquet

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr15bingo History: Alice Guy was a woman who made history. And people did try to ban her (she talked about GASP birth control!) and if Texas or Florida got hold of this book? You might think you know the film industry and/or know its history, but do you know about Alice Guy: First Lady of Film? While I do not claim to know anything about the history of film, I never have. Of course, I am not one for knowing who directors are nor really […]

Because she wanted to

The Lobster Lady by Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs

June 16, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My favorite part of the story of Virginia Oliver is not that she was 102 (now 103) years-old and still lobstering during the course of the book. Nor was it about her colorful life. And it was not even that she had to have seven stitches in her finger after being bitten by a crab (wonder how many the crab got!). Nope, it was that she put on her lipstick and earrings to go out fishing for lobsters. Now that’s a Lady! Alexandra S. D. […]

Shirley Chisholm in board book

Who Was Shirley Chisholm?: A Who Was? Board Book by Lisbeth Kaiser

May 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am not sure if the board book format is the best format for the Who Is/Who Was series (biographies of people, places and events that changed the world), but among other titles, there is Who Was Shirley Chisholm?: A Who Was? Board Book by Lisbeth Kaiser. The clever, fun, colorful and well detailed images are created by Geraldine Sy. And the book is due late December 2023/early January 2024. Having read a reader copy online, I am not sure how well it would translate […]

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