Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

From Reality Star to Kick Butt Author!

Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick

Hilo V02 Saving the Whole Wide World by Judd Winick

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Do you ever look at a book and think, “Well that’s not going to be for me?” Then one day, you find it on the library shelves (or in my case the website and I could put in a request for curbside pickup) and you didn’t want to waste your five-limit book allotment, so you pick it up? And did you then ask yourself, “Why did I wait so long to read this?” Okay, I might have been in the right humorous mood, but I […]

A spoiler but I’ll warn you where!

My Best Friend by Julie Fogliano

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About a month ago, my cell totally pooped itself. I was able to factory reset it, losing everything in the process. Practically a month to the day, it poops itself again (just when I had gotten things back to mostly normal). Only this time it really “Shakespeare in the park” itself. (I was not allowed to swear as a child, so I used words that started with the same letter or sound. I think you can guess this one.) Therefore, I found myself on a […]

When Pencil Met Purple Marker

When Pencil Met the Markers by Karen Kilpatrick

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Pencil should have stopped meeting writing tools after they meet Eraser. Karen Kilpatrick and the gang (Luis O. Ramos, Jr. and German Blanco) have created a new Pencil and Eraser picture book book (ages 4 to 7) with When Pencil Met the Markers. But this time the point of the story is that it is okay to “color outside the lines.” In fact, it is encouraged after the initial, “Oh no! You cannot do that! You cannot be different!” We also learn that you cannot […]

I (sometimes) like cute stories and I cannot lie

Malina's Jam: Walt Disney Animation Studios Artist Showcase by Svetla Radivoeva

Mindfulness at the Park by Teresa Anne Power

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I like cute stories but I do not always want cute stories. Yet, when I am in the mood, well, I’m in the mood! And if you’re in the mood for cute stories try one of these: Malina’s Jam: Walt Disney Animation Studios Artist Showcase by Svetla Radivoeva is a cute story, but one we have seen before. However, the illustrations are delightful and worth the read. I can see a series of books about Malina and friends. Malina is a sweet, shy hedgehog who […]

Two reviews for the price of one post

Baby Monster by Andrea Pfeiffer

I Want to Sleep Under the Stars by Mo Willems

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It is that time of year again: New reader copies. And two that found their way to my reading desk were a picture book called Baby Monster and an early reader called I Want to Sleep Under the Stars! (Unlimited Squirrels V03).  They have nothing in common except I read them the same day and knew a 250 review each would be hard. Andrea Pfeiffer created Monster Baby.  It is an amusing and rhyming text story about a couple (of scientists) who made a bundle […]

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Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms by John Hodgman

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“Hey, it’s John Hodgman!” John Hodgman used to spend a considerable amount of time on TV. He’s played, in his words, all sorts of “sexless weirds” in TV and commercials alike. He spent time on The Daily Show as, among other things, a deranged billionaire. He left his Daily Show role behind as Trump rose to power, as there is nothing funny anymore about criminally insane rich people.  He isn’t spending too much time on TV at the moment; it’s been years since he was the PC of […]



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