Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Dealing with those pesky feelings

This Makes me Jealous by Courtney Carbone

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On a five-minute break at work the other day, I looked at the received books that were to go to the children’s floor and the back cover of this book was facing me as well as oddly interesting. Turning it over I found This Makes me Jealous with a very upset young lady on the cover. What pray tell, Courtney Carbone (author of said book) is making our young friend so cross? What it is, is the new girl, Amy, at school. She comes in […]

It’s all about you

Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller

Celebrate You! by Sherri Duskey Rinker

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Remarkably You by  Pat Zietlow Miller and Celebrate You! by Sherri Duskey Rinker are two books to add to the “be yourself” books and the “you are great as you are” books. Patrice Barton illustrates Remarkably You with colors and details that accent the rhymes, sing-song text and the bouncy feel of the story. While, the subject is not new, the way Miller has presented a slightly older tone that makes the subject a bit more series than many on this subject. And the way […]

One tantrum to go, please

Finn Throws a Fit by David Elliott

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With Finn Throws a Fit, I cannot really say how many pieces of this book I did not like. No, I can: the entire book. There is the throwing of a temper tantrum without reason. There is the rudeness of Finn. There are the passive aggressive parents. David Elliott created a book about a child that I cannot find anything that I liked. Well, except at the end, Finn does say please. But that just teaches a child “throw a fit” and you will get […]

It’s the most wonderful time of year when that day called Halloween comes around

Snowmen at Halloween by Caralyn M. Buehner

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I am not usually a fan of the Snowmen books. I mean, I like them, but can take them or leave them. This time, the Snowmen at Halloween had the Halloween theme a tad forced to make it possible for the snowmen come to life at Halloween. Now, living in New England, I know you can get snow in October (we “old timers” still talk about the storm of 1987), and I have had more than one costume “disappear” under winter jackets, but I would […]

Showing how #2 can be #1 in helping the natural world

Steve the Dung Beetle by Susan R. Stoltz

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I am on a roll with finding funny and education poop books. Steve the Dung Beetle: On a Roll could have been dull. But Susan R. Stolz’s text makes this a story about what the dung beetle does in a not “laugh out loud manner” (that comes with the jokes at the end) but in a fun and educational manner. Steve the Dung Beetle is for the slightly older crowd (age 5 and up) who like science and finds poo interesting. The facts about Dung […]

When I grow up I want to be Mama Cass, Janis Joplin, Katherine Hepburn, Caroline Jones and Rachel Wiley

Fat Girl Finishing School by Rachel Wiley

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#cbr11bingo #TwoHeadsareBetterThanOne Fat Girl Finishing School by Rachel Wiley came before the poetry collection, Nothing is Okay. And I am glad that I read that one first, as Fat Girl, in several ways, was not as strong. As much as I love Wiley, the themes are consistent, therefore, you know they style after reading (or listening) a handful of poems. That is not to say they are all not amazing, they are. Wiley knows how to twist a phrase around on itself and punch you. […]



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