Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Daisy, Dad and a Motorcycle

My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero’

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My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a good father and daughter story that is based on Isabel Quintero’s own experiences as a child with her father and driving around the city they called home. Quintero brings together the past (the races they had on what is now the main street), present (the dog chasing them, and their favorite shaved ice place closed) and future (a cart that sells shaved ice). The sense of family and community is loudly presented. It is also boldly presented with […]

I am a Wolf, not a dog, even though I look like a dog, I am a WOLF!

I Am a Wolf by Kelly Leigh Miller

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I am a cat person. Well, actually more of a pet rock person, but that’s another story. It is not that I do not like dogs, I just know that they are a lot of work, need a lot of love and time. And I know I cannot give that to any pet. However, I know that, like in I Am a Wolf if I did decide to get a pet, there would be the perfect one for me. Kelly Leigh Miller has made a […]

Don’t Worry Be Happy… even if your smile is upside down

Don’t Worry, Bee Happy: An Acorn Book by Ross Burach

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The Bumble and Bee books are going to be the next Elephant and Piggie series for the beginning reader. Ross Burach has created three stories about Bumble, Bee and Froggy in the first book, Don’t Worry, Bee Happy: An Acorn Book. Coming out in late December 2019/early January 2020 your young reader can find out how Bumble and Bee and Froggy have adventures and misadventures as they take pictures, scare hiccups and doing a wiggly dance. This book was not meant for me. It is […]

THE END IS NOT NEAR, IT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, WE JUST DIDN’T CARE

This Book is Full Of Spiders by David Wong

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This Book is Full of Spiders (Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It) continues the story of David Wong, his best friend John Cheese and his girlfriend Amy Sullivan, as they contend with a new set of nefarious beings from other dimensions, only visible to them, after being exposed to a mysterious drug in the first novel in the series, John Dies at the End. This time, their home town of [REDACTED] is being taken over by what appears to be a deadly virus, but only John […]

Make sure you wear your best scent

 Wonder Mole's Scent Costume Party  by Pato Mena

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 Wonder Mole’s Scent Costume Party by Pato Mena was another book that there was great potential to the story but fell a more than a little flat at the end. The theme of having a “scent party” instead of a costume party for the moles, is a hoot. This is because moles are mostly blind and do not see well. Therefore, any fancy costumes are lost on them, but a good scent of a giraffe or other critter, is a feast for the nose! The lead up of […]

Who liked this? It wasn’t me

It Wasn’t Me by Daniel Fehr

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It Wasn’t Me is a story that starts with great potential to teach a lesson: everyone takes claim for the beautiful painting that was done on a wall and when they learn who really did it, and notice the praise he gets, they get jealous and ruin it. This is where it falls apart and makes me wish there was a negative rating system. Instead of taking credit for their vandalism, they blame the kid/character that did the painting originally but did not do the […]



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