Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Strength and kindness of the dragon

Powerful Like a Dragon by Christopher Cheng

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When it comes to history, picture books are a great way to introduce the subject. You are able to present the situation and/or issue and yet, keep it so that it gives the point of view without being “too much” and it allows all ages to be exposed to concepts, ideas and events. With Powerful Like a Dragon by Christopher Cheng and illustrator Jacqueline Tam we turn to 1941 Hong Kong during World War II and the Japanese invasion of the city. The story is […]

Back to basics in a good way

Plant Based Cookbook by Trish Sebben-Krupka

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I somehow only just realized that the bargains shelves at Barnes and Noble actually have an online equivalent; I was trying to reach a threshold of some sort (maybe sped X to get Y off?) and found the $5 Plant Based Cookbook. It’s kind of basic, but I still think it might have been a good impulse grab, so to speak. I think what this one’s going to be best for is a set of recipes including things I remember liking before but not quite […]

100% You

You Are 25% Banana by Susie Brooks

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You Are 25% Banana by Susie Brooks and illustrated by Josy Bloggs was not just a fun book to read, and one that is a must have for the classroom and your inquisitive child (and as an adult I learned a few things too), but it also inspired a very wackado (and not really completed) poem by yours truly. This picture book is a great way to introduce  astonishing facts that show how we’re all related to every living thing on the planet and what […]

“We’re all born naked and the rest is drag” (RuPaul) And this novel SLAYS

Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers by Kim Chi, Stephan Lee, and Utomaru

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The novel/part graphic novel or novel with several illustrations that make up the narrator’s special world in Donutella Hamachi and the Library Avengers started out strong. Then Kim Chi, Stephan Lee, and Utomaru’s story started to drag. Pun intended. But in all seriousness, I was just as upset as the kids when I learned that the DragQueen story hour (that I had never seen/had been canceled before the book started) had been Karen-cancelled. I was rooting for Jae Han and their friends to find themselves, […]

Penguins, Pandas and Books

The Adventures of Penguin and Panda: Surprise! by Brenda Maier

The Adventures of Penguin and Panda: Fun and Games! by Brenda Maier

The Adventures of Penguin and Panda: Winterfest by Brenda Maier

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I might have read the first Adventures of Penguin and Panda, The Adventures of Penguin and Panda: Surprise!, (at the time I was starting the review I did not remember) but I do know I read the second book, The Adventures of Penguin and Panda: Fun and Games! by Brenda Maier and illustrated by Fanni Mézes. It is a cute story about friendship and the silly things that happen. It is set up in four stories or chapters and the adventures are happening. And that […]

Halloween is not just in October for this reviewer

Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party by Aubrey Plaza, Dan Murphy, and Hannah Peck

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This picture book Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party, is a Halloween story. As it says so in the title, but also because it is a book about celebrating Halloween with a party. But I would read Aubrey Plaza, Dan Murphy, and Hannah Peck’s story any time of the year, as it is also about the right way to go about making friends. It is silly, funny and hopeful. It has a little information about adapting things to fit a wider variety of […]



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