Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Maybe my second favorite non-Christian holiday celebrating book.

Two New Years by Richard Ho

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Two New Years might be my second favorite non-Christian holiday book for 2023. Or even my first as it does mention Lunar New Year. I will start with the afterwards because it talks about the pieces of a simple, but deceptively not simple story. This afterwards describes the two New Year celebrations parts and the culture. Richard Ho talks about why names are used, what the rams horn means, and the foods similarities. This is because Ho is talking about the two cultures that he […]

Trick or Baseball?

Fuzzy Baseball V05: Baseballoween by John Steven Gurney

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The series Fuzzy Baseball is known for occasionally breaking the fourth wall, but this time, in Fuzzy Baseball V05: Baseballoween everything is broken! Yes, it is funny, and still has the fantastically clever baseball name puns, but it feels like John Steven Gurney has gotten a few balls to the head and is close to a strikeout. I think it is time to hang up the catcher’s mitt and move onto a new gang of players. Though, the Halloween aspect is funny and even though […]

Be all you can be

I Can Be All Three by  Salima Alikhan

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This is a simple, but powerful story of how one child has many parts to her. Three in fact (which is why the title is I Can Be All Three). The first part is her father and his Indian heritage, the second her mother’s German heritage and finally the third is her school and growing up American parts. But when her classroom assignment is to pick something that represents you and your culture for the Multicultural Day celebration, she is unsure how to choose. After […]

Woo Hoo! You’ll read my review!

Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great!  by Sandra Boynton

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In early April 2023 the book birthday of a new Sandra Boynton came to be. It was for the book Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great!  With their usual humorous text and outrageously funny illustrations, the message of “you are okay no matter what happens” is loud and clear, for all the hear comes blasting out of Chickens mouth. And in fact, it is so loud it wakes the bear from their nap. Poor chicken! They made a mistake! How horrible! Or is it? with a […]

I have family, I have friends, now just need some snackies!

Spreckle's Snack Surprise by Sandra Salsbury

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CBR15Passport  author What happens when you are looking for the best snack ever and all you can find are some messy slugs? Well, you do what Spreckle does in Spreckle’s Snack Surprise. You fly the coop. And maybe I should have led with this, but Spreckle lives on a farm with their fuzzy brothers and sisters and feathery mom in a chicken coop. And even though they do not look like each other, there is lots of love to go around and a warm nest to […]

I can see clearly now

Four Eyes: A Graphic novel (book one) by Rex Ogle

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I did not think I was going to like Four Eyes: A Graphic novel (volume one) as much as I did. Oh, I knew I would like it, it seems funny and cute, but I figured it would be obvious, another book where the kid is different, bullies and then the happy ending.  The interesting part about his graphic novel, Rex Ogle does not take the easy path. He takes the realistic path. Loosely based on Ogle’s own story, this is a relatable story that […]



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