Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Hippo Walks into a Zoo

Hippopotamister by John Patrick Green

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When Red Panda leaves the broken zoo, in Hippopotamister by John Patrick Green, he comes back every so often to tell Hippo how wonderful the outside world is. And Hippo enjoys these visitations until one day Hippo is not content to just listen to the stories, he wants to leave and find a wonderful job for himself, like Red Panda has had so many off (and yes, folks, Hippo is a sweet, naïve lug of a hippo and did not see the red flags). And […]

I’m thankful for good books

Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World (World Celebrations) by Kate Depalma

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Every November for as long as I could remember, my family celebrated Thanksgiving. We did not really have the “adult” or “kid” table assignments, but we just naturally drifted to the table with the kids. I mean, I had older cousins, they were cool to hang out with.  And maybe we did not celebrate being thankful for the harvest, like the people in Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World (World Celebrations), but as I kid, I liked being with said cousins and as an […]

Frog legs to go

A Spoonful of Frog by Casey Lyall

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A spoonful of sugar can make the medicine go down, but what does A Spoonful of Frogs do? They make up the most important ingredient in a witch’s favorite dish! Yet, they do not go quietly into that good cauldron! Humorous antics of the witch and frogs makes Casey Lyall’s picture book a fun treat to dine your eyes on. In the form of a cooking show for witches, our witch of the hour has more trouble getting frogs into her dish than a dog […]

Sing or dig?

Song of the Court by Katy Farina

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Song of the Court by Katy Farina is a cute story about being true to yourself. It might be a bit sugary sweet for some (probably mostly adults and/or older readers), but for the ages six to eight crowd, and if the reader is more “girly” in their tastes, it is right up their alley. There are princesses, music, gardening, best friends, and a lot more. The illustrations are bold, but not necessarily to extreme. Farina makes them in an anime format, that has hints […]

When you think you’re a bad mom read this

There are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent by Glenn Boozan

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Bahahahaaha! OMG! Moms (and dads, too), if you think you are a bad parent, just remember all the wonderful things you did NOT do…like drink the blood of your child (looking at you Dracula ant), or feed your child your poop (koalas are obviously crappy cooks) or drop them 8 feet then kicked them because they were not moving fast enough (thanks giraffe moms) or toss your child to the dingoes (Quokka moms are unable to say that). This humorous book has a name longer […]

Quirky and fun (for different ages)

Barb the Last Berzerker V02 Barb and the Ghost Blade by Dan (Abdo) and Jason (Patterson)

The Nightmare Bridge V02: Into the Woods by Frank Thillez

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Sequels are an interesting thing. In the book world you can wait years for one or sometimes, it can be only months. I was able to find two sequels that are probably no more than a year has passed between them, but I had forgotten some key pieces.  This is the bane of sequels: forgetting plot points, characters or even a storyline. However, it just means, reading again book one! Thankfully in Barb the Last Berzerker V02 Barb and the Ghost Blade, there was (or […]



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