Cannonball Read 17

I like cats. And drawings.

The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Japanese Folktale by Lafcadio Hearn

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There are three main times when I swear. In no particular order, when I am tired and/or mad; when I want to make a point and when something is just so fudging (only I didn’t say fudge) good. And The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Japanese Folktale by Lafcadio Hearn is one of those fudging good … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:521 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Poetry, Religion · Tags: Anita Kreituse, art, drawing, family, folk tales, ghosts, Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, legends, mythology ·

Sixty-six million years ago or Ya know the other day

One Cosmic Rock: The Story of the Asteroid that Changed Our World by Julia Vasileva

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hurtled through space toward an ancient Earth that looked very different from the one we know today. And in One Cosmic Rock: The Story of the Asteroid that Changed Our World by Karen Krossing we see how that came to be in poetic language for the picture book … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:520 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: disasters, history of science, Julia Vasileva, nature, prehistoric, science, space ·

It’s the 1980s and punk is hot & so are Nina & Kerri. So, now what?

Punk Like Me by JD Glass

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Really the only part of Punk Like Me by JD Glass and illustrations by Kris Dresen is that the end happened a little too quickly, and (SPOILER) it was a little too neatly wrapped up. But that is really the only issue I have with the “overallness” of things. We follow Nina, a girl who will have … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:519 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: family, JD Glass, Kris Dresen, LGBTQ, Social Themes ·

Gnome for the holidays

Christmas Gnomes (Gnome for the Holidays) by Kelly Green and Lisa Alderson

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was browsing through some titles the other day in an online catalog. I found Christmas Gnomes (Gnome for the Holidays) by Kelly Green and Lisa Alderson (illustrator). I did not know what the form was (and in fact, didn’t know the story) but knew I had to get it as a gift for my sister who is a … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:518 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: board books, christmas, Concepts, counting, Fairy Tales, folk lore, gnomes, Kelly Green, Kelly Green and Lisa Alderson, Lisa Alderson ·

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene don’t stop helping the bees, hunny!

Green Jolene and the Backyard Bees by Wendy Mass

November 25, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Green Jolene and the Backyard Bees is written by an author I have enjoyed reading over the years. This author is Wendy Mass. And while they have had a few different ages and have written a few different genres, their more realistic stories are fun. And when Mass collaborates with illustrator Billy … [Read more]

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:517 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: activism, animals, bees, Billy Yong, conservation, Environment, friendship, nature, pollinators, science, Social Themes, Wendy Mass ·

Asil the Great and Powerful

Blind Date with A Werewolf by Patricia Briggs

November 25, 2025 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

In which we find out what happens when the most legendary (in his own mind) werewolf in all the land is set up on a series of blind dates. Asil is perfectly content living a reclusive life tending to his flowers. When a Concerned Friend sends him an e-mail informing him that he has been set … [Read more]

finnyfinfinn's CBR17 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: blind dates, fae, gods, Patricia Briggs, Romance, vampires, werewolves ·

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