Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The night parade is about to begin . . .

Tokyo Night Parade by J. P. Takahashi

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I am not really sure how I feel about the picture book, Tokyo Night Parade. After read I noticed there were several layers and the art needed its own reading. Taken on the surface, it is a sweet story about a young girl who wants to spend time with old friends from Japan, ones she has not seen since moving to New York. These friends are a bit different though, as they are the demons of Japanese folklore. And our young hero cannot see them […]

Team seal or team penguin?

Seals are Jerks! by Jared Chapman

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Seals are Lorelei’s favorite animals. And she loves how they must be the best of friends with penguins. After all, they are always together in all the pictures she sees because of the research she has done. And they are no-shaped, but look like potatoes and their blubber! But when a new student in class tells her that Seals are Jerks! Well, she doesn’t believe it! She needs proof! But she soon learns that seals are jerks. After all, they eat penguins and do not […]

Animal Rescue Friends gang and their furry, feathered, and flying friends

Animal Rescue Friends: Learning New Tricks: Volume 3 by Harriet Low

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I have not read Animal Rescue Friends volumes one and two, as I happened to find Animal Rescue Friends: Learning New Tricks: Volume 3 as an online reader and thought it sounded interesting without doing further research. It can be a standalone story, but  I assume you should probably read volume one which will introduce you to the characters and why they are working with animals that need to be adopted. This is a clever book and feels as if Babysitters Club’s Little Sister Karen […]

Alphabetical Adventure.

The Imaginary Alphabet by Sylvie Daigneault

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When I saw the cover of The Imaginary Alphabet I thought it looked neat, but nothing special. I mean who wants another alphabet book? Well, I would have to say, nobody really; I know I don’t. But neither did Sylvie Daigneault. They made a book that is yes, A is for Alligators, but also so much more. There is a sentence then a fantastical colorful, busy, detailed image on the next page. Not only do you see the alligators and the other A words in […]

Two birds and a star

A Book, Too, Can Be a Star: The Story of Madeleine L'Engle and the Making of a Wrinkle in Time by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Jennifer Adams

Waverly Braves the Breeze: The Story of a Galapagos Albatross (Friendship Books for Kids, Kids Book about Fear) by Samantha Haas

The Penguin of Ilha Grande: From Animal Rescue to Extraordinary Friendship by Shannon Earle.

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I enjoy a good picture book round up. I wanted to include a theme, it could have been, I read all these books online, but decided two birds and a star, was in my (not so) humble opinion, a great theme. Why am I so not-humble? Well, one should stand up for what they believe, be strong in their opinions Like Madeleine L’Engle was. And we see that in A Book, Too, Can Be a Star: The Story of Madeleine L’Engle and the Making of […]

Rated C for Cute

Kitty Sweet Tooth Makes a Movie by Abby Denson

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A while back I read the first book in the Kitty Sweet Tooth series, called Kitty Sweet Tooth (appropriate I feel). The story was simple, a cat named Kitty Sweet Tooth helps run Pop-Pops movie theater. There are a few adventures, she makes lots of new friends and the movie theater takes on a new life. Then, it ended, letting us know a sequel was coming. I figured I would read it before it came out, but there was nothing for reader copies (online like […]



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