Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Reading the art as the art is the read

Let's Read Animals Words by Ji Lee

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Let’s Read Animals Words is an easy concept. Or so it would seem. I expected to see a picture of a cat and then have words like whiskers, paws, kittens, ears, milk. But nope. Ji Lee made a book where the word is the animal. Therore, the lines swoop into a tail, the P of the word penguin creates the head. Things become a wild game of Jenga that should never hold up. And occasionally it does not. While granted it does not fall down (because you know, image […]

Next time you call someone a butt face, you might be right

Butt or Face? by Kari Lavelle

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 cbr15bingo You are Here I picked up the readers copy at my local independent bookstore, but I will buy copies from there as well!  You do not know funny until you see me and my dad guess, Butt or Face? Now, he probably did not want to be considered perverted and he guessed a lot as a face, but I know a butt when I see it (then again, I am short so I have seen my share of butts). Yet, I played along (remember I have […]

Two languages one story

Okāwīsimāw Omēkiwin Askīhkānihk Ohci: Auntie’s Rez Surprise by Heather O’Watch

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My 250 words for a review are almost taken up by the Nehiyaw title, Okāwīsimāw Omēkiwin Askīhkānihk Ohci: Auntie’s Rez Surprise (translated by Dorothy Thunder). I am sorry to say there was not a glossary or pronunciation guide in either of the versions I read (I also read the English only version, just titled Auntie’s Rez Surprise). Therefore, I was unable to truly appreciate the language. At first the dual languages were a bit confusing, making the pages crowded, but I quickly was able to […]

I like to Move it with this book

Sora Searches for a Song: Little Cricket’s Imagination Journey (Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement Stories) by A Dance, Once Upon

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I have not yet listened to the audio version of Sora Searches for a Song: Little Cricket’s Imagination Journey (Dance-It-Out! Creative Movement Stories) but I am hoping soon. In the meantime, I was able to find an online reader copy. We follow Ballerina Konora as she shows us how to do dance moves. Or how to dance-out the story itself. You can read the story first, so you know the basics, but to the side Konora is stretching, turning, jumping, moving along. Christine Herbert and […]

A cone is a dogs best friend

Cone Dog by Sarah Howden

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Sometimes a book holds its own even as a sequel/companion to another. However, I am not sure if Cone Dog is doing that. The companion of Sarah Howden’s Cone Cat, there are probably similarities, but since one is a dog, and the other a cat, there will be differences. Not to mention because of that, there will be “one is preferred over the other” campaigns. Carmen Mok’s illustrations are probably more amusing than the story for me, as they are cute and cartoon-like, without being […]

Pitch perfect

Love Is in the Bear by Judith Henderson

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Spring was a few weeks ago, or it will be in next year. But regardless of how you count the seasons, there is a special moment in the day, early when you can smell spring in the air, even in your sleep, like Bear does. And if Bear had slept one second longer, he would have missed the event that is the center of Love Is in the Bear. Okay, so that is a bit poetic, but so is this picture book (due mid-October 2023, […]



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