Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Baby you’re the tops

Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals  by Linda Ashman

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Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals  might be one of my favorite books this year. Linda Ashman and Aparna Varma (illustrators wonderfully done by) crated a book that has facts, little fiction, and a lot of fun. A page of facts follows a poem about different animals and the things they do. Chomp well, stink well, and so much more. I am partial to the stinking ones (okay, I like some of the chompers, too. And then there is the ones […]

It is Redwall!

Redwall: The Graphic Novel by Brian Jacques

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The world we loved and continue to love, though the author has passed to the great Abbey in the sky came to life in Redwall: The Graphic Novel. Stuart Moore adapted Brian Jacques beloved book. I would recommend this for those who are already fans as there are some things that would turn a novice reader away. They could enjoy, but the lack of any color to the illustrations could turn some readers off. This would probably be the main issue a fresh to the […]

Pizza, outdoors and friends

Pizza My Heart (Norma and Belly, #3 by Mika Song

Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco 

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A slice of pizza or an adventure with a lion? Which do you prefer? Well, if you like to read, you do not have to choose!  You can pick up either of the early-to-mid-readers for you and your child/children. Both books are aimed at least ages five and up to be read to, but at least six and up could start reading solo (and/or assistance). Pizza My Heart (Norma and Belly, #3) by Mika Song is a series that is still cute, but for the adult […]

Before the Tiger King there was Frederic Brremaud

Love V01 The Tiger, by Frederic Brremaud

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Due to wordless format of Love V01 The Tiger, this review might contain spoilers: The gorgeous illustrations that unfortunately (fortunately?) shows nature at nature’s best, by Federico Bertolucci, are the focus of the story as this is (as said) wordless. The reader follows a Tiger as it roams the jungle trying to find food and shelter, the food tries to escape (sometimes winning), and even the tiger tries to escape from various dangers. The distraction of a tiger allows other creatures to sneak in, but […]

Just one little squeeze?

Don't Hug the Quokka! by Daniel Errico

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That quokka may be cute as a bug, but don’t raise your snoot if they give a hoot and say, “Not today!” to a hug! Don’t Hug the Quokka! by Daniel Errico is a funny story about consent. When the narrator sees the “person” they are speaking too wanting to give a hug to a fuzzy, adorable, seemingly smiling quokka, they inform them (and we the reader) that it is not okay to hug someone if they do not want one. Of course, it is […]

Lost doesn’t mean you’re not a friend

Lemon Bird: Can Help! by Paulina Ganucheau

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I think Lemon Bird: Can Help! By Paulina Ganucheau might be the first in a series, but also reads as if it is a second or later book in series as well. Otherwise, this is a sweet, simple story about trying, doing your best, friends, and being a decent creature. Funny mixed animals make clever characters (and maybe hungry!) There is a lot to say about Lemon Bird. She is a bird that looks like a lemon. She is unable to fly, but really tries […]



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