Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I is for I like alphabet books

B is for Bison: A National Parks Primer (Babylit) by Greg Paprocki

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I think the publisher description has more text than the actual book. That is because it is an alphabet board book. However, it is not just B is for Bison: A National Parks Primer (Babylit) like the title informs us, but Greg Paprocki created a little more to the story. In the backdrop of most pages, there is the name of a National Park where you can see the A is for arch (Gateway Arch National Park), the B for bison, the many different landmarks, […]

“Mingle! Guide! Delight!” isn’t a bad philosophy

Leave it to Plum by Matt Phelan

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Leave it to Plumby Matt Phelan is the story of a “peppy purple peacock” & his trials & tribulations at the Athensville Zoo. Plum is a legacy – the however many times great grandson of the original zoo peacocks, given free wandering rights at the zoo, who are responsible for mingling, guiding & delighting the zoo’s visitors. Plum’s a great bird, if a little flighty (in the always late & a little scatterbrained way, not the bird way), who friends everywhere, and takes his duties […]

And this little Piglet came home

Piglet Comes Home: How a Deaf Blind Pink Puppy Found His Family by Melissa Shapiro

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When real Piglet the pup came home, they knew that the place was going to be their forever home. And unlike the humans of the picture book I read, the real-world humans, took a little more convincing. But either way, Piglet Comes Home: How a Deaf Blind Pink Puppy Found His Family was the result. Melissa Shapiro’s character bring homes a puppy. Well, at least the other dogs (all rescues) think it is a puppy. It is terribly pink, blind, and deaf. It looks more […]

I’m hooked on these books

Obsessive About Octopuses, by Owen Davey

Curious About Crocodiles by Owen Davey

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I will admit it, I am hooked on Owen Davey and their animal books. In Obsessive About Octopuses, I learned facts that I did not even know I needed to know about octopuses! All sizes, shapes, color, bone, no bone, deadly, mimics and more are covered. The pages are detailed, but not crowded. There is much going on, but it is also accessible for most ages. Each piece of information is presented to be educational and fun. I have found probably one of my new […]

Let’s go to the twilight zone

Curious Creatures Glowing In The Dark by Zoe Armstrong

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From Wales, to Japan, to South Africa and more, you with find wonderful glowing creatures. You will find out the how and why they glow. You will see how this is not only for protection, but for capturing food, and more.  From under the sea to scurrying in the trees you will see the likes of angelfish, new world flying squirrels and scorpions and how they all use “glowing” to in their everyday going on. You will even learn the differences between bioluminescence and biofluorescence. […]

Penguins!

Passionate about Penguins (About Animals) by Owen Davey

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Passionate about Penguins (About Animals) is a really cool book. The text by Owen Davey shows that they know their subject, know how to present it to keep your attention on said subject and knows how to make you want to know more. As an adult I was learning things and wanting to save all sorts of facts and was laughing about some of the more humorous elements. And there were POOP facts! If you have read any of my reviews you know that I […]



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