Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Not just for the best holiday ever, Halloween

Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books by Barry Timms

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There is a book for everyone and Henry (a kid who is not really into books) wonders if he will be able to find the perfect book for him in Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books. Of course, he will (we know that most books for kids have a happy ending) and it is the getting there that is the actual journey.  Henry, while helping the customers at Griselda’s bookstore, realizes how there really is a book for everyone. There are magic books, sports books, even joke […]

Did you know that you can read the dictionary?

The Dictionary Story. by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

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Oliver Jeffers has created another story that is perfectly their style of writing and illustrations and Sam Winston joins the creativity to add to the party in The Dictionary Story.  While recently having become available, I did read via an online reader copy.  This time things are not what they seem at first glance. You think (or at least I did) that the book would be dictionaries and how they work. However, the author decides that to make the dictionary upset that, unlike the other […]

By the author who has a ginger girlfriend, an even more ginger dog and an undisclosed number of cats and a lot to say in this delightful book

The Lonely Book by Meg Grehan

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I know it is odd to start a review with a negative, but I want to get it out of the way. I did not like The Lonely Book as much as Meg Grehan’s other titles. This one felt younger than the ones I have read and I was expecting something more mature. With that said, I still enjoyed this addition to their collection of prose poetry novels. Most of Grehan’s books deal with LGBTQ+ issues as well as mental health. This time we are […]

If Mr. Rogers was that quirky uncle, LeVar Burton was that cool older cousin

My Friend LeVar by Ezra Edmond

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I saw the title: My Friend LeVar. And I wondered, “Is this the LeVar?” The Mr. LeVar Burton who was one of the influential parts of my reading childhood? And yes, Ezra Edmond’s picture book (due in October 2024 and read via an online reader copy, and illustrated by Jenna Nahyun) was about that LeVar Burton. The story is unusual in the sense that it is not your usual action book. There is a lesson, but not the ones you usually get. The story is […]

Read Everything And ‘Den Some! 

I Want to Read All the Books by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

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When I first saw the online reader copy of I Want to Read All the Books I skipped over it. Somewhat ironically, as I do want to read all the books, but I know I cannot, so I have to choose. But then I saw that it was by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. And that sealed the deal and I was thinking that I must read. Ohi is one of those authors/illustrators of books that you need to read. Maybe you do not love the work, […]

The Picture Book Graphic Novel Read

Author vs. Illustrator by Bob Lentz and Donald Lemke

The Unlucky Kid by Bob Holt

Like Lava in My Veins by Derrick Barnes

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There is a new genre, (or at least newish to me) that I call “Picture Book Graphic Novel.”  I am sure there are others out there, but I have recently found three within a few weeks of each other. This means that the graphic novel panel format is done in the larger, traditional sized picture book and aimed at the picture book crowd, but can allow the older reader access as well. The first two were read via online reader’s copies and the last in […]



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