Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

One, two, eleven, five

Ten Dragon Eggs: A Book about Counting Down by Lynda Graham-Barber

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CBR15Passport  author How can you not like the rich, jewel colors of Jeffrey Ebbeler’s illustrations in Ten Dragon Eggs: A Book about Counting Down? Okay, sure, they might be too cute. Or maybe they have too big eyes, but they do fit the story that Lynda Graham-Barber made for us. They are sweet, silly and have a cleverness to them. The story is simple, a dragon mother watches her eggs hatch. It is a difficult process but amusing to the readers. And then, along the […]

I’m not ashamed to say, I didn’t get it.

Water Look Away by Bob Hicok

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CBR15Passport  author I only give Water Look Away a one as the book was not for me. I wish that I could put in two ratings, one rating for me (a one) and a three for the potential for someone else. Maybe this book by Bob Hicok was too sophisticated for my personal reading tastes. Or maybe the subject just was not for me. Either way I was just unable to really get into the poetry. The biggest issue I had was that the poems […]

House hunters

Where Can We Go?: A Tale of Four Bears by Dai Yun

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  CBR15Passport country  Some days you are the book and some days you are the fly that gets swatted by the book. Or in other words, this book was flat for me. Where Can We Go?: A Tale of Four Bears had such potential. I was hoping for a folktale, or something humorous, by Dai Yun (adapted by Helen Mixter). But instead, it is just about these bears who move into the human world (who seems to find them rude and more annoying than anything […]

What a marvelous place to explore

Bompa’s Insect Expedition (David Suzuki Institute) by David Suzuki

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CBR15Passport country I had never heard of anyone calling their grandfather Bompa. Or at least not since I did it with one grandfather (though I went to calling them both grandpa after a spell). That might be the reason I wanted to read Bompa’s Insect Expedition (David Suzuki Institute). And probably why I liked it. Though it is a fun book, too. The grandfather in the story takes his grandchildren out and about on adventures and this book covers the different goodies nature has. But […]

Hold my (root) beer, this will work

Super Mario Deluxe Paint Box (Nintendo) by Steve Foxe

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CBR15Passport GenreJust stay with me on this, okay? Yes, I know that Super Mario Deluxe Paint Box (Nintendo) is a painting coloring book (with paints and paint brush included) and not a “reading book” at a first glance. However, the text level and number of words lends itself to be about a kindergartener to (younger) second grade reading level. And it is informative. Okay, maybe not to the kid who is a fan, but to me the adult who yes, knows who Mario is (a […]

It’s the cheesiest

The Princess and the Grill Cheese Sandwich. by Deya Muniz

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CBR15Passport author   Warning: Included are two plot point and image spoilers! We have the puns of the cheesiest kind (all cheese puns) and a modern love story within the pages of The Princess and the Grill Cheese Sandwich. While things are all “Kings and Queens and Dukes and Duchesses” we have handheld video games, cute t-shirt and short ensembles, and other modern conveniences. The mixture of the old and new theme styles allows for the best of both worlds. We get glamours gowns and […]



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