Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A couple of “new” books

A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst and Ray Cruz

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I noticed there was a reading challenge at my local library. I figured it was for kids so I didn’t pay attention to it. Yet, one day I looked at it and noticed one of the categories was “Love Triangle.” Now, I know kids are a lot more mature than I was, but I still don’t think a “Love Triangle” would be in a kids Reading Challenge Bingo. Then, after looking at the libraries website, I noticed that it did say for young adults and […]

See the colors

The Sky Is Not Blue by Joy Jones

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The use of color has been used before as a theme, but to show that there are colors that are in-between the stereotypical ones is fresh. The Sky Is Not Blue is a cute, simple story that allows us to see that not only are we using our imagination, we are using it in real-life situations. It shows the power of art, color and looking at things a little differently (even if that means sitting in the little chair and not the big teacher chair). […]

Become booked

Gray by Laura Dockrill

Gwendolyn and the Light: A Picture Book by Susan Yoon

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Picture books are fun, but are hard books to write reviews about. There are usually only a few hundred words (at best) and the stories short enough that to give a description of things means you told the whole book. Recently I found two books that I enjoyed, but I am not saying, “OMG BEST BOOKS EVER” about. They are cozy, their audiences are people who like a softer toned, but strong read. Please read on to learn more about them…  The picture book Gray […]

Bring Back My Color

The Gray City by Torben Kuhlmann

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While it was hard to put down, the pacing of the not-so-picture book The Gray City is a bit slow. Each chapter is only a few pages long (and as read via an online reader copy I am not sure of the final format size) but the page is filled. And even when everything is gray there is still color, hinting at the revelation our heroine, Robin, learns at the end of things.  This story unfolds, as said, a bit slowly. Torben Kuhlmann wants you […]

A brown rainbow is beautiful

A Rainbow in Brown by Pavonis Giron

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I have decided to copy and paste what I have found as the publisher’s description of A Rainbow in Brown as it tells the story written by Pavonis Giron better than I can. Jo wants to paint all the wonderful things she loves. With a palette of red, yellow, and blue, Jo knows she can mix any colors together to create new ones. Her imagination takes flight as she explores painting with primary and by mixing her own secondary colors, each picture as beautiful as […]

Cannonball 2024

Kobe Eats Pizza! And Helps Make It, Too  by Ashley Wian

The Birds of Bethlehem  by Tomie dePaola

Black Girls A celebration of you! by Dominique Furukawa

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I kinda sort of made my first Cannonball in January 2024. Except it didn’t happen because though I had the last three books read, I did not have them written up. I could have done it before the last day of January, but I didn’t review everything I had read, as this year was for fun reading and reviews were second. Or I guess I could say I was waiting for three special ones.  So we’ll go with that and those books were only found on […]



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