Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Pippi Longstocking meets the 21st century

Two Friends, One Dog, and a Very Unusual Week by Sarah L. Thomson

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If you are looking for a book that is Pippi Longstocking for the modern age, Two Friends, One Dog, and a Very Unusual Week by Sarah L. Thomson is the book you are looking for. If you like that clueless, tornado of a child character, you will love this early chapter book. Best for ages 8 to 10, it could work as a read aloud as well. The chapters are shorter, with a few, cute, simple illustrations (by Vin Vegel) to highlight plot points, allowing […]

Rescue Mission in the Desert

K-9 Security by Nichole Severn

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When Elena’s younger brother is abducted by the cartel that’s been slowly taking over the town, she must turn to Cash and his canine partner Bear in her crusade to get him back. I’m a sucker for a dog on the cover. And Bear is a working dog, which is a novel idea for someone whose own dog lives for sleeping, eating, and sniffing every blade of grass he comes across on his daily walks. This is an action-packed story, where the main characters take […]

Hard book to write about, easy book to read

Worried Whippet: A Book of Bravery (For Adults and Kids Struggling with Anxiety) by Jess Bolton

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Worried Whippet: A Book of Bravery (For Adults and Kids Struggling with Anxiety) by Jess Bolton is a cozy story about how a whippet learns to find the balance between afraid and not afraid, needing an indoor/sleeping like a cushion day and walking outside in the world with its “dangers”, and the fear of new experiences. Sweet illustrations show the adventures and misadventures (stolen chips anyone?) Written in the English of the UK (chips means French fries), though available, was read via an online reader […]

When nobody believes you about the aliens, werewolves, undead mermaids, and worse

Cindy and Biscuit Vol. 1: We Love Trouble by Dan White

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Cindy and Biscuit Vol. 1: We Love Trouble by Dan White is an experience book and I have a funny feeling no two people will have the same experience. Each reader will read a different collection of White’s work.  The unusualness starts with the artwork and its minimal approach to showing the people, places and things that surround Cindy and her pet, Biscuit. One reviewer called it “chunky.”  And while I am not sure exactly what was meant by that, yes, it can be chunky. […]

Finding love through doggos

A Walk in the Park by Rebekah Weatherspoon

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I love all of Rebekah Weatherspoon’s books and dogs, so already biased to love this contemporary Black romance about a couple meeting at a dog shelter. Andre and Janelle unexpectedly meet when trying to rescue the same dog named Zeus. They both want a dog to bring some joy into their lives. There has been a mix-up and they were both promised the pup. Instead of fighting over him, they decide to co-parent for a month and see how it goes. What a lucky dog […]

Hanging with my pals

Otis & Peanut by Naseem Hrab

A Bone for Bo: Painting with Georgia O’Keefe by Joan Waites

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Friendship is a fun concept. Who are friends? What are friends? And what can you do with friends? And there are all types of friendships, therefore all types of answers. And in Otis & Peanut by Naseem Hrab and A Bone for Bo: Painting with Georgia O’Keefe by Joan Waites, we find two different types of friends and two types of stories.(Both titles read via online reader copies.) Hrab’s story is about Otis & Peanut. In this first volume, there are short stories where we […]



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