Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Picture books are Fun

Indigo Dreaming by Dinah Johnson

Not Quite Narwhal and Friends: Weather Together by Jessie Sima

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  cbr15bingo Africa: Indigo dreaming has the African connection I enjoy doing picture book reviews and doing a round-up review of a few titles at once. The thing with picture books is that they are short. So, they are easy to read. And yet, they can be packed from cover to cover with amazing goodies. Just sometimes that does not lend itself to a regulation review word count. The below titles are perfect for most people, yet different enough and varied in age ranges that […]

Sparkle Dragons are a blast(ish)

The Sparkle Dragons (The Sparkle Dragons, 1) by Emma Carlson Berne

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cbr15bingo Strange Worlds doesn’t get more strange than Trolls making smoothies  I was not the audience for the book, The Sparkle Dragons (The Sparkle Dragons, 1). However, I know a lot of girls ages six to about nine who will love the pretty dragons, the bratty princess, and the (probably) evil unicorn (okay he is SO the evil genius of the book). The story is both typical (magic and adventures) and modern (dealing with an environmental issue and civil rights). The illustrations were minimal colors (mostly […]

Be Yourself, they will come

Just Being Ted by Lisa Sheehan

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It was “read this picture book today” day. And that book was Just Being Ted by Lisa Sheehan. The story is simple enough, with a large dragon, who goes by the name of Ted, being our main man, er dragon. They love their home, and all the wonderful things they can do in it. But they would also like to make some friends. However, even when they bring gifts, or even cake, everyone hollers, “Eek! Dragon! Run Away!” (Or some variation of that) and runs […]

I have family, I have friends, now just need some snackies!

Spreckle's Snack Surprise by Sandra Salsbury

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CBR15Passport  author What happens when you are looking for the best snack ever and all you can find are some messy slugs? Well, you do what Spreckle does in Spreckle’s Snack Surprise. You fly the coop. And maybe I should have led with this, but Spreckle lives on a farm with their fuzzy brothers and sisters and feathery mom in a chicken coop. And even though they do not look like each other, there is lots of love to go around and a warm nest to […]

Break a leg

Roxy the Unisaurus Rex Presents: Oh NO! The Talent Show by Eva Chen

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In the mix of my 130 emails (I know, so few for most, but for me, that is an unbelievable amount!) I have an email from a rep of the bookstore. They send out a list of new books coming from a website we use to order and/or look at titles on. And occasionally there is a snippet or two/a page or three, that gives you a hint of what is to happen. However, they also sometimes have links to download or in the case […]

Uni-Uni-Uni-corn!

Margaret’s Unicorn by Briony May Smith

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Margaret’s Unicorn is a cute story about a young girl who misses her old home after she and her parents move to be closer to her grandmother. The end. Oh wait, there is a unicorn too. This is a special friend she makes that helps make the move a little easier. Therefore, all the parts of a moving story are there (new house, new smells, new spaces, new emotions, and new friend). Briony May Smith’s story is exactly what you would expect it to be […]



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