Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I get by with a little help from books like this

With a Little Help from My Friends by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

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There is no question that With a Little Help from My Friends is the John Lennon and Paul McCartney song. It is right there in the title. What I did not expect was Henry Cole’s illustrations. I expected the classic song, but not how it was illustrated. I did not expect two friends, who are their own true selves, find each other. I did not expect some lovely coloring and a combination of minimal and just the right amount of details. The story comes from […]

Sunny, you’re a fine girl

Sunny by Celia Krampien

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Sunny is a cute and interesting story about seeing the (literally) Sunny Side of Life. Celia Krampien has created a story with a good flow to the text and the cute illustrations make this a comfortable read. Most ages will enjoy following Sunny (our girl narrator) as she goes along the path to her destination. If there is one thing about the book I do not like is the fact that Sunny might be too optimistic. I cannot imagine that everything is good. Or is […]

There is a new Kid in Town

A Kid of Their Own by Megan Dowd Lambert

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A Kid of Their Own is the second book set on the farm by Megan Dowd Lambert. The puns are worse than before, the story, however, is a bit stronger. The ending says book three to come! This time Clyde and the farmyard animals get a new Mama Goat with her baby. Everyone is overjoyed about the new addition. Except for Clyde. Roberta, his goose friend, is now taking the kid under her wing and not Clyde. The results are obvious, Clyde is jealous and […]

The lose of a pet does not have to not have hope

Where Lily Isn’t by Julie Paschiks

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When you can judge a book by its cover, that is not always a bad thing. I had a feeling that Where Lily Isn’t was not going to be a happy book. And it is not a happy book. But it is also not as sad of a book as I had thought it might be. Julie Paschiks has created a sweet, but not overly sappy, story about the loss of a beloved pet. It is a simple (but not simplistic) and a straightforward story. […]

Hop along Teetu

The Bold, Brave Bunny by Beth Ferry

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“B is for Brave; B is for Bold. B is not only for … bunnies!” And we see the bold bunny Teetu show us how he can be brave, how much beauty there is in the world, how one bunny can make a book and how there is no place like home even if there are so many bunnies it is not funny. Beth Ferry’s The Bold, Brave Bunny is simple, but far from simplistic. There are some grand details with Chow Hon Lam’s illustrations, […]

Out of print, but my (and yours too) library should have a copy of this

Peanut by Ayun Halliday

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What do you do when you are moving to a new school, leaving our best friend behind and live with you recently divorced mother and are not the most pretty or outgoing person? You reinvent yourself as someone more exciting, glamorous, someone with a peanut allergy. Only, you do not have an actual peanut allergy. Ayun Halliday’s Peanut is a slightly different take on trying to fit in. It is a semi-text heavy graphic novel with sketch-like art by Paul Hoppe. And to show the […]



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