Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

You had Frog and Toad, Winnie-the-Pooh, and The Wind in the Willows. Now you have Skunk and Badger

Skunk and Badger #2 Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake

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cbr13bingo Landscape (you can see the lake if you look carefully) Skunk and Badger #2 Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake is most likely even better than the first! Our heroes, Skunk (sweet, a bit naïve, passionate, a tad inconsiderate) and Badger (gruff, scientific, hungry, a good guy) decide to take off on an adventure to replace Badger’s missing rock in his collection. Skunk leads with his heart like he always does while packing; Badger takes on the task with common sense. But both will […]

When the Bully is the Hero, the Girl is in love with a God and there are spaceships up your nose.

Animal Crackers by Gene Luen Yang

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Gene Luen Yang can write the instructions to how to make a sandwich and I would read it. That does not mean I will love it, but I will always appreciate it. And Animal Crackers is in that category. I was not jumping up and down about it, and even with a second reading (although a bit of a quick one) and being able to put together a few more pieces I missed the first time, I still did not love this graphic novel. This […]

Vampires Get Nervous, Too

Maury the Miserable Vampire by Jeff Roland

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I was given an online PDF version of the book, Maury the Miserable Vampire (again, a big thank you for thinking of me Ms. Was).  I was not sure what was going to happen.  I searched for a description and the story seemed simple enough, but was it going to be good enough? The art was not my usual “like” when it comes to illustrations. But (come to find out like Maury) I needed to take a chance. In the end, it was not only […]

Some Ghouls Do

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Halloween. There is probably no better holiday. Okay, I am not into the spooky aspects of the day, but the fun and child-like qualities of the holiday is what get my spirit flying. And, of course, CANDY! And Stumpkin has all the fun of the holiday. This pumpkin is perfect: rounder than a basketball, more orange than a traffic cone, not any bad sides! However, he has one small flaw: he has a stump and not a steam. Therefore, nobody wants him to be their […]

I am Bigger than You!

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I like the publisher description of “this picture book…puts a fresh spin on playground dynamics.” I do not know if “conflict resolution” is really obtained by the children (or in this case dinosaurs) as a mother dinosaur steps in, but it is very much how children are. Be it that they are on the school or public playground or with their siblings, cousins or friends. The smallest feels “big” but, yes, there is someone bigger. And then yes, there is someone bigger than them and […]

Lorraine’s Lesson

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When I saw the title, Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away, I assume it was going to be a fictionalized story of a famous singer. But it turns out to be a fun story about a grandfather, granddaughter and overcoming fear with the song in your heart.   The fact that the characters are black and in a non-traditional family setting is never brought to the forefront of the story. It is just “there” which makes this a nice book for anyone. Ketch […]



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