Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A stone is a journey across history

A Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth

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A Stone Is a Story by Leslie Barnard Booth and Marc Martin is a picture book about how a “stone” is formed. But it is not done with dry facts, but with a more poetic nature. We follow from before time (almost) to today and “you” the reader finding a piece of that original item.  I did not find things WOW, but I did find them enjoyable. If you are looking for a factual book, this does have that at the end, but within the […]

The only real drawback is it’s due Summer 2025!

Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin

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The nice thing about working with people that read books, too, is that sometimes they read something, like it, and review it for our website. And to make sure the rest of us know that a person is promoting book X, (so we can read it ourselves, or more accurately, recommend it to customers) we get an email pertaining to those books. This is how I found Millie Fleur Saves the Night by Christy Mandin. It is the companion to Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden. Now […]

“Dad? Mom? I think I can do it.” (Do what?) “Save the world?” or Don’t touch the cute space robot on the weird planet in the first place

Blake Laser by Keith Marantz

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Blake Laser is a fun story for the lover of science-fiction, love of a little fantasy, of course aliens and just the right amount of humor. Everything is a bit face paced, but is not crowded with text, too many images or action. This story by Keith Marantz has a biracial family of four, that are heading where no human has gone before! No, not space (it is the 24th century after all, been there done that!) but a particular place in space. The family […]

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Pau: The Last Song of the Kaua’i ‘o’o by Tony Piedra

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I find it funny (not ha ha, but interesting funny) when I look at a book and think that I don’t really want to read it, but then for some reason, it comes back up on the ol’ radar and then it looks like reading material (well, it always looked like reading material, but material I now want to read). Recently, when I was looking at new online readers, I found Pau: The Last Song of the Kaua’i ‘o’o, and this was the case. It […]

The plight of bees done poetically

Milk Without Honey by Hanna Harms

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Milk Without Honey by Hanna Harms (translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp and Sarah Wyndham Lewis doing the foreword) is a clever, poetic look at the loss of the pollinator, especially the honeybee. The author’s illustrations are both a bit realistic but also interestingly abstract. The use of the color yellow, as well as black and white, is important. The overall feel is the content is for anyone, but the way it is presented might not be for everyone. However, it is for the strong teen […]

So, you’re Brad Pitt? That don’t impress me much, but this book did

Death & Sparkles book one by Rob Justus

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When Sparkles is being a real pain in the butt, if Death sneezes, Sparkles farts. Yes, there is little kid humor (and this kid found it amusing) in Death & Sparkles book one. Yet, there is a lot going on that is serious in the middle of all of this humor. The idea of fame and true friendship is the focus, while we have evil managers (Colonel Parker had nothing on Sparkles manager!) and cupcakes. Lots of cupcakes. While some sensitive readers/listeners might not be […]



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