Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

When the city’s fate rests in the hands of enemies

The Nameless City (Book One) by Faith Erin Hicks

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I am going to save my dislikes of this book for after I finish the series; as there are a few plot points/plot holes I think could be explained when the story is completed. Therefore, I am going to say that The Nameless City (Book One) is an interesting start to The Nameless City series. It is a fantasy realistically presented as (so far) there are no magics, aliens or other fantastical images or people. While the city itself is a diverse group of people, […]

Meet Baloney and Peanut and Bizz and Krabbit in April

Baloney and Friends by Greg Pizzoli

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Baloney and Friends by Greg Pizzoli should find a cozy place on the shelves of your local bookstore right next to series like Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems or Narwhal & Jellyfish by Ben Clanton. The stories are simple, Baloney is featured in his book along with his friends Peanut the horse, Bizz the bumblebee and Krabbit a crabby rabbit. Each story is a stand-alone chapter, but everything is tied together at the same time. There are two mini comics as well in this […]

April Showers will bring more than Flowers!

Ellie Makes a Friend by Mike Wu

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Ellie Makes a Friend is the latest installment of the Ellie series started in 2015. However, you do not have had to read the other books. Ellie Makes a Friend is a standalone gem. Mike Wu continues the adventures of one artistic elephant named Ellie in a comfortable and sweet story about being envious and worrying about one’s own talent. Of course, in the end Ellie (and we the reader) learn all about friendship. Ping is a new animal in the zoo. And at first […]

Impress your teachers in September with two new series

Fox Tails V01 The Great Bunk Bed Battle: An Acorn Book by Tina Kugler

Fairylight Friends V01 A Magic Spark: An Acorn Book by Jessica Young

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September is usually the start of a new school year and either learning to read or cultivating that love of the all mighty book. And if your beginning to more advanced reader is looking for something new, Scholastic and their Acorn Books have two new additions to either add to or start your collection with (as they both come out in September 2020) First, we start with The Great Bunk Bed Battle (Fox Tails #1). Based on some experiences author Tina Kugler has had with […]

Who are you? Who, who, who, who?

I Am Not a Fox by Karina Wolf

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I Am Not a Fox has been coming up on several lists the last year or so. I was interested in this, frankly little cross-eyed creature (which I was assuming was a fox but knew by the cover things were not going to be what they seemed). But it was not until a browse in our children’s department sale items I found a copy. While Karina Wolf created a cute book, sometimes it is almost awkward with the pacing and text. The “be yourself” theme […]

“But if you could tell science like a story, I’d pay attention.”

The Line Tender by Kate Allen

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Lucy’s mother was a marine biologist who was particularly interested in sharks. People told her mother that this enthusiasm would get her killed, but it was a brain aneurysm that ended up taking her life. Lucy was seven when that happened, and while she still finds herself occasionally swept up in bouts of grief, she and her father are getting by. Friends and neighbors help a lot. Fred from across the street is her best friend, though now at 13 years old, she is beginning […]



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