Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Paul is a Blue Hippo and John is hanging upside down

Paul is Dead by Paola Baron

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Paul is Dead. How many Beatles fans know that story? Paul McCartney died at the height of Beatlemania and was replaced with a copy. And Paola Baron explores that idea in Paul is Dead, a speculation fiction graphic novel that causes questions of fame, reality, and self to have more questions than answers. I do not want to know what Baron or illustrator Ernesto Carbonetti were smoking when they created this realistically abstract, realistic-surrealism book, because John Lennon was not the only one having an […]

The Three S-s: spooky, sad, and a little bit sexy

The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel

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Honestly, what else could you need? If you are our Heroine Leigh Wells, you need quite a bit. You’ve been called back to your ancestral island home, far flung from the wild shores of Scotland. World War Two did not hit your home directly, but it stole many young men and sent very few back home. The few that returned are not who they once were. The island is not what it once was. The Sluagh (sloo-ah) still return every October, but every year they […]

Science & Nature & Grief & Love

With a Butterfly’s Wings by Pilar Lopez Avila

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This is a sweet, but also somber, story of a grandmother and granddaughter and how they interact while observing the world around them.  It is a picture book of how a grandmother teaches a grandchild how to view the world, explore the world, and to appreciate nature and the animals and plants that reside in it. This is a poem and love letter. On the pages of With a Butterfly’s Wings we see how secrets, appreciation and love are passed along and how even when […]

When Grandma Flies

The Bird Feeder by Andrew Larsen

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A child and their very loved grandmother have a unique bond in The Bird Feeder. Despite their ages, the two of them share common interests. They like to spend time together drawing and watching the bird feeder outside the grandmother’s window. But one day, the grandmother moves into hospice care and the child decides that things can be the same even if they are no longer in the same house. And they bring grandmothers birdfeeder to be outside her new window. Of course, one day […]

I’m a little bit of Iveliz

Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

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Iveliz Explains It All is a modern story about coming to terms with depression, grief, growing up, reaching out for help and all that is in between. It is relatable even to adults who have gone through the issues or are even currently going through the issues Iveliz must deal with. While best for ages 10 and up, even someone who is going through issues or for friends of those dealing with these issues will enjoy. Afterall, it is just a good, story. This book […]

Wording your Grief

Welcome to the Grief Club: Because You Don't Have to Go Through It Alone by Janie Kwoh

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Welcome to the Grief Club: Because You Don’t Have to Go Through It Alone by Janie Kwoh, was not exactly what I was looking for (even though I was not completely sure what that was). However, it turned into something I needed. It might be a little hard to read about grief while going through the first stage of grief, or the “immediate afterwards,” but this book helps with that. The chapters are short (a few pages each), the text might be a bit busy […]



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