Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Fun Dogs and Funky Grandmothers

Dalmartian: A Mars Rover's Story by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Gaga Mistake Day by Emma Straub, Susan Straub

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Books are my thing. In my high school yearbook I was the one to be found reading. (Okay, it might have been because nobody on the yearbook team really knew me, but they also were not wrong). And this would make most think that I have never met a book I have not wanted to read. Trust me, I’ve met plenty (I’m looking at you self-published Zombie Christmas trees….Though I did try three pages…). Some days these “don’t wants” never get read, some are started […]

Pride and Reading

What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke

Prince & Knight: Tale of the Shadow King by Daniel Haack

Julián at the Wedding (Julián, #2) by Jessica Love

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Pride Month is right around the corner. And thought I could easily write 250 words for each of the below picture book, I like have this longer collection as each one touches on a different aspect of pride and the GLBTQ+ community. Both for the picture book crowd (with some exceptions) and adults, these are books that should be put on your radar and TBR lists.   What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke and Anne Passchier (illustrations): This is a […]

Julián Is a Mermaid

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Julian loves mermaids. And one day, while riding the subway home with his Abuela, Julian notices three women spectacularly dressed up. They are mermaids! Imagining himself as a mermaid, Julian’s dream is interrupted when they must get off the subway. But that does not stop him. He finds a way to continue using his imagination. It is Abuela that also finds a special way to help him celebrate mermaids and who he is. This is another book about being yourself and celebrating that difference.  The […]



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