Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

“If I’m on my very best behavior, maybe no one will notice how spooky I am.”

Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima

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In January’s Cannonball Read Diversion there was a conversation about genres that you had never read before, and I thought to myself that there had to be at least one or two, but I was a little stumped. I didn’t really think about it again until it came time to review Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima because without even having to look, I’m pretty sure I’ve never reviewed a picture book (and it’s been A LONG TIME since I read one either).   Hardly Haunted […]

Picture books are Fun

Indigo Dreaming by Dinah Johnson

Not Quite Narwhal and Friends: Weather Together by Jessie Sima

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  cbr15bingo Africa: Indigo dreaming has the African connection I enjoy doing picture book reviews and doing a round-up review of a few titles at once. The thing with picture books is that they are short. So, they are easy to read. And yet, they can be packed from cover to cover with amazing goodies. Just sometimes that does not lend itself to a regulation review word count. The below titles are perfect for most people, yet different enough and varied in age ranges that […]

Love, Me

Love, Z by Jessie Sima

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I am not completely familiar with the Robot Z, yet this book is familiar due to the theme. The simple question, “What is love?” is not as easy as Z would have hoped in Jessie Sima’s picture book Love, Z. But a wonderful journey later, Z finds that love might have been closer than they thought at first. A sweet, cozy story about family, friendship, and the real meaning of love. While this would have been a great Valentine’s Day book, it is also a […]

When Nimbus met Kelp

Perfectly Pegasus by Jessie Sima

Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima

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I was browsing a site we have and found a reader copy of Perfectly Pegasus (due late March/early April 2022). When looking up their other words (as the Pegasus Nimbus looked familiar) I saw several books by Jessie Sima I had read. And one was Not Quite Narwhal. I might have reviewed Narwhal before, but here we go again. The story of both Pegasus and Narwhal is simple: an animal (a Pegasus and what later learns they are a Unicorn) have an issue and they […]

Hauntingly awesome

Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima

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cbr13bingo Self Care  Self Care to me is having fun. Halloween is fun (I mean CANDY????) and costumes (I have had more fun with costumes as an adult then I ever did as a kid, and I had some crazy fun costumes. Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother with her sign of qualifications anyone? Or years before, homemade paper mice in a cage (all connected) made by grandpa for the Cinderella costume?) Also, fun? Reading books. All types of books. Big ones, small ones, picture books, novels, poetry… […]

The Dirty Half Dozen

Ways to Welcome by Linda Ashman

What's the Matter, Marlo? by Andrew Arnold

The Unicorn Came to Dinner by Lauren DeStefano 

The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson

All Welcome Here by James Preller

Jules vs. the Ocean by Jessie Sima

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I love working in a bookstore. When I have lunch and don’t feel like reading a novel, I can grab a picture book. If I am home and just can’t concentrate on the novel format, I grab a picture book. The below are The Dirty Half Dozen Picture Books that have been grabbed recently. Ways to Welcome by Linda Ashman and Joey Chou (rating 3): I liked the idea, but the execution was not really to my tastes. It would be a cute story time book […]



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