Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

One bad@$$ woman

Marjory's River of Grass: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Fierce Protector of the Everglades by Josie James

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I was reading Marjory’s River of Grass: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Fierce Protector of the Everglades by Josie James as an online reader copy on my phone. Which was a special delight in itself as I have recently had issues with my normal online site and my phone not being able to communicate with each other. The other delight was how lovely James’ book is. This is a delightful book about one woman, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and how she made the Everglades not only pretty awesome […]

An ecosystem of support

A Tree Is a Community by David L. Harrison

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Usually I prefer a non-rhyming format when it comes to reading a picture book, especially or even though it is for a younger audience. However, A Tree Is a Community might have benefited from a rhyme format. Yet, the way it is presented is well done and is executed well. The text is wonderfully expressive and poetic (the leaves are like dresses; seeds grow and WHOOSH!) and I think it would be fun to read aloud (personally I think a one-on-one setting is best, but […]

Which way the wind blows

Wind Watchers by Micha Archer

Why Does the Wind Blow?: Weather with the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

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When I find books that can be “themed” I enjoy writing about them. Even though both of these books were quick reads, they work extremely well with each other by being themed as Wind Books. They work for multiple ages, allowing both books to grow with your child. Wind Watchers by Micha Archer was read via an online reader copy and is due March 2025. This will give me time to read it again, not so much because it was the best book ever, but […]

Purple thumbs and stabby plants

Prunella by Beth Ferry

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Along with Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden by Christy Mandin, the picture book Prunella by Beth Ferry and illustrated by Claire Keane, has given me a new category for books I like: Plants that are Not Your Cute Fluffy Pretty Garden Variety. The surface story is the same with both books: girls who love the spookier, odd, weird, dangers, spiky, thorny plants. They like them so much that they are isolated from their communities and peers. In both cases, the parent(s) encourage this individuality, even if […]

Free Spirit Publishing has some neat books

Thank You, Night by Dan McCauley

Thank You, Rain by Dan McCauley

B Is for Belonging by Shannon Anderson

Hello, Beech Tree! by Rasha Hamid

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A while back I saw two online reader copies that had intriguing covers (or thumbnails of the cover as it was only a small image). I liked them, but figured I knew what they were about by judging the cover. Thank You, Night and Thank You, Rain looked like they would be nice father and child stories. One set at night and one set in/around a rainy day. And I was not wrong. (Yes, I read them eventually.) They had more to them than those […]

The Unforgiving Desert

Journal of the Dead by Jason Kersten

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CBR16 Bingo – Fiasco: David and Raffi’s trip into Rattlesnake Canyon is an utter fiasco from start to finish. When authorities find Raffi Kodikian barely alive four days after he and his best friend David Coughlin got lost in an desert canyon, they make a grim discovery. Raffi claims to have stabbed David to death in a mercy killing, but the police suspect the truth may be darker. It was awkward on my way out of the library with this book, because another patron, intrigued […]



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