Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

If books aren’t for eating, why do they say, “Devour a good book?”

Books Aren’t for Eating by Carlie Sorosiak

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cbr14bingo Birds Level 2 (see the lady with the feathers and adorable birds around her. It’s my favorite image)   Leopold is a goat who loves reading books (after learning not to eat them) and like any good bookstore owner, he knows the stock at his bookstore, able to find the perfect book for each person who enters. Of course, when another goat arrives, he eats the books and nothing Leopold does will stop him! Or is there a way to get the book to the […]

Read the author bio on the back as well

Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals by Mo Willems

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Seriously, I know many adults who could use Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals. Classic Willems humor falls off each page (wait, that was me and my chair …) I read several pages out loud (and one reading dealt with the poop page. Shocking, I know. Me finding poop funny…) This introduction to the world tells us there will be cats (well, the book has a drawing of a cat, but the narrator tells the listener that there will be real cats, too). […]

He’s a dog called Murray with lots of worries

Don’t Worry Murry by David Ezra Stein

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We know the story that is presented in Don’t Worry, Murray as it is a story of anxieties and fears. However, we have not seen it with one of the cutest pups I have seen in a bit. David Ezra Stein created a small dog that has big fears. He does not want to go outside. Why? Asks the narrator. And in a wordless explanation we get an all too clear reason why (it is wet, and he does not want to get dirty). And this […]

Come see what you can see

Wondering Around by Meg Fleming

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The story of Wondering Around by Meg Fleming was so-so for me. There is nothing wrong with it, but I was not “grabbed” by it. The story is simple, you travel around nature seeing and being curious. And when you do this, you will find how little things can connect with one big thing, making it something wonderful and grand. It is the illustrations of Richard Jones that I really liked. They are bold and soft. Brash and calm. They are colorful and well, they […]

Maud: Meet Cannonball Read. Cannonball Read: Meet Maud.

Meet Maud the Koala by Jennifer E. Morris

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The other day, several books dropped on my foot. After a few frails and dressings were uttered, it became clear that one of those little darlings turned out to be a skinny (though pointy cornered) beginning graphic novel called Meet Maud the Koala by Jennifer E. Morris. Looking at it I asked myself, “Self. Why did you buy this book?” I answered myself, “Maybe because it has a Koala Bear? You like Koalas.” Regardless of the why, I figured that this was a sign to […]

Let’s eat the best

Every Night is Pizza Night by Kenji Lopez-Alt

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In Every Night is Pizza Night we have our friend, Pipo, who only eats pizza. Her parents (particularly her father) would like a grapefruit or (particularly her mother) a chicken dish. But Pipo only wants the best and that is pizza.  Of course, she soon realizes that (in the name of science) she will have to try other foods to make sure. And of course, she tries them, likes them, and learns that there can be several “the bests.”  There are also instructions on how […]



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