planets – Cannonball Read 17

If Stacy McAnulty is involved, you have a winner

Our Solar System! A Stellar Neighborhood by Stacy McAnulty

May 8, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

In September 2025 Our Solar System! A Stellar Neighborhood by Stacy McAnulty and illustrated by Stevie Lewis will be available. I was able to read via an online reader copy, but I know that a final copy will see itself becoming gifts for friends, family and local libraries. This is a new addition to the solar system/planet/space books that have gone before. This introduction to the solar system has a slightly younger tone and feeling than the author’s other works. That is not to say […]

Are you Team Planet or Team Wrong… I mean Dwarf Planet

Pluto!: Not a Planet? Not a Problem! by Stacy McAnulty

November 15, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Are you Team Pluto is a Planet or Team Pluto is a Dwarf planet? Me? Planet all the way! But it does not matter which way you tilt, you will find that Pluto is still really awesome in the picture book Pluto!: Not a Planet? Not a Problem! by Stacy McAnulty. Things are upbeat, bouncy and give all the facts with some fun attached as well. Part of McAnulty’s Our Universe series, Pluto is proud to say, “Who cares if you don’t think me a […]

Meet the friends of, and Planet, you are standing on

Ocean! Waves for All? by Stacey McAnulty

Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth? by Stacey McAnulty

Earth! My First 4.54 billion Years by Stacey McAnulty

Sun! One in a Billion? by Stacey McAnulty

Mars! Earthlings Welcome by Stacey McAnulty

May 20, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Stacey McAnulty has caused me great stress. I cannot decide which of her books I liked best in the Our Universe series. Was it Ocean! Waves for All? Or was it Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth? Or even Earth! My First 4.54 billion Years (the first in the series)? Or the Sun! One in a Billion? Or even Mars! Earthlings Welcome. Each one is a lovely, funny, and educational way to learn about the planets, stars and more. Each subject tells their own […]

We all live in the Goldilocks Zone!

The Goldilocks Zone: Real Facts about Outer Space by Drew Sheneman

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Did you know that Earth is what scientists call “in a Goldilocks Zone?” It is called that because it is in that sweet spot in the planets line up that makes it perfect for life. It is not too hot, or too cold, but just right. Drew Sheneman’s The Goldilocks Zone: Real Facts about Outer Space is a great way to find out why this is, plus our two narrators (Goldilocks and Baby Bear) entertain you the reader as we read along on the adventure. […]

The Perfect Astrology 101 Course

You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas

January 14, 2020 by randirock 2 Comments

I bought this book, because Chani Nicholas is amazing. I loved this book, because Chani Nicholas is amazing. So many poo-poo astrology. I used to be one of those people. Three-ish years ago, I began venturing into spirituality, something I had hidden away for over a decade due to terrible experiences with the Catholic Church and scrupulosity (Another story for another day.) With this journey, I discovered the true nature of astrology – not the boiled-down, pop culture fluff – rather, a tool for self-reflection […]

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