Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Pizza, outdoors and friends

Pizza My Heart (Norma and Belly, #3 by Mika Song

Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco 

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A slice of pizza or an adventure with a lion? Which do you prefer? Well, if you like to read, you do not have to choose!  You can pick up either of the early-to-mid-readers for you and your child/children. Both books are aimed at least ages five and up to be read to, but at least six and up could start reading solo (and/or assistance). Pizza My Heart (Norma and Belly, #3) by Mika Song is a series that is still cute, but for the adult […]

Fly me to the moon!

Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space by Rosemary Mosco

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I was never a science kid. However, if I had some of the graphic novels that First Second does for their Science Comics series, I might have been. And in the Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space by Rosemary Mosco (illustrations by Jon Chad), we learn about the solar system in a clever and cute way. Two best friends, Sara (home sick) and Jill (trying to cheer her up by stopping her boredom) tell a story of how their pets (in true tongue-in-cheek […]

We were to use this in ladylike recreation

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I am going to be honest here. I might not hit the word count with each of these reviews. Some books lend themselves to more of a review than others. Annie John – 3/5 Stars Annie John is a short novel by the Antiguan novelist Jamaican Kincaid. Jamaica Kincaid is best known for her thoroughly brilliant and forever anthologized short story “Girl”. “Girl” is so good not only because of the power of the voice and the effectiveness of the images, but because it’s the […]



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