Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Jump on the Earth Train

Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan

The Day the River Caught Fire: How the Cuyahoga River Exploded and Ignited the Earth Day Movement by Barry Wittenstein

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Science and history can be a fun subject for kids. However, it always seems that people hit on the same historical event or scientific areas. Therefore, I am interested when I find books that do not cover the “same old same old,” or find a fresh take on an old favorite. While both books are available, I read them via online reader copies. When I saw Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider, My first thought was, “Oh a spider.” My […]

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

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

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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 […]

You don’t look like a scientist

The Clues Are in the Poo: The Story of Dinosaur Scientist Karen Chin by Karen Chin and Jane Kurtz

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I was recently given a paperback copy of The Clues Are in the Poo: The Story of Dinosaur Scientist Karen Chin. I was excited because I am a fan of teaching kids science in a fun way and seriously, don’t most kids like poo? Now, maybe I wouldn’t have been all that “into poo” back in my younger years, but I know most kids are. And granted, as an adult, I have learned many things by taking a humorous or less traditional format (and yes […]

Pretty book!

Wild Animals of the World by Dieter Braun

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A book about animals that I did enjoy reading was, Dieter Braun’s Wild Animals of the World. This was read via an online reader copy (but is currently available), therefore, I am not completely sure of the dimensions of it, but I am assuming it is more picture book sized, and I have this feeling it might be at least slightly oversize or at least larger than usual. The theme is all the different animals and fun information about them given to us in short, […]

Peanuts, Cracker Jack, pop flies . . . and physics?

Science, Matter and the Baseball Park by Catherine Ciocchi

Finley: A Moose on the Caboose by Candace Spizzirri

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I am not usually a baseball fan or science fan, but some times things happen within a book to change that. And while Science, Matter and the Baseball Park did not make me want to run and join a baseball team or get season tickets to the local science museum, it did make me go, “well now. Ain’t that a bat to the noggin.” (But in a good way.) Catherine Ciocchi, Burgen Thorne and Chantelle Thorne made a book that brings the theme of Matter […]

Slightly unknown and unknow critters

Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth’s Colorful Creatures by Susan Johnston Taylor

Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

Nudi Gill: Poison Powerhouse of the Sea by Bonnie Kelso

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There was a picture book reading marathon with my saved online reader copies the other day. I chose a dozen or so to review and about as many to not review. It wasn’t completely easy to choose, however, the below titles were the easiest choices I have made since the day I learned of a health condition I had. And that was so easy, I don’t even remember doing it! If you want a fantastic book with levels that allows for multiple interests and ages […]



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