Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Be the lion, until you need to be the rabbit

When Rabbit Was a Lion by Eugenie Fernande

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When Rabbit Was a Lion is a story about a child, Rabbit, who is not a fan of parties, noise and too much excitement. But he likes his friends, and wants to celebrate with them. Creating a costume party, Rabbit is all ready to party after rushing about making it, but after a while things are too much, and he needs to hide. When he is found, his friends decide that they will now help him by toning down the wild rumpus. Eugenie Fernandes’s story […]

Get your Ho-Ho on a bit early

A Creature Was Stirring by Heather S Perczynski

The Christmassy Cactus by Beth Ferry

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Christmas 2023 is coming in over 190 days. And I found two books that will be coming out sooner than that. Both of the below titles were read via an online reader copy, but I will be getting copies when they come out in mid-September 2023 as they are too cute not to own several copies, give as gifts and read as many times as you can. Normally I am not a “rambunctious child” fan. But with A Creature Was Stirring, the mischievous mouse is […]

World’s Most Beautiful Gem goes to….

Hidden Gem by Linda Liu

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The story of Hidden Gem is one we know. There are a lot of beautiful gems out there, but there is only one you.  And this is told through the eyes of a small people who sees that the Museum of Rocks advertising the most amazing one, he is curious and find outs. And there are a lot of lovely items. Geodes, gemstones, crystals. All of them shining. And then the sign for the World’s Most Beautiful Gem comes up. And our pebble is wondering […]

Messy handwriting doesn’t mean you can’t be an author

Abdul’s Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

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I have read parts of Abdul’s Story off and on for a year now. Finally, I was able to find the finish copy and sink my teeth in. This story is how a young boy, Abdul, loves telling stories. But writing them is a lot harder. Besides, why write them down? Some stories are meant to be told. Yet, when an author comes to his class, a man who looks like Abul with his straight lines, and unscuffed shoes, he learns that there are many […]

Strong in many forms

Brave Mrs. Sato by Lori Matsukawa

I Think I Think a Lot by Jessica Whipple

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A few days ago, I read a book, but was unable to write a long review of it. And today I read another book I could have but did not want to weaken it. The issue with Brave Mrs. Sato was not that it is a bad book, far from it, but that is simple and doing over 250 words for a review can overwhelm the reader. Therefore, this is a shorter review than the second one, I Think I Think a Lot. This book […]

This is a review about a book you might be interested in.

ABC Deconstructing Gender by Ashley Molesso

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It is a Tuesday in May 2023, at my bookstore. And that means that new releases are going to happen. And two of those were GLBTQ titles. One was Child’s Introduction to Pride by Sarah Prager, which looks awesome, but too long to read on a quick break, and the other was ABC Deconstructing Gender. Honestly, I thought this book would be pushy, in your face and about how “non-conforming” people are so much better than “conforming” people. Thankfully Ashley Molesso  made a book that […]



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