Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I’m Naked! I’m Naked! I’m Me!

Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown

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Fred Gets Dressed is a modern story about a child finding the outfit that fits that day’s expression.  As a wild, independent, and typical kid, Fred, runs around naked. Then decides to try an experiment with their parents clothing coming to an understanding what outfit works best. It is an obvious story, simple and sweet. The “middle ground” with the liking or not category would be: “I did not hate it but did not love it.” There will be several “OMG! Loooooved it!” (Said in […]

The perfection of imperfection

Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill

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Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence is not a perfect book. Which is what makes it interesting and exciting. This is (as the author, Joel Christian Gill, themselves says) a memoir not a biography. These snippets of Joel growing up in Virginia, living in the ‘partments, dealing with bullies (adult and kid) are based on events that happened, people he knew and a little poetic license to move his story along. They take you on a journey of how the author learned how and when […]

Nourish the Tree

The Tree in Me by Corinna Luyken

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Do not wear your face shield when trying read a book that this poetic, and has romantic pink, greens, orange, gold, and red colors in swirly illustrations. Especially when the shield is a bit on the damaged side and already makes things a little fuzzy. The above mentioned swirly got to almost nauseous causing levels. However, do read this book, The Tree in Me (with all the good above) in your comfy reading spot, snuggled up to a kiddo or two that will sit and […]

It Talks!

What the Road Said by Cleo Wade

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A book that is getting a lot of press right now is What the Road Said by Cleo Wade. I was interested but not in an OMG I have to find it. The other day it came across my desk and I gave it a look. My first thought was that it was a cool cover. It was simple, the road is centered, and I was getting a pleasant eye image to start with. I was not sure if I was going to like it […]

Be You. Everyone else is taken.

Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor

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I kept seeing Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You on several lists. And I was sure I had read it. Or was I just assuming I had? I was not completely sure, to be honest. And come to find out, I was assuming. I had picked up a copy of the book and put it away in my TBR list but had never actually read Sonia Sotomayor’s book. Therefore, the other day at lunch saw me eating a peanut butter sandwich (unfortunately I […]

“Hello, Peppina”

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly

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Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey caught my eye in an email sent around by the publisher rep. I was wondering why: was it the simple cover? The blue and green combination of colors that was fresh and soft? Was it that hint of yellow of the shirt or the cat peeking out from the cover? Or was it the fact the name Rainey was catching my eye as I have a cousin whose last name is Rainey? Whatever was drawing me to Erin Entrada Kelly’s book […]



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