Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Feel the feel

Sometimes I Feel…: A Menagerie of Feelings Big and Small by Sarah Maycock

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Sometimes I Feel…: A Menagerie of Feelings Big and Small in many ways is not a children’s book. Or just not a children’s book. Sarah Maycock’s idea of the feelings we have (as timid as a mouse; brave as a lion) might seem simple on the surface but there is something deeper and that is where the adult book comes in. Therefore, this is for everyone and anyone. Maycock took something that feels easy and simple, feelings, and twists it on its head. Yes, you […]

Making your mark and a few mistakes

Marker by Anna Kang

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Today’s lunch was a small croissant with a little chicken curry inside and picture book reading. And one of those was Marker by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant. This short picture book is a due in mid/late June (which seems an odd time) as it is about the first day and the first few days of school. Marker is a proud member of Teacher’s crew. And they are always there, ready to make their permanent mark on things. But during the writing of […]

Hair is not just a decoration

My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom

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My Powerful Hair is a lovely story. Granted, I was looking for a more factual and less poetic story abut the meaning and importance of what the title meant, but it turned out just fine. All that information is given as a young child talks about how growing her hair out and why it is short to start with, is important to not just her, but her family and culture of her people. The culture of this child and her people unfold onto the pages […]

Save the World!

Stillwater and Koo Save the World (A Stillwater and Friends Book) by Jon J. Muth

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Early February 2023 we will have another Jon J. Muth picture book. Now, if you are like me, I loved Muth. After a while, though the stories became similar, but I still love the illustrations, which is why I was excited to see that Stillwater and Koo Save the World (A Stillwater and Friends Book) will be the newest edition the collection. Muth has our two pandas finding ways to “save the world.” Now, they might not be big, splashy events, but they are important, […]

One for Next Year

The Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher

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The Christmasaurus is exactly what you expect from a Christmas story about a dinosaur who is blue, one of the kind, and lives at the North Pole. I mean I have seen candy canes less sweetly sugary than this Tom Fletcher story! That does not make it a bad book, just predictable for the adult reader. Christmasaurus wants to fly. Of course, the lessons (one a year for almost four years) do not seem to stick. But one Christmas Eve Santa came to say, Christmasaurus […]

Mermaids, lantern fish and a little courage

A Dive Into the Blue. by Ellie Huynh

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The one fear/issue I did not have about learning to swim was that the drain in the pool would pull me in, like some Kraken waiting to bring me to Davy Jones locker. But, now well, I still don’t. And that is because of the little girl in A Dive Into the Blue. Ellie Huynh gives us a story of courage and bravery and literally diving right into the problem. Our small girl is at the edge of the diving board, the drain looking up […]



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