Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Sisters

Lulu & Zoey: A Sister Story by Carrie Finison

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I was not sure what to expect of Lulu & Zoey: A Sister Story. But it was not what occurred in this Carrie Finison picture book. We have an outside narrator telling us that sometimes sisters do “this” or “that” with examples given by sisters Lulu and Zoey. Sometimes Lulu wants to play, Zoey does not. Sometimes Zoey has a really cool pen and even though she will share, Lulu steals the rest of the art supplies. Sometimes Lulu decorates Zoey’s diary, and Zoey is […]

She said No

Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Right Movement by Angela Joy

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Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Right Movement could actually be argued as just how Mamie Till-Mobley started the movement. I say that knowing what happened to Emmett Till, but I say that also because one mother stood up and said, “No. The land that killed my son does not get to keep him. No. They cannot tell me I cannot open this casket. No. They will not silence me.” And she did this at great risk to herself. But […]

Be like a plunger

I Want to Be a Vase by Julio Torres

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I Want to Be a Vase has some great points. As the publisher description says: “An ambitious toilet plunger expresses his desire to be a vase.” This theme allows for a two-part story. The first part of Julio Torres’ story is that if you put your mind to it, you can be whatever you want to be. The second part is a story of you do not have to be what you were born as. Therefore, allowing a transgender story to take shape.   And […]

Hawaiian culture and nonbinary identities

Ho’onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale

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Ho’onani: Hula Warrior is and is not hard to talk about. But after you say a young dancer finds her place in her society and the male hula troupe at school by being herself, you have said it all. I mean you can say how her family (but not her sister) supports her choice of being nāhū (not wahine (female) or kane or kāne (I have found both spellings) (male) but in between) and how that came about, but that takes away from the story […]

It’s bad to be good

Little Good Wolf by Susan Stevens Crummel

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  This review has a few spoilers     I was really getting into the story of Little Good Wolf. Little Good Wolf plays with the piggies, cleans his room, brushes his teeth, takes baths, and even reads bedtime stories to himself. His parents are truly fed up with his actions, so they know drastic measures need to be taken. They must send him to Bad School. But no matter how hard his teachers try to teach him bad manners, clubbing people with clubs, and […]

Drum solo please

Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules! by E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller

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Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules! Or at least, Lupe Lopez thinks she does. Rules. And is a rock star. But when she has her first day of kindergarten, she has the distinction of being the first kindergarten to get in trouble on the first day of school. After all, her teacher does not appreciate that Lupe drums on everything: the desks, chairs, lunch trays…. And Lupe does not appreciate the rules the teacher has given her. Especially the one about losing her drumsticks if she […]



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