Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Meet Baloney and Peanut and Bizz and Krabbit in April

Baloney and Friends by Greg Pizzoli

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Baloney and Friends by Greg Pizzoli should find a cozy place on the shelves of your local bookstore right next to series like Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems or Narwhal & Jellyfish by Ben Clanton. The stories are simple, Baloney is featured in his book along with his friends Peanut the horse, Bizz the bumblebee and Krabbit a crabby rabbit. Each story is a stand-alone chapter, but everything is tied together at the same time. There are two mini comics as well in this […]

Oh No! I dislike no liking a book so

Oh No! by Candace Fleming

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Oh, No! has this nifty cover. It has an almost nouveau and classic look to it. It could be woodcuts even. And the story (the animals of the jungle fall into a hole one by one while trying to save each other) had great potential. It was a perfect “helping others” out themed story. However, when the tiger arrives on the scene (though have seen him sneaking around the pages throughout the book), and sees the animals trapped, you find out that Candace Fleming has […]

Who are you? Who, who, who, who?

I Am Not a Fox by Karina Wolf

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I Am Not a Fox has been coming up on several lists the last year or so. I was interested in this, frankly little cross-eyed creature (which I was assuming was a fox but knew by the cover things were not going to be what they seemed). But it was not until a browse in our children’s department sale items I found a copy. While Karina Wolf created a cute book, sometimes it is almost awkward with the pacing and text. The “be yourself” theme […]

Colors in rainbows

Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy

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Black Is a Rainbow Color has several levels. It would be good for black history month and a book that will get people talking in general. Angela Joy realizes (as mentioned in their afterwards) that “being black” is not just skin color, but it is a culture, too. This book is aimed to educate not only her own children, but the community as well. The narrator speaks about how black is not like the other colors of the rainbow but has its own rainbow of […]

Embrace your true self

It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn! by Jason Tharp

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While It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn!  is a fun and quirky story, it has been done before. The theme of be yourself and being different is okay has saturated the market. There is nothing new to Jason Tharp’s book. However, if you are looking for a new book to flesh out your collection, have someone who likes unicorns or horses or if you like colorful, bold and frankly goofy illustrations, then you need Tharp’s book. Cornelius makes the most amazing hats. The Mayor (Mayor […]

Out of print, but my (and yours too) library should have a copy of this

Peanut by Ayun Halliday

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What do you do when you are moving to a new school, leaving our best friend behind and live with you recently divorced mother and are not the most pretty or outgoing person? You reinvent yourself as someone more exciting, glamorous, someone with a peanut allergy. Only, you do not have an actual peanut allergy. Ayun Halliday’s Peanut is a slightly different take on trying to fit in. It is a semi-text heavy graphic novel with sketch-like art by Paul Hoppe. And to show the […]



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