Sports & Recreation – Cannonball Read 17

Take a hike

The Hike: (Nature Book for Kids, Outdoors-Themed Picture Book for Preschoolers and Kindergarteners) by Alison Farrell

June 7, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The Hike: (Nature Book for Kids, Outdoors-Themed Picture Book for Preschoolers and Kindergarteners) probably is all you need to know about the book. Yet, to expand it is a fictional story of three friends (though there is an image that makes it seem as if they are siblings), who go on a hike to explore. And they find a little of this and a little of that and of little of something else. The hike results in the three of them finding the big and […]

I want to ride my bicycle, bicycle, bicycle/I want to ride it where I like

Bike & Trike by Elizabeth Verdick

August 19, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

During the pandemic, I was in an office by myself due to health issues and not able to wear a mask easily. This made finding random books a tiny bit harder than usual (though, anyone who is a “true book-nerd” knows that we always find a way to find books). However, now that I am back at my regular desk (hello drawers to hide goodies in!) I wander over to the stacks of received books maybe too often. And one day the find was Bike […]

Quickest, tallest, most fearless athlete

Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl by Megan Reid

February 4, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I knew of Althea Gibson but did not know much (if anything) about her. In Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl, Megan Reid uses highlights of Gibson’s life to tell her story. Gibson was not only a female pioneer but a black female pioneer as well. What you might know is that she had many firsts in tennis (winning Wimbledon as the first black, male or female, person; winning in doubles with a Jewish woman at Wimbledon) but also in golf as well. […]

Shooting Stars

Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

November 18, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dragon Hoops was not only a graphic novel, but a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang. And not just only any old graphic novel by him, but a First Second published one. All the big points were hit. The only thing I was not looking forward to was going to be the basketball aspect. But I figured that since Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu was not really about hockey, that maybe this was not really about basketball. Oh, it is about basketball. But it is […]

SumoKitty: scourge of mice

SumoKitty by David Biedrzycki

October 25, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

David Biedrzycki has a cute book about a cat that shows the sumo wrestlers a few tricks after they show him how to be the best kitty he knows how to be. Yet, I am much more interested in the real SumoKitty (only shown in a brief photograph cameo at the end) that inspired the book SumoKitty. And I want to know more about Sumo wrestlers as the terminology that is given on the page alongside the story is nice, but I want more. And […]

Max is back and knows Soccer

Max Explains Everything: Soccer Expert. by Stacy McAnulty

July 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Max Explains Everything: Grocery Store Expert started Max’s teaching journey and now he is back for round two with Max Explains Everything: Soccer Expert. Stacy McAnulty’s Max is exactly like before. Therefore, if you like the attitude and antics that Max did, then continue the journey with this book. If you did not like Grocery Store Expert, then please stop here. I was not a fan of Max while in the grocery store and not a fan of his while he plays soccer. Of course, […]

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