Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR17
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Suggest a Review
    • 2025 Registration
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

Two reviews for you

Mary Had a Little Jam by Tammi Sauer and Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Pencil  by Hye-Eun Kim

April 10, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

My recent picture book reading day included a lot of books. So many in fact that I had to break them into two different reviews. Also read and now included in this review were Mary Had a Little Jam by Tammi Sauer and Vanessa Brantley-Newton and Pencil  by Hye-Eun Kim. Well, Hye-Eun Kim’s book was more looked at than read as it is a wordless picture book. And still Pencil is something that I can write several words about. The fun part of this book […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: African American & Black, art, diversity, Environment, Hye-Eun Kim, imagination, music, nature, nursery rhyme, Performing Arts, science, Tammi Sauer, Tammi Sauer and Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, wordless picture book

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:186 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: African American & Black, art, diversity, Environment, Hye-Eun Kim, imagination, music, nature, nursery rhyme, Performing Arts, science, Tammi Sauer, Tammi Sauer and Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, wordless picture book ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Spencer and his Pet go on an adventure

Spencer's New Pet by Jessie Sima

August 29, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am writing about (and counting) this wordless picture book towards my total book count as it is something people need to know about.  There have been wordless picture books before; some hits and others not so much for me. But Spencer’s New Pet is someplace in between. This is because it has (semi-spoiler) one big screwy, creepy, out there, what the fudge (only I didn’t say fudge) just happened ending! Jessie Sima’s story might just be a case of things are not always exactly […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: Imagination & Play, Jessie Sima, wordless picture book

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:346 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: Imagination & Play, Jessie Sima, wordless picture book ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments


Recent Comments

  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2025 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in