Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

My review became longer than the books combined!

Baby Play (Bilingual Portuguese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) by Skye Silver

Our World: England by Sumana Seeboruth

Barefoot Baby-Proof: Baby's First Words by Christiane Engel

Feelings & Firsts: Won’t Go! by Sumana Seeboruth

Feelings & Firsts: Not Tired! by Sumana Seeboruth

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Recently I received an envelope from Barefoot Press. (I might have cackled, “MINE! MINE! ALL MINE!” I get emotional when my book dealer comes through for me with a fix. And what a fix it was.) There were hardcovers, board books, paperbacks and one of which is an “indestructible paper not board-board books.” I wanted to read then, but decided working probably was more important. I went home, curled up on the couch and started with the board books. The first was Baby Play (Bilingual […]

So I fudged the category a bit… that’s words for ya!

A Chest Full of Words by Rebecca Gugger

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 Cbr16bingo Cult  As I said in another review, I am in the business (literally) of finding future publications. And though 2024 is only half over (WAIT? That much???) 2025 is just around the corner for us booksellers. And because of that, we get access to future print titles constantly. Recently I found several picture books that are going to make next year pretty darn fantastic bookwise. The below book was read via an online reader copy and is due March 2025. Also I am giving […]

AB@C and more puzzles

AB@C: And Other Gramograms  by Rob Meyerson

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While I have difficulties with puzzles like the ones in AB@C: And Other Gramograms  (gramograms: word puzzles where letters, numbers, and everyday symbols create words and sentences) sometimes, I do enjoy them and find them clever. Therefore, when I saw that there was a new book coming out, I was interested.  Rob Meyerson’s works range for all ages, but some are more adult than others. Of course, they are not all necessarily “inappropriate,” but as always, know your reader.  I was reading via an online […]

Reading the art as the art is the read

Let's Read Animals Words by Ji Lee

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Let’s Read Animals Words is an easy concept. Or so it would seem. I expected to see a picture of a cat and then have words like whiskers, paws, kittens, ears, milk. But nope. Ji Lee made a book where the word is the animal. Therore, the lines swoop into a tail, the P of the word penguin creates the head. Things become a wild game of Jenga that should never hold up. And occasionally it does not. While granted it does not fall down (because you know, image […]

G, B, C, D, E, F, A lets sing the alphabet today!

Alphabuddies: G is First by Beth Bacon and Karen Kane

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Okay. I am an alphabet girl. Numbers? Oh, they are nice, but I like letters. And I like the order they are in. Twenty-six letters all in their place. And if they are not there, well all heck will break out! Or will it? In Alphabuddies: G is First we learn how important each letter is and, in the long run, how it does not matter the order, just as long as you use each and every important one. Of course, it takes us, and […]

I can listen to video readings of two classics. Can you?

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

Fox in Socks: Dr. Seuss’s Book of Tongue Tanglers by Dr. Seuss

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CBR15Passport other format (audio & video of a books) My phone was actually working the other night (I have a bad plan that allows my fast internet to go too fast, as in used up) when I found a video of Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? At first, I was “Really? Do we need people reading Dr. Seuss? Isn’t that a more personal reading event?” But then I saw that it was going to be rapped. Okay, I’m interested. I am not a rap […]



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