Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The Real Gamer

Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession by Kate Hannigan

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CBR15Passport, Different genres (A non-fiction book/biography in picture book format not “novel”) My reading of Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession made me realize that, well duh someone had to invent video games, but as a very much non-gamer (I mean, my Mario Cart went into the water! My friend I was with didn’t even realize you could do that) I had no idea who that person would be. Kate Hannigan’s picture book biograph of […]

The beets are simply beat

Goodnight, Veggies by Diana Murray

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Goodnight, Veggies is one of those books where I read it and think, “Huh. Did I like this story?”  Then I look again and think, “Do I like the art?” I then realize that there is a worm wearing a hat and a single boot, but nothing else. This is creepy number one when it comes to dressing animals in a story. Please do not dress the worm, Zachariah Ohora.   However, despite this wardrobe malfunction, Diana Murray has text that helps counter this issue. […]

Don’t judge a picture book by the first page or two

My Cousin Momo by Zachariah Ohora

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At first, I did not like My Cousin Momo by Zachariah Ohora. It is a typical story of the new kid (in this case a cousin) is not cool because he does not know how to do any of the games or things that they do. Of course, once everyone starts trying new things, they find out that Momo knows how to have fun after all. Plus, sometimes they can all agree that their way is more fun than how Momo does it. It just […]

A little snoring gets awfully annoyin’

Stop Snoring, Bernard! by Zachariah OHora

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I can empathize with Bernard’s friends in Stop Snoring, Bernard! In typical Zachariah OHora style, their little otter just wants to sleep, his friends want to sleep, but Bernard and his snoring keeps everyone up. Will he ever find a place he will not bother others? This is a cute but somewhat predictable story. I do think a different ending would have been interesting, however. As there is an interesting solution that could have been taken farther, even if not exactly the most realistic ending. […]

Similarities don’t stop with our cats

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Niblet & Ralph by Zachariah OHora has a real classic look to it but at the same time it gives it a refreshing look. There is nothing flashy about the illustrations therefore, it does not distract from the story itself. Also, while there is detail, they are subtle and you have to pay attention to them. The humor of the unrealness of the cats talking on the phone will have the younger crowd snickering but all ages will relate to the fact that sometimes you […]

Read the Book, too!

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Learning to read takes on a new twist with Read the Book, Lemmings by Ame Dyckman and Zachariah Ohora. When the lemmings are told to, “Read the book!” to learn how to be lemmings, it does not go as S.S. Cliff, First Mate Foxy planned. In fact, it goes very, very wrong! But when he learns his lemmings are not being stubborn but that they just do not know how to read, Foxy must teach Jumper, Me Too, and Ditto Lemming to read. Which also […]



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