Each year Cannonball Read holds a (completely voluntary) Holiday Book Exchange, and we’re excited to continue the tradition this year. It’s a lovely part of our community here at CBR and a great way to get to know a fellow Cannonballer a little better. We hope you’ll join our bookish end of year … [Read more]
The Easter Wolf by Linda Bailey and Brandon James Scott
A Christmas Full of Poetry: A poem for every day of December by Joseph Coelho, Viola Wang, Debora Adachi, Laura Martin and Fatima Ordinola
Truco O Susto. La Noche de Halloween / The Haunted Playground by R. J. Palacio
This review reminds me of the scene in Lilo and Stitch where Jumba and Pleakley toss the b*mb back and forth and say all the holidays. Or: It is a mish mash of a bunch of holidays. First I will start with a February 2027 title that I liked a lot more than I thought I would. It is called The … [Read more]
Chasing the Light by Amanda Davis and Faryn Hughes
The First Christmas Tree: A Legend from Long by Helen Haidle and Raluca Burca
As you might know, I like finding new holiday books in various styles. I have found one “yes I liked the book that is a wintery story” and one, “I might have found my religious Christmas book.” We have the themes of family, adventure, journeys, love, the Northern Lights and how a Christmas tree has … [Read more]
Kanoni's Kwanzaa by Hope Anita Smith and Bea Jackson
A Snowy Hanukkah by Ruth Behar and Marjorie Priceman
For the wonderful holidays of the winter season, I try to find at least three or four different types of books. I like to find for Christmas a religious book and a non-religious one (Santa is preferred), a Hanukkah book and “something else.” It’s hard to find Kwanzaa stories that I really “get … [Read more]
More Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead by Brooke Hartman and María García
Wearing a Cat on Your Head: A World of Wonderfully Weird Sayings by Emily Bornoff
What is more cute than a chimp? Or a pint-sized burrowing owl? Or America's own opossum? I’ll tell you what, probably any other animal than the ones who are found in More Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead by Brooke Hartman and María García (or in Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead (Killer … [Read more]
Marvelous Mistakes: Accidents That Made History by Callie Dean and Ana Latese
Marvelous Mistakes: Accidents That Made History by the team of Callie Dean and Ana Latese was probably one of my favorite reads during the time I read it. I had been reading several picture books and a few short graphic novels and most just were not “doing it” for me. While I am not completely sure … [Read more]
Ravensong: A Green Creek Novel (#2) by TJ Klune
Ravensong is Gordo Livingstone's, the mechanic/witch introduced in Wolfsong, story. Destined to be the Bennett pack's witch since childhood, Gordo spent his childhood having the necessary tattoos etched into his skin, preparing for the day he would take his rightful place. When tragedy strikes, … [Read more]
