Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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BlackRaven

Reading, writing and alligator wrestling are passions of mine. 2018 was my first year participating and looking forward to 2019. Can't wait to see what new finds I will be finding! (Always a fun & crazy kid!)

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It Feels Good to Be Yourself: says it all

It Feels Good to Be Yourself by Theresa Thorn

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It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity is coming in May 2019 and I can already see it on every banned and challenged list out there. This book is not going to change your feelings on the subject, but it might give you a new or expanded language to use. Also, due to the accessibility of the text to children, it helped explain a few terms I was still unsure of their meaning. Therefore, this introduction to this subject can span many levels of readers. However, it is aimed at children up to about age eight […]

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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:89 |

Maybe if I write a poem to a tree it’ll write back and give me pointers on my poetry…..

Poetree by Shauna Lavoy Reynolds

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While the ending is a bit cliched, over all Poetree is a fun way to introduce poetry to that “middle aged” young reader. The poetry is mixed into the story, therefore, making this not only a poetry book, but one with a story. Which is, friendship comes in unusual places. Shauna Lavoy Reynolds tells the story of a young girl who thinks the tree she finds most lovely, is writing poems back to her after she leaves one for it. Therefore, she write s more in special ways to share with the tree. However, one day, there is no poem […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:88 |

Stay curious my friend

Elbert, the Curious Clock Tower Bear by Andrew Prahin

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Elbert, the Curious Clock Tower Bear has this cover that makes you want to pick it up and look at it. This softly colored book (either representing dawn or dusk) is lovely. It is covered in pinks, purples and even canary yellow. Even the dark green, gray and blue are cozy and comfortable.  This has the art (for me) being the strongest part of the book. The text, while there is a good story, and is full of details and the story is an interesting moral, is almost not needed. The art tells its own story. With that said, Andrew […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:87 |

Track the field and you’ll see Sunny shining

Track #3 Sunny by Jason Reynolds

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Track #3 Sunny is the third in the Track series and so far, perhaps the strongest of the bunch. Jason Reynolds has written Sunny in a diary format. While the information is all there (seeing Sunny running, not running, dealing with his family and friends) it is more tell than show. This can be a little awkward at times as, with a real diary, Sunny does not always start at the beginning or make sense. But there is a reason for that. Sunny’s writing is like Sunny: it all over the place. It must move. It must flow. It must […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:86 |

Stay up all night reading about The Nocturnals!

The Chestnut Challenge by Tracey Hecht

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I read another one of the Nocturnals series last year. It was at a lower level than this one, but the type of story and flow of the story are the same. The Chestnut Challenge is Tracey Hecht’s attempt at doing a moral story about cheating. While the theme of to be a winner one does not cheat and to have fun when playing a game has been done before, this is a good addition. The great part of the fact that there are higher levels in the early readers is that your child can grow with these characters. Plus, […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:85 |

In your Easter Basket!

How to Track an Easter Bunny by Sue Fliess

E Is for Easter by Greg Paprocki

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How do you track the Easter Bunny? Follow the black jellybeans, of course! (Just don’t eat them). Seriously, this new picture book How to Track an Easter Bunny by Sue Fliess (with some out there illustrations by Simona Sanfilippo) is a “you will love or “eh” this book” kind of book. The rhyming text and the sugar popping Easter colors will make it or break it for you. It is politically correct (the Easter Bunny she) and the text is modern but does has a slight classical feel. The illustrations are the same with their mix of old-school and mostly contemporary look and feel. […]

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3/22/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:84 |

As the illustrations grow crowded friendship grows too

The Song of Spring by Hendrik Jonas

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The Song of Spring sat behind Hungry Bunny in the Spring/Easter display and since I did not want to head back to work right away, I took a minute with it.   Hendrik Jonas’s book has a little interaction to it, which I thought tied it in nicely with Claudia Rueda’s book. This interaction of saying the sounds of the animals you encounter is a bit more traditional than the actual moving of the other book. But you still will be having the child listener partake in the story as well. Overall this story is a sweet story about if […]

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3/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:82 |

Mom, red wagon and apple pie

Hungry Bunny by Claudia Rueda

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Interactive books that are not necessarily an interactive book are hard to find. But they are the ones that work the best for me. Call it my imagination but I can usually make an interactive book out of anything. Not always, but thankfully there are books like Hungry Bunny where you do not have to “make up” the action/play. Claudia Rueda’s signature format is steady throughout most of her books by allowing you to interact with her main character, this time a Bunny, as they try to complete tasks. This time, getting some yummy apples from a too tall tree. […]

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3/21/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:81 |


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