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I am a Professional Book Pusher. Reading is a passion, as is writing, bragging about nephews, and alligator wrestling. My first year participating was 2018. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: BlackRaven's Quick Questions interview.)

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How does your island grow?

Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland by ÆVar þÓr Benediktsson’s

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CBR15Passport other country (Iceland) What would you do if you were stranded on a brand new, active volcano?  Well, I do not know about you, but I do not think I would fall asleep like the two characters of ÆVar þÓr Benediktsson’s book, Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland did. You see, back in the mid-to-late 1960s a volcano was created off the coast of Iceland. This brand-new island was really hot stuff (literally)! It was still flowing molten lava to the point if you […]

Normal is a setting on a VCR.

Normal Norman by Tara Lazar

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CBR15Passport, own Normal is a setting on a VCR. Which you say makes no sense at all. And that is the point.  There is no “Normal Setting” on a VCR (and do they even have VCRs anymore?). Which means there is no normal. And in Tara Lazar’s Normal Norman we learn exactly that. Normal is not a real thing. Normal is as normal does. Normal is who you are. And we learn this through funny text, equally goofy S. Britt illustrations and a young scientist […]

The Question is Hugs. The Answer is Maybe not.

Hattie Hates Hugs by Sarah Hovorka

Same Love, Different Hug by Sarah Hovorka

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CBR15Passport  own (Hattie Hates Hugs) Sarah Hovorka has a thing about hugs. Now, it sounds like they mostly like them, but maybe for other people. You see in Hattie Hates Hugs Hovorka has Hattie in the uneasy and unpleasant situation of a family reunion where Hattie has a family of huggers, and Hattie hates hugs. They make her all squirmy and stiff. And boy do they upset her tummy. But it is not until the wise matriarch of her family lets her in on the […]

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One Sweet Song by Jyoti Rajan Gopal

American Desi by Jyoti Rajan Gopal

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CBR15Passport author   The funny thing is, “sweet” does not always do it for me (unless it is a donut or chocolate). However, once in awhile a book that is sweet gets me in the feels. That is because it is sweet but not overly, sickening sweet (like three York peppermint patties and a mug of hot chocolate). And One Sweet Song falls in the former sweet category. Rhyming text takes us through a neighborhood when one person, while sitting on a balcony, plays a […]

They lobster the kelpcakes

Officer Clawsome V01 Kelpcake Crisis!   by Brain Smitty Smith

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CBR15Passport  already own  As the description says of this Brain Smitty Smith graphic novel, Officer Clawsome: Kelpcake Crisis!  this is Dogman meets Spongebob. And if you like them, you will like this. There is a bit of “James Bond-like” elements with a few villains (there is a mechanical shark that has one heck of a bad diet…I mean eating garbage is one thing, but whole buildings?), but overall, everything is straight forward and not overly “sophisticated.” Then again, a talking lobster who is a former […]

Brains, not just for zombies anymore

Battle of the Brains: The Science Behind Animal Minds by Jocelyn Rish

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CBR15Passport already own   Do you want fun facts about brains? And about animal minds in particular? Then you need the picture book by Jocelyn Rish and David Creighton-Pester that is called, Battle of the Brains: The Science Behind Animal Minds. And while it could have used some more humor (though brains are hard to be funny about, since they are seriously interesting), it still has some funny moment and is an interesting book to read. We follow a handful of different animas (from a […]



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