Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

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I’m not kitten, two new Bad Kitty books are on the way

Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving by Nick Bruel

Bad Kitty: Searching for Santa by Nick Bruel

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Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving is like all the Bad Kitty books. Therefore, if you are a fan of Nick Bruel’s title kitty you will laugh and laugh. You will think the naughty holiday antics of Bad Kitty beyond funny. If you are not a Bad Kitty fan, you will sit there and wonder why this bad cat (and I do not mean in the cool and fun way) has been written about at all. My reader copy did not have them, but the cover teases that stickers will be present in the mid-July release. Therefore, you can read […]

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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:92 |

Goodbye Town I’m Movin’ Along

Mable and Same at Home by Linda Urban

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Mabel and Sam at Home by Linda Urban is a slightly different take on the moving to a new home story. Mabel and her brother Sam approach their new home by making each step and adventure. They imagine they are sailors finding a new, Mable is a tour guide in the New Home Museum and finally astronauts in space when it is time to go to bed. Hadley Hooper has created interesting illustrations and therefore, a voice for the characters that compliments the text. Reminiscent of Chris Raschka’s illustrations they have a bit more realism to them. They help show […]

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3/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:90 |

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 |

My favorite potter on reread

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

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I think this was the book in the series I had the hardest time putting down the second time through.  After Harry Potter and the Whiny Depression that was Order of the Phoenix, this felt like a return to form.  We have the adventurous Harry from the earlier books back, with the adult stakes that rise with each series entry. The central mystery – who is the Half Blood Prince – managed to be just as exciting the second time around, even if I remembered who actually owned the book with all the impressive annotated spells that Harry benefited from. […]

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3/25/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:20 |

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 |


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