Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

How sweet friendship is

Pocket Peaches Volume 1 by Dora Wang

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I was looking for quick reads one recent weekend, and I was not particularly picky, just as long as they were short and frankly, something that was not going to tax my brain too much. I found an online reader copy of the seriously sugary sweet book, (which is due late September 2023), Pocket Peaches Volume 1 by Dora Wang. The theme of being yourself is obvious and for the adult reader, predictable. It is good for kids who like fluffy bunnies and super cute animals and […]

Two beginner reads your your beginner reader

Mossy and Tweed: Double Trouble (I Like to Read Comics) by Mirka Hokkanen

The Lost Mitten (I Like to Read Comics)  by Jannie Ho

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A while back I saved the online link to Mossy and Tweed: Double Trouble (I Like to Read Comics) by Mirka Hokkanen. Then I needed a quick read at lunch recently. I found my saved link and read a cute story about the “new unicorn in town” who is “better and flashier” and all that jazz. Of course, in the end the Old Wise Unicorn needs to save the day and the two Unicorns become friends. The adult reader will see that Old Wise Unicorn is not so […]

Bình learns the game of life

Enlighten Me by Minh Lê

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Enlighten Me is a mindfulness/meditation graphic novel for the 10 and up crowd. There is a little bit of a social theme added with the racism the school bully directs towards the narrator, but the idea is how to deal with the emotions and a situation that triggers and not necessarily this particular situation. The entire book is mostly in “thought bubbles” as the narrator and his family are at a silent retreat, and therefore, unable to talk once there. But to allow the teachings of […]

Craybi Craynobi and Crayski Craynobi on a crazy cartoon trip

YAHGZ: The Craynobi Tales by Art Baltazar

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YAHGZ: The Craynobi Tales by Art Baltazar is an odd little graphic novel. There are stories within stories (mostly as flashbacks), but there are things that are missing or at least feels like they are missing, making it hard to understand the why of things. And while this looks like the first of a series, there are (as said at the end) characters with history and part of what is missing is that history. We get some of it such as the narrator is talking […]

Living up to your infamous family heritage

Shelley Frankenstein! V01 CowPiggy by Colleen Madden

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Do you want a book where your main character has a “loud personality” and is a big sister, and is a person who does not realize that people do not like to be scared (not even a little bit) most of the time (if not all the time)? Then you probably want to read the graphic novel, Shelley Frankenstein! V01 CowPiggy by Colleen Madden. There is a cute sister/brother relationship, and the historical aspect is amusing (yes, THOSE Frankenstein’s are the ancestors of Shelley and […]

Save the world and work the family food truck

 Mabuhay! A Graphic Novel by Zachary Sterling

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We know the surface story, but there are several fun twists and turns in Mabuhay! A Graphic Novel.  What I mean is, we know sibling issues, how as kids our parents are always embarrassing us, that we are trying to make friends while dealing with bullies and trying to fit in. And one will not be able to do that when your parents own a food truck called The Beautiful Pig and you are in the smelly pig mascot costume. Or if  your kid sister is just […]



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