Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Who taught you to ride?

Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike by Dashka Slater

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I was taught to ride my two-wheeler by my mom, who could not ride a bike herself. But then again, that was par for the course as I learned to ride my trike by watching my teenaged uncle (all six feet plus of him) riding my trike with his legs over the handlebars, and knees to his ears (I have pictures of this, as well as me wearing his motorcycle helmet on that same trike, considering the future issues, I should have had it later) […]

Getting flowers

Beneath the Trees: First Spring by Dav

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The kid (or warthog) is a typical kid/hog in Beneath the Trees: First Spring by Dav. Not too bright, but curious (and that is not a negative comment, just an observation as babies do not have the intellect to understand things and have informed knowledge of the world around them). We quickly learn that the baby is allergic to flowers it seems, and they become scared every time they sneeze because of it. To the point that they throw one heck of a hissy fit […]

Happy Little Learning Experiences

The Artist by Ed Vere

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When you are an artist, there is much you much do. One such this is to share your creativity. And The Artist in The Artist does just that. Of course, it takes a little to get going, having to travel far from loved ones and finding a drab city that needs some color to freshen up the gray, but it can be done! That is until the Artist of the story created by Ed Vere, makes a mistake. And things spiral for them quickly. Of […]

Here comes the (fun) train wreck

Loonicorns V01 Bleary-Eye by Cedric Asna

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I probably should have realized that Loonicorns V01 Bleary-Eye was going to be a train wreck when I saw a cyclops, grumpy unicorn (I guessed it was a unicorn, the horn was a clue) and a girl with a horn. Yet, like wrecks in general, you just cannot look away. Or in this case, stop reading. After all, what was going on? At first, I was, “Nope. Jerky characters in a segregated system? Not my jam.” Still, there was something in Cedric Asna’s words that […]

Big Cousins, Big Shoes, and Little ol’ You

King Kong’s Cousin by Mark Teague

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The joke goes, how you would you like to be the brother of Jesus? (Why can’t you be more like your brother Jesus? He walks on water! He heals the sick!) And the same would be true for being the cousin of King Kong. I mean, Kong is big. He is strong. He was in a movie. And Junior? He takes bubble baths, is not very tall, eats his breakfast and known as King Kong’s Cousin. In classic Mark Teague text and illustrations (though I […]

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Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

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This is Sarah Andersen at their best! This time instead of following Sarah, we follow the Cryptid creatures and their everyday troubles, laughs, and ghostly loves in Cryptid Club. We follow the trials and tribulation of Nessie, Mothman, Slenderman, Sam the Big Foot and friends who are waiting to give you a laugh or ten.   You might need to know a few of the cryptids involved or some jokes will fall flat (Slenderman is great with children) and what a Siren is (and why […]



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