Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Can’t no man play like me. Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll, by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow,

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Can’t no man play like me. Sister Rosetta Tharpe   I know I had heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe before. Unfortunately, I had forgotten about her. But recently she was a performer I refound (see my Green Piano review) when this picture book by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll, came up on my radar. As well as Queer as All Get Out by Shelby Criswell (review to […]

My name is Sunny & my story is on da money!

Surviving the Wild: Sunny the Shark by Remy Lai

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I adored the Surviving the Wild first two books about a koala and elephant. And Surviving the Wild: Sunny the Shark is another cute story of Surviving the Wild series. This time we explore how one shark makes friends, learns about humans and their trash. And while Sunny is getting in and out of trouble, we learn about the type of shark Sunny is, the fish that are helpful to them, and yes, our human trash and the problems it causes. The pacing of this […]

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 […]

Stepping stones

When You take a Step by Bethanie Deeney Murguia

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When You take a Step has one small issue for me. My online reader copy had the shoes of the story in purple, but the images I have seen are in red. Regardless, when you are reading When You Take a Step by Bethanie Deeney Murguia, you ae reading a positive story that highlights the stepping process with a color. And that is pretty much it. Murguia’s illustrations are basically very simple (not simplistic, even though they are not overly detailed). The theme is to […]



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