Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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 … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:410 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , ·

Grandparents are pretty cool

Granny and Bean by Karen Hesse

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When a grand mother and grandchild take a day to themselves, even the windy sea cannot stop them from enjoying themselves. Through the gray, cloudy skies, the wonders of the beach and ocean and the creatures around them come to life in Granny and Bean by Karen Hesse. The message is “stop and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:409 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , , ·

Grandparents do the oddest things

Granddad’s Pink Trousers by Lucie Hasova Truhelkova

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Granddad’s Pink Trousers is not for everyone. Lucie Hasova Truhelkova made a story that, when you learn the “punch line” you feel bad about judging the grandfather during the rest of the book, but at the same time, I felt the grandfather was judging and the rest of us were really douches for not … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:408 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , , ·

Getting into the pink

My Elephant is Blue: A book about big, heavy feelings by Melinda Szymanik

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My Elephant is Blue: A book about big, heavy feelings at first seems like it would be a little cliched. There will be a literally and the figurative elephant (sadness) and then something magical will happen. And while, yes, things do work out in the end, it takes time to get there. We watch as our … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:407 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , ·

If you are you

If Dominican Were a Color by Sili Recio

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The narrator of the story, If Dominican Were a Color, is proud of the colors of their home, the Dominican Republic. And that love shines with the text of Sili Recio and the amazing illustrations of Brianna McCarthy. From the colors of cinnamon, cocoa, the blue black of dreams and many more come to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:406 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , ·

When Zafera was Zafera

The Dirt Girl by Jodi Dee

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The Dirt Girl by Jodi Dee seems familiar.  Maybe I have read it before, or maybe it is just a familiar subject. Either way this book is a solid three as I was not blown away by it, but it was also comfortably enjoyable. When Zafera goes to school for the first time, the children tease her. She is … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:405 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , ·


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