Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A satisfying job

The Baker by the Sea by Paula White

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cbr14bingo Hot Level 2 & 3 In a village by the sea a young boy’s father is the local baker. And to the young man, nothing could be duller. Baking bread and such must be the worst job. Why would someone do that when you can be a fisherman? But by the end of The Baker by the Sea by Paula White, … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:398 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, Health · Tags: , , , , ·

So Practically Perfect it is Perfect

Once Upon a Book by Kate Messner and Grace Lin

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cbr14bingo New Level 2 (coming in February 2023)  The only thing that could make this book (Once Upon a Book) cooler is if Tomie de Paola was somehow involved. But since, sadly, he is no longer with us, this cannot not humanly be any better. Because Grace Lin and Kate Messner are perfection as it … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:397 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: , , , , , , ·

Compelling origin stories aren’t just for superheroes

Secret Identity by Alex Segura

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Alex Segura’s Secret Identity tells the story of Carmen Valdez, a 1970s-era employee of second-rate comic book publisher Triumph Comics. Carmen loves comic books and would like to write them, but hasn’t found a way in, given the boys club atmosphere. She thinks she may have found a foothold when her … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ·

When music found her

The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack

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cbr14bingo Star Level 1  I have found and refound a couple performers recently due to picture books. The Green Piano: How Little Me Found Music by Roberta Flack is how Flack found her voice via her old, painted green piano. I never had heard of her (or if I had, I had forgotten) and I now need to … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:396 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: , , , , ·

Magically Heartwarming

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

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Crystalclear recommended The Magic Fish to me for it's fairytales and the beautiful illustrations. And she couldn't have been more right. Trung Le Nguyen weaves a heartwarming story of Tien and his mother, two Vietnamese immigrants living in the US who are trying to navigate language, culture, and … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: , , , , , ·

Baby it is Flipping (only I didn’t say flipping) cold outside

I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived, #16) by Lauren Tarshis

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cbr14bingo Cold  Level 1 & 2   (Images taken from online)   I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 (I Survived, #16) by Lauren Tarshis is an easy read for stronger readers but could capture some reluctant readers with the boy narrator and the adventure of the … [Read more]

's CBR14 Review No:395 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History · Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ·


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