Cannonball Read 18

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Being your self, and a little Dude-tude

I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots by Lid'ya C. Rivera

Dude by Aaron Reynolds

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I have recently seen a book that had a picture of a child with vitiligo, and though it was not the first time I had heard about it (Barbie had a doll, there is the model, etc) but it might have been the first time I had ever seen it in a book that was prominent as it was. That is, until I Absolutely, Positively Love My Spots. Lid’ya C. Rivera themselves has vitiligo and is a “be unashamed of who you are” promoter.  Overall, […]

Ok, yes I was creeped out a little

Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds

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With a nod to Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown’s other collaboration, Creepy Pair of Underpants! (and possibly the first Creepy Tales title Creepy Carrots! which I might have missed) their rabbit hero Jasper is back in Creepy Crayon! Jasper is failing his classes. Of course, he could have studied but his favorite TV show was on. And well, there is always something more important (or interesting) than math.  But when he finds a purple crayon (that oddly enough seems pleased to be picked up off […]

Obviously, this book is not for everyone

Rescuing Mrs. Birdley by Aaron Reynolds

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I either started and never finished Rescuing Mrs. Birdley or I have read it before. However, if it is a reread, I do not remember reading it the first time. This picture book review is as if this is the first and only time, I have read it. Our “animal expert” (solely by her word only) Miranda sees her teacher in the grocery store. Not unusual. I still run into former educators all over town. However, Miranda has the misunderstanding of what a teachers “natural […]



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