Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Ww is for Wistful

Bear Is Awake! An Alphabet Story by Hannah E. Harrison

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I am not usually a simple Alphabet book person (A is apple; B is bear; C is car) but Bear Is Awake! An Alphabet Story by Hannah E. Harrison is not your typical “D is for dinosaur” alphabet book. It might only have a handful of words to show you each of the letters, but it is packed full of adventure due to the ones used and the illustrations that accompany the text. The subject matter focuses on slightly unusual words or ideas, such as […]

U is for Unique

The GayBCs by M. L. Webb

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The GayBCs will for certain turn heads. It will get people talking. Maybe even very loudly. M. L. Webb’s alphabet book is not your father’s ABC book. How do I write a review for this book? Very carefully. This book will be a hot button book, no question about it. Sometimes it feels like it is talking directly only to the GLBT+ community. Sometimes there is a feeling of it is talking to everyone. This book will either bring out the A in you (A […]

Two Alphabet books to try out

A is for Awesome!: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World by Eva Chen

An ABC of Flowers by Jutta Hilpuesch

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A is for Awesome!: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World would have been almost a perfect alphabet/history book and been a five rating if the age-old dilemma of X Y Z had not come up. Instead of people being here (Y could have been Yoko Ono, though I admit I am having a little trouble finding X and Z, but considering Beyoncé is represented, Eva Chen could have had Xuxa or Zoë Kravitz), instead words that have the letters and mentions how “wonderful” you the […]

26 ways to say Love

L Is for Love: A Heartfelt Alphabet by Greg Paprocki

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L is for Love: A Heartfelt Alphabet is one of those odd little gems that looks like it is from 1950 but is very 2018. The illustrations show you the alphabet of love and friendship. The illustrations are casually modern. Nothing is forced, and things flow with the diversity of people (bi-racial copy, people of color). In fact, the P is for Poetry shows the girl reciting “How do I love thee?” (Or I assume she is…. She is kneeling, with paper in hand, boy […]

This is the worst alphabet book but an awesomely cool idea!

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This is not your mothers alphabet book! This is not for a young child just learning their alphabet. This alphabet book could be given to an adult. I could also see this used in classes as low as second grade but upwards to junior high due to the items mentioned. It would be a great gift for someone who collects alphabet books. Now why this book is so fantastic. P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Ever by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter (illustrated by […]



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