Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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He might be a dirty rat, but he is MY rat!

Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett

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Cyril and Pat is a good story about friendship with some fabulously great illustrations. Emily Gravett created a book that, while on the surface seems like a normal friendship book, has a slightly different ending. Everyone is trying to tell Cyril (a lonely grey squirrel in the park) that his new friend Pat, is a rhyming word. Literally. But Cyril only sees the good in Pat. How he shares and is funny. How he is just an all-around good friend. Nothing can or will change […]

A tribute to big brothers

Just Like My Brother by Gianna Marino 

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Just Like My Brother by Gianna Marino is a cute story. Most toddlers will like the repetition of the text as the characters speak and as the giraffe moves along with the other animals repeating the same question (have you seen my(their) big brother) adding something new about said big brothers physical characteristics or is personality, then getting similar answers from the other animals who tell the little giraffe they too have the same qualities as their older brother. Yet, with all the goodness that Just Like My […]

“I am a part of all that I have met.” – Lord Tennyson

Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman

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Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman is a spiritual look at how all things are connected. When the Mouse asks Carl, the Worm, why does he do the things he does, Carl does not know. So off he goes to ask the other animals what his purpose is, until one day there is no one left as they have all left. The answer to why everyone has left, gives Carl the answer he was looking for. Freedman pairs the text with some fun, soft, […]

DOOOGS IN SPACE! (OK actually in 1925 & 1850 America)

Time Dogs: Balto and the Race Against Time by Helen Moss

Time Dogs: Seaman and the Great Northern Adventure by Helen Moss

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If the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne, the Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner and Paw Patrol got together and created a younger version of themselves with dogs and a time traveling van, you would get The Time Dogs series. The first two Time Dogs by Helen Moss are a sweet mix of fact and fiction. Clever stories bring to life the history of famous dogs and their people. The first book, Balto and the Race Against Time has our doggie […]

When you’re dead sober and the penguin, cat and ghost-grasshopper are talking to you

Entropy by Aaron Costain

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If you liked Entropy by Aaron Costain , this review is not for you. Entropy is the kind of book you want to read, probably should read, but when you do read, you have NO idea what is going on. Yet, since you want to be “part of the cool crowd” you will say how wonderful and marvelous it is. I am not ashamed to say, “I do not get it.” Actually, let me backtrack, I understand the different creation myths are being spoken about […]

Get your Wild Kratts here!

Wild Sea Creatures: Sharks, Whales and Dolphins by Kratt Brothers

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This is not your parents Kratt Brothers. Or more likely, your Kratt Brothers. Chris and Martin Kratt took their love of animals and nature and turned it into various television shows and books. Here in the Wild Kratts (based on one television series) the brothers, in their cartoon style illustrations, created a level two reader about the critters of the sea. Very basic information can be found in Wild Sea Creatures: Sharks, Whales and Dolphins. The aged aimed for (like many level twos, but not […]



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