Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR18
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • 2026 Registration
    • Suggest a Review
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

Friendship can be found in the strangest of places

Little Robot by Ben Hatke

May 26, 2019 by crystalclear Leave a Comment

Ben Hatke works his magic again!  He creates a beautiful story with only a few words, and most of those are sound effects! A little girl (she doesn’t have a name) finds an abandoned robot, and he becomes her friend.  It’s her only friend, as it turns out. I’m pretty sure she’s young, too young to go to school, and spends her days escaping her trailer park home and exploring the local junkyard. (We get all of this in about eight pages and absolutely no […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: ben hatke, cbr11, friendship, Graphic Novel, robots

crystalclear's CBR11 Review No:40 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ben hatke, cbr11, friendship, Graphic Novel, robots ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

An adorable graphic novel series

Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

April 21, 2019 by crystalclear 2 Comments

I am super happy that I picked up this series.  Ben Hatke is the author of one of my favorite picture books (Julia’s Home for Lost Creatures) and I got my copy signed at the New York Comic Con last year.  (He’s super nice, by the way!) He asked if I had read Zita yet, and I told him I had not, but would put her on my TBR list.  And then I found out that this year’s Summer Reading theme in our library is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: ben hatke, cbr11, Graphic Novel, tween, zita the spacegirl

crystalclear's CBR11 Review No:26 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ben hatke, cbr11, Graphic Novel, tween, zita the spacegirl ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

Zita the Spacegirl to the rescue. Sort of……

June 13, 2018 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Zita the Spacegirl is not your parent’s graphic novel. Oh, there are space aliens, portals to other worlds, robots and evil creatures, but there is also a spunky girl who is smart, funny and realistic. Ben Hatke has created a graphic novel that will introduce readers to the genre, but readers will enjoy as well. Aimed at ages eight to 10, both boys and girls can read. Yes, Zita is a girl but she is a tomboy. Her best friend is the goofy, nerdy boy. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: ben hatke

BlackRaven's CBR10 Review No:210 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: ben hatke ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

I Want a Robot Friend Too Now

January 6, 2016 by Melina 1 Comment

Little Robot is a graphic novel (with very few words) that I saw a few months ago reviewed somewhere and I thought that it might be just the thing for my five year old who can’t bear to sit still while we read at night.  Instead, he and his three year old sister dance, fight, mosh , dress the dogs and well… do just about anything else (other than listen) while my seven year old and I glare at them from the top of book. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ben hatke, friendship, Graphic Novel, kids, Little Robot, picture book, robots

Melina's CBR8 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ben hatke, friendship, Graphic Novel, kids, Little Robot, picture book, robots ·
Rating:
· 1 Comment

If You’re Between the Ages of 5 and 500 You Will Love Zita the Spacegirl

February 1, 2014 by Alexis Leave a Comment

Zita the Spacegirl and Legends of Zita may look like books for children and they are (my 4 and 7 year old adore them). But don’t be fooled, they are great books for everybody. I was so excited when Legends of Zita showed up in the mail that I hid it from my kids so I could read it without waiting for them to finish it first. That is either testament to what a horrible parent I am, or to how excellent these books are. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: ben hatke, comic book, zita the spacegirl

Alexis's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: ben hatke, comic book, zita the spacegirl ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2


Recent Comments

  • vega-table
    on CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Bird”
    When I read Une semaine de bonté, I learned about the bird character Loplop, Max Ernst's fursona. I don't think...
  • Dusty Highway
    on CBR Diversion – Bingo – “Bird”
    H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald The Good Lord Bird by James McBride At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien The...
  • Emmalita
    on What if the hot crazy guy was right? And now you’re stuck in a Winnebago with him?
    In addition to Alyssa Cole, mentioned above, Ally Carter has one that just came out, It’s Beginning to Look a...
  • Emmalita
    on What if the hot crazy guy was right? And now you’re stuck in a Winnebago with him?
    She has a new book coming out in February- It Takes a Village
  • beereadsbooks
    on What if the hot crazy guy was right? And now you’re stuck in a Winnebago with him?
    This sounds delightful. I think I have found that I like romances better when something else is driving the story...
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission, Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2026 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in