Cannonball Read 18

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Okay, I mean farts

Gomer the Gassy Goat: A Fart Filled Tale by Hayley Rose

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In 2020, Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith came out. In 2022 Gomer the Gassy Goat: A Fart Filled Tale by Hayley Rose came out. They are the same book in all forms except one is about a gassy goat and the other a wonky donkey. Okay not exactly alike, but the “House that Jack Built” concept is prominent in both as are the concepts.  Why do I mention a four and six year old book? Because in mid-October 2026 Gomer the Gassy Goat: A Fart […]

Wear ya boots

Farm Boots by Lisl H. Detlefsen

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If you have a shoe feetish, I mean fetish, then this is the boots for …. I mean book for you. Okay, Farm Boots by Lisl H. Detlefsen is not an adult book, but it does have some really cute boots for the characters to wear in this rhyming book.  Each person has a specific boot for a specific job and for lots of play. Here we see boots for mud, boots for puddles, boots for riding and boots for mucking out the stalls (make […]

This way to a friendship

This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis

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This way to a sweet story about friendship and how even the least likely pair of friends can help each other when in need. This Way, Charlie is a story of a horse and a goat who both live at a rescue farm. Some animals are able to be released or find new homes, but others stay there. And Jack, a cranky ol’ goat who likes keeping to himself, is one of the forever ones. And when Charlie comes, a horse who seems nice enough […]

Should have stayed on the farm

Babe the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith

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Babe, the movie, may or may not have been in my movie viewing. However, I am going to assume that it is only like Babe the Gallant Pig, the book, in the fact there is a pig, farmer and sheep. I can only imagine there is more emotion to the movie. The book has “Babe did this” and “The sheep said this” action. Everything is clinical. Even the action is actionless. (Spoiler) The big scene where Babe saves the sheep from the other dogs, I […]

With a cheep cheep here and cheep cheep there

Five Fuzzy Chicks by Diana Murray

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Finding the right book at the right time is rarely easy, but it is fun. I was cleaning up some reader copies that got out of place and picked up Five Fuzzy Chicks.  Now, it had been a long month all week, I needed something to counter that and what I found was Diana Murray and Sydney Hanson’s picture book. This is a cute rhyming story that is perfect for a bedtime (or anytime). It follows five little chicks who are not ready for bed. […]

Wearing a haircut?

Haircuts for Little Lambs by Tomie dePaola

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I am not sure how I missed the book Haircuts for Woolsey’s by Tomie dePaola as I do enjoy his work. Now published under the name, Haircuts for Little Lambs I see why this might not have been one of his more popular stories. Totally done in dePaola’s style of illustrations and text, this is a fun story about Spring and how fickle it can be. Plus, there is one clever one grandmother who knows how to take care of a pesky problem.   However, I […]



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