Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Stick around and see what’s behind door number three

Emily Saw a Door by Mel Rosenberg

Robin and the Stick by E. B. Goodale

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Recently two books (one due mid April 2026, the other late February/early April 2026; both read via an online reader) I read did not “grab me” in the way I had hoped. They were nice, but I was not the audience for them. I figure that probably a toddler to about six or so would be a good reach. They would be good bedtime stories or just relaxing stories. Both have interesting concepts and deal with self-confidence and imagination. Both have their own distinct style […]

When your Christmas is Halloween

Halloween Tree by Susan Montanari

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When I first saw the title Halloween Tree I thought the cover was not matching what I was thinking. What I was thinking about was Ray Bradbury’s novel of the same name. But then I wondered if it was possible to adapt it to a picture book format? Especially with such a cute cover? Yes, it is possible, but the real question is should it be adapted. Well, thankfully (I guess) it was not that Halloween Tree but its own unique story. Susan Montanari’s Halloween […]

Will You Come to My Panda Party?

Xander's Panda Party by Linda Sue Park

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To try and expand my reading and to have some sort of order to it I started a reading challenge of a book per letter of the alphabet. It hit a few bumps (it is not as easy as you might think) but really hit hard with the letters Q and X.  I did a little research and came up with Xander’s Panda Party for X (Q will be Queer Ducks by Eliot Schrefer. Hopefully). I thought, “Pandas?” That’s good. A party? Okay, that could […]

Finding Snow Kid

Snow Kid by Jessie Sima

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Snow Kid by Jessie Sima was another one of those books I almost didn’t read. And then when I finally did read it, I almost didn’t review. You see, I am not the audience for it. Not really. Sure I can recommend it to the parents and grandparents who buy books for children, but it is for them, not the single woman who just adopts all the children as her nieces and nephews. You see, Snow Kid is a book that is simple text and […]

Busy Bee and friends

Little Bee V01 The Buzz About the Party by Danny Neville and Colleen McKeown

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One day I have an email in my inbox that says I have been given access to an online reader of Little Bee V01 The Buzz About the Party by Danny Neville and illustrator Colleen McKeown. It is due early March 2026 and the image of the cover was there as well. There was a lot of technical stuff (you know words) about how great it was and other information about it, but I try not to read too much about things so I am […]

Animals, and birds, and counting numbers; oh my!

Knight Owl's Little Christmas by Christopher Denise

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Sometimes sequels and companion books do not always hit as well as the first book of a series or collection by an author for me. The Knight Owl books are good and I like them, but the second book was not as good as the first. I am not jumping up and down and saying they are my favorite books, but I like recommending them and on occasion reading them again. Therefore, these are exceptions to that comment. And one day, while browsing potential online […]



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