Cannonball Read 18

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Nostalgic favorite brought lovingly into a new format

Kristy's Great Idea: The Baby-Sitters Club by Raina Telgemeier, based on Ann M. Martin's novel

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My youngest, 9, does not care to read chapter books and so she isn’t interested in reading the same things her older sister did at the same age.  However, she loves reading in comic form, be it manga, comics, or graphic novels.  So the challenge is to find her new reading material.  She loves Raina Telgemeier so I decided to take a chance on Raina’s graphic novel adaptation of Ann M. Martin’s Kristy’s Great Idea, book one of The Baby-Sitters Club series.  I was a […]

It might be a bad sign when your imaginary friends are mad at you….

The Crankypants Tea Party by Barbara Bottner

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Do not read The Crankypants Tea Party if you yourself are a little crankypants. Or maybe you should, as it might get you out of that crankypants mood. That is because, this humor is offbeat and not for everyone; therefore, who knows how you will feel afterwards! The idea of a young girl inviting her special stuffed animal friends to a tea party is not “HAAHA LAUGH OUT LOUD” funny but has the humor of a child that might be adorable but a little well, […]

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My Creepy Valentine by Arthur Howard

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Valentine’s Day books are already out and about on the displays at work. Yes, it is a short season, but somehow, I always feel like we should wait a little longer into January to start putting them out. However, I am glad that this was not the case this year. If we had waited, I probably would not have found My Creepy Valentine by Arthur Howard. Oh my goodness! This is an adorable book if I do say so myself (and I do). Mitzi, the […]

Don’t Judge Books by their Covers and Don’t Miss these!

Snow Birds by Kirsten Hall

The Snow Fox by Rosemary Shojaie

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Nothing like having a few minutes to read a picture book. The thing is, with these two books I need a lot more than a few minutes! I need to sit down and take oh, 3 to 5 minutes per page. Each book has details in their illustrations that make them frame worthy. Snow Birds at first made me think, “Okay, one to three words per page. And if a complete sentence is not there, I would not be surprised.” Well, that old adage, Do […]

Jello-Frogs and The Weird Ones

Nat Enough V01 Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan

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Nat Enough (book one in the Nat Enough series) I thought was by another author/illustrator when I first looked at it. But it is by Maria Scrivan. This was the last book I read in 2020. It was a fun way to end the year. The story is familiar (fitting in at school, friendship pains and finding yourself) but that is what made it a good end of the year read. It was cozy and no real surprises. The ages it is aimed at (strong […]

Earth Girl Reads About Earth Boy

Earth Boy by Paul Tobin

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While I would have liked a little more action in this graphic novel with the name, Earth Boy, this was a fun book that has an overall story that is packed with just enough to keep me reading. In fact, I just might reread it at some point and that is something I rarely do. Now, granted, there are several plot point or story arc holes, but that did not take away from the fact it was just (as said above) a fun story. Paul […]



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