Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Show me a family

Papa, Daddy, & Riley by Seamus Kirst

My Maddy by Show

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One thing that makes people think the GLBTQ community is “other” is that it does not “look normal” when it comes to families. However, that is a bunch of meadow muffins! Because as we learn in these two books, we see that parents and families can look like anything, as long as there is the love to hold it together. Families take on all sorts of shapes and sizes. I believe I have read and reviewed Papa, Daddy, & Riley before, but I had the […]

Gilbert Baker and a Grand ol’ Flag

Sewing the Rainbow: A Story about Gilbert Baker by Gayle E. Pitman

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Sewing the Rainbow: A Story about Gilbert Baker is good introduction for older children. Baker was a young man who lived in a gray world, especially after his art supplies and drawings were taken from him. He was a young man that was drafted, but who would not shoot a gun no matter what names he was called. And he was a man who knew how to put his glittery, wonderful, colorful self out there. And how to represent the community he was part of. […]

My cup of books overflows

When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community by Gayle E. Pitman

This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman

They're So Flamboyant by Michael Genhart

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I was browsing an online catalog and found several titles on GLBTQ+ themes.  Some had a few pages to sample the goodies inside, but others had full text. I have picked a few and will be doing more in another review, but three per review should probably be a limit, otherwise your eyes will pop out at all the goodness in one place and not able to read! When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Built a Community by Gayle E. […]

Just in case the history books don’t cover gay history for your kids

The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman

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This history of the Stonewall Riots is intended for middle grade readers. Pitman does a lovely job of setting the stage for the world that the riots occurred in, with pictures of locations, people, and items, as well as back stories of the individuals and institutions involved. The prose is clear and easy to follow, if a bit dry, in my opinion. While I liked the book, it was a little different than I expected. Some of the weirdness was the digital galley–it looked strange […]



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