Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I’m not kitten, two new Bad Kitty books are on the way

Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving by Nick Bruel

Bad Kitty: Searching for Santa by Nick Bruel

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Bad Kitty Does Not Like Thanksgiving is like all the Bad Kitty books. Therefore, if you are a fan of Nick Bruel’s title kitty you will laugh and laugh. You will think the naughty holiday antics of Bad Kitty beyond funny. If you are not a Bad Kitty fan, you will sit there and wonder why this bad cat (and I do not mean in the cool and fun way) has been written about at all. My reader copy did not have them, but the […]

In your Easter Basket!

How to Track an Easter Bunny by Sue Fliess

E Is for Easter by Greg Paprocki

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How do you track the Easter Bunny? Follow the black jellybeans, of course! (Just don’t eat them). Seriously, this new picture book How to Track an Easter Bunny by Sue Fliess (with some out there illustrations by Simona Sanfilippo) is a “you will love or “eh” this book” kind of book. The rhyming text and the sugar popping Easter colors will make it or break it for you. It is politically correct (the Easter Bunny she) and the text is modern but does has a slight classical feel. The […]

26 ways to say Love

L Is for Love: A Heartfelt Alphabet by Greg Paprocki

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L is for Love: A Heartfelt Alphabet is one of those odd little gems that looks like it is from 1950 but is very 2018. The illustrations show you the alphabet of love and friendship. The illustrations are casually modern. Nothing is forced, and things flow with the diversity of people (bi-racial copy, people of color). In fact, the P is for Poetry shows the girl reciting “How do I love thee?” (Or I assume she is…. She is kneeling, with paper in hand, boy […]

Groovy kind of love

Pete the Cat's Groovy Guide to Love by James Dean

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I probably should not admit to this, but I am not a Pete the Cat fan. I know I am in the minority there as James Dean’s books fly off our selves at work. There seems to be one for every holiday. We even had a plush Pete doll before the holidays this year. Therefore, I must admit I was not expecting a lot from Pete the Cat’s Groovy Guide to Love. I thought perhaps it might be a fun Valentine’s Day gift for a […]

Christmas Spirit? We got it right here!

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I Got the Christmas Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison and illustrated by Frank Morrison has a lot to like. And a lot of things that you might not be as crazy about. The illustrations of Morrison are lovely. They are quirky and filled with details. And the colors! Bold and sassy and quirky and as spunky as the little narrator herself. They introduce you to a city setting for those who might not be familiar with it and show the setting a lot of kids do […]

If anyone tries the recipe at the end, I would love to know how it comes out!

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Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale by Gloria Koster and illustrated by Sue Eastland was a book I reviewed awhile back for my stores newsletter. I picked it up again to see if it was still the fun Little Red Riding Hood story with a Hanukkah twist. And it is still that fun Little Red Riding Hood story with a Hanukkah twist, turn and lots and lots of sour cream and applesauce to go along with the yummy latkes. Ruthie is going to Grandmothers house […]



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