Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Ocean of Stars: The Beginning of Everything by Azita Ardakani and Rebecca Rebouche

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Ocean of Stars: The Beginning of Everything by Azita Ardakani and Rebecca Rebouche is due late September/early October 2026. It was read by me, via an online reader copy. It’s not a book that should be read once and forgotten. It needs multiple readers. Therefore, I cheat and give you the review of Robing Wall Kimmere that fits what I feel this book is about: “The luminous prose of Ocean of Stars offers an invitation to remember our fundamental kinship with the natural world. This […]

When am I going to learn just to read?

My Grandma the Chameleon by Maria Lofgren

The Together Treehouse by Michael Engler and Joëlle Tourlonias

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When am I going to learn that I will just need to read a book without second guessing my choice? Two books I did this too are My Grandma the Chameleon and The Together Treehouse. The first, My Grandma the Chameleon by Maria Lofgren had me, “Do I want to read this? Maybe… nah… well, oookay…” Now, granted, I was not OMG the best book ever when I finally did read (via an online reader provided by a publisher email, due in mid-April 2026) but […]

Young rebels

Little Rebels by Yuyi Morales

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Cbr17bingo Citizen (as a citizen it is our duty to help the community we are a citizen of and we are a citizen of the Earth, the land, the people on it). To be honest, I do not remember if I requested the reader’s copy of Little Rebels by Yuyi Morales or if it was just sent to me, but either way I got a lovely surprise when it arrived at my work via the USPS mail. It is due in early September 2025, therefore […]

I wish I had this girl helping me when I do my chores

Soulful Struttin’ by ulia Pierre Hammond

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The title of the last book review was supposed to be, “I finally have gotten everything I have written, posted.” Then this morning I read one more picture book that is officially due late October/early November 2024, and I read via an online reader copy. Plus, I had just one more to post yesterday, but couldn’t get to it so it didn’t matter anyways! The book cover is the first thing you (obviously) see, so you know that you will have a diverse cast of […]

Magic Sunday

Sunday by Marcelo Tolentino

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The idea for the picture book Sunday by Marcelo Tolentino is simple. The family gets together on Sunday, like they do every Sunday, and our hero decides to spice things up and make some fun. The child, Martin, and his dog make a Sunday at home into an adventure to faraway places. All he needs is a lot of imagination. Seeing penguins, pirates and deserts is just the start. When he is finally ready to come home, he is ready to regale his tales to […]

Tossed a curveball

Curveball  by Pablo Cartaya

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We know the story of Curveball it is a  “It is more fun to play the game than to be played by the game.” But Pablo Cartaya has a few curveballs tossed in as well. We follow a young girl who loves competition and sports, especially baseball. Or does she? Or is her mother trying to live vicariously through her, pushing her to be the best as she couldn’t be? And to keep the family tradition alive so that she can have the opportunities her mother […]



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