Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Peace is bada$$!

Walking Toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim by Kathleen Krull

Three Lines in a Circle: The Exciting Life of the Peace Symbol by Michael G. Long

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Who doesn’t like peace? Well, current events say, a lot of people. Therefore, I think we should bombard them with these two books. Walking Toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim by Kathleen Krull and illustrated by Annie Bowler; and Three Lines in a Circle: The Exciting Life of the Peace Symbol by Michael G. Long and illustrated by Carlos Velez. Why should we? Because both talk about how bada$$ peace is!  Peace Pilgrim was a woman of means. She […]

People Who Made a Difference” Or “People Who Tried”

Joey: The Story of Joe Biden by Jill Biden and Kathleen Krull

Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Because America's Doctor by Kate Messner

King Of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin by Stephen Costanza

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I do not care what you think about Joe Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, or Scott Joplin (he fits my theme, if not a smidgen loosely, which is “People Who Made a Difference” Or “People Who Tried”), but these books are really cool. Okay, not “cool” as in The Fonz was cool or a snowman is cool, but in the way that a good book can be cool. Each of the below titles (though all are available, I read via online reader copies) talks about how […]

Take Grandma’s advice: “When somebody opens a door to you, go forward. “

The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America. by Kathleen Krull

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You know about the New Deal. But do you know the people behind it? Do you know the woman who was usually not only the only women in the photo, but the only woman in the room, the only one seeing the injustices on a human level, seeing what must be done to fix it? She took her privilege and tried to help. And Kathleen Krull shows that in The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America.  Who was […]

The Life and Times of Ruth

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I have had the pleasure of reading two different books about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While they cover the same territory (the life of Ginsburg), they tell it in two different ways. No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Kathleen Krull and Nancy Zhang and I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley are introductions to a woman who fought for the rights first of herself, then for women and finally equal rights for both woman […]



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