Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Happy April and Happy Poetry Month

All of Those Babies by Mylisa Larsen

Aunt Sue's Stories by Langston Hughes

Bless Our Pets : Poems of Gratitude for Our Animal Friends by Lee Bennett Hopkins

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Happy April and Happy Poetry Month. I am sure I will find other poetry books for kids, but I will start with three that I just found. All are available (or with the last one “soon” in April 2024) but all have been read via online reader copies. The first is All of Those Babies by Mylisa Larsen and illustrated by Stephanie Laberis . This book is one solid poem that rhymes and has repetition. The idea is how all babies, be they lizard, human […]

I liked that mouse with the ball, but the story was good too

Something Beautiful by Lita Judge

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Something Beautiful is a totally modern idea of how all of us are beautiful in our own ways. It does not matter if you are a mouse who likes to play with your ball by yourself, or an elephant who asks to play. Nor does it matter if you are a porcupine that looks different, acts different and has new games to try. It does not even matter if you are a lion who likes to sit and watch for the beautiful things around you. […]

“Play play play! Now now now!” say all babies!

Play in the Wild: How Baby Animals Like to Have Fun (In the Wild). by Lita Judge

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Lita Judge is at it again with Play in the Wild: How Baby Animals Like to Have Fun (In the Wild). They show us how adorable baby animals do adorable things in the wild. Each animal is given a small paragraph or two showing how play helps them grow. And how play will help them survive when they are older. Sweet illustrations that are not overly bold, but not muted either, run about the page letting us know how each critter jumps and plays and […]

Getting over the reading slump with a couple of lovely picture books

When You Need Wings by Lita Judge

The Moon Keeper by Zosienka

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I had several picture books that helped me get out of the reading slump I found myself in recently, but these two were part of an original five that, while I did not necessarily like them 100%, they made me stop and think, “Who would love these? I know there is a forever home for each of them.” To put them in one review might seem odd at first, but they work nicely together not because of their themes so much, but their tones invoke […]

Passing with flying color

Penguin Flies Home by Lita Judge

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Penguin Flies Home.  Okay. As did a lot of penguins over the years. What makes this one special Lita Judge? The illustrations make the “Penguins do not fly” story unique. Even though Lynn Munsinger comes to mind when viewing them. This is a companion book to Flight School. While it helps to have read Flight School, this is a stand-alone story. It is a sweet story about being yourself and that you can be friends with people even if they have different dreams then you […]



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