Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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I’m liking this publisher

The Vole Who Looked at the Moon by Mila Teras and Nora Surojegin

Imperfectly Perfect Posey: A Wobbly Yoga Story by Lizzie Brooks and Enni Heikura

Meet Reba by Stephanie Wheeler and Annika Chamber

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Spinning Wheel Stories, the publisher of No Fish in My Dish and Button Up, Buttercup! by Ted Forsstrom also has three other books. All five were published in July 2026, and read via an online reader copy by moi! This company is perhaps a European company as the contributors come from mostly Finland and England, but a couple people hail from the US. Regardless of their home bases, they created some interesting stories I would like to share with you. First, we have The Vole […]

Mind yourself

The Shape of You by Muon Thi Van

A World of Mindfulness by Pajama Press

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The Shape of You is …. Well, your surroundings. I mean a table is square and a door rectangle, but you are the shape of many things, such as of wind (a scarf) and love (a hand holding yours). The narrator is more the voice of a parent/mother talking to the child, but it could also be the child to parent. Each shape that is around us (like water is a glass or a cube or cloud) is shown. And the fact that some shapes […]

Celebrate good times, come on

Hello Sacred Life  by Kim Krans

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I counted Hello Sacred Life has less than 35 words. Therefore, how does one write a 250-word review of the book by Kim Krans? You focus on one thing: the artwork. But first the quick review of the story. The story is not a story. It is a mantra. A meditation of sorts. You say, “Hello sacred…” and fill in with sun, earth, moon, children, water, fire, air, space, light, dark, and finally, life. The end. The artwork, on the other hand is just as simple, […]



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