Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Kerbel and Lo Present: Animals

What About an Elephant?: A Fact-Filled Savanna Adventure by Deborah Kerbel

What About an Octopus?: A Fact-Filled Underwater Adventure by Deborah Kerbel

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I was looking through a recent email sent to me via a publisher. They were promoting a few new books and What About an Elephant?: A Fact-Filled Savanna Adventure by Deborah Kerbel and illustrated by Dawn Lo was one of them (it is due in mid-August 2025). There was a companion title, What About an Octopus?: A Fact-Filled Underwater Adventure also by Kerbel and Lo (but is currently available) advertised as well. I looked around and found online reader copies for both. While I was […]

You eat weird

Chomp-O-Rama: The Strange Ways That Animals Eat  by Maria Birmingham

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Chomp-O-Rama: The Strange Ways That Animals Eat  Written by Maria Birmingham Illustrated by: Kyle Reed  Due mid April 2025 Read as an online reader copy Review done by Me This book was exactly what I thought it would be and a little different. The little differences were it was a lot younger looking than I thought it would be and the illustrations were a bit less filled out than I personally would have liked. Exactly what I thought it was was the part about how […]

2,650 Miles of Wilderness

Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Andrea Lankford

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There have been people attempting to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail since it was first established, and where people congregate there is also always some amount of tragedy. But when three young man vanish from the trail in a three-year period, former park ranger Andrea Lankford gets fascinated by the search for them. For a person who one day wants to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail (after a lot of preparation, mind you), I find myself reading a lot about wilderness disaster and crime stories. Maybe […]

Puddles and Penguins

The Noisy Puddle: A Vernal Pool Through the Seasons by Linda Booth Sweeney

No Huddles for Heloise by Deborah Kerbel

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I write my reviews before I post. I might miss a few things (I am a horrible editor for myself), but I try to organize my thoughts. But when I counted out my review for The Noisy Puddle, it was less than 170 words. To fill the quota I’ve added a fiction book to go with the non-fiction one. Besides, it’s twice the fun in one review! And while many probably will like the first book, if you’re like Heloise, you don’t always follow the […]

A showdown of the scent… senses

Dogs vs. Humans: A Showdown of the Senses by Stephanie Gibeault and Bambi Edlund

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Dogs taste water.  Yes, water. And in Dogs vs. Humans: A Showdown of the Senses by Stephanie Gibeault and Bambi Edlund you will learn not only this fact (well, see it again) you will see if humans can taste water, too. And if they can see the same as dogs, and if dogs smell the same as humans, and if dogs really can detect earthquakes. Plus, why do dogs line up the way they do for taking their morning, noon, and night relief walk.  In […]

Raindrops falling on everything

It Starts With A Raindrop by Sally Garland

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I almost did not write a review for It Starts With A Raindrop by Sally Garland and illustrated by Aimee Gallagher. This was not because it was bad, or because I didn’t like it, but because it started as a “been there done that” read. It is a poem (slightly romantic and feeling simplistic) about the life cycle of a raindrop and the things it does. You have facts about things (the drop will fall in the puddles, or sand; it will find oceans and […]



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