Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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The Trick or Treating Treat

Black and the Trick-or-Treating Trouble by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and LeUyen Pham

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At first, I thought Bingo Square 26 cbr18bingo would be a hard one to find a book for. I then remembered that author Shannon Hale’s birthday is January 26 and I had read a book by them that is out and about. It was not the 26th online reader copy that I read, but I could pretend it was.  The Princess in Black and the Trick-or-Treating Trouble by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and LeUyen Pham (illustrator) is a cute addition to the Princess In Black […]

Behaving like a princess is work. It’s not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It’s more about how you are inside

The Paper Bag Princess by Story by Robert Munsch, Art by Michael Martchenko

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I absolutely loved this book growing up, and I make sure to look at it again at least once a year. The art alone would have me coming back, never mind the ending. The book starts out with the title Princess Elizabeth and her Prince Ronald, dressed in their best gown and hybrid tennis/medieval ensemble respectively. Which is when the dragon bursts onto the scene, kidnapping the prince and burning everything the princess has, including the clothing on her back. (I do have to give […]

Party On, Princess!

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I like knowing that if I recommend a book to a child there will be other books by the author. Or in this case, more in a series. Party Time Book One in the Puppy Princess series combines two things that will tickle the fancy of some readers: puppies and princesses. Party Time is the story of a young puppy princess who just does not want to be proper, behave and take baths. And especially does not want to wear pink ribbons in her fur. […]

Forget the past when it’s too terrible to face

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Knocking out another VF book club review with Deerskin. Instead of aliens and greek-like gods, we read a dark fairytale about a princess named Lissar whose mother was the most beautiful queen of all the kingdoms. Her beauty so captivating that all the land including the King hardly remember the princess exists. But alas the queen cannot live forever, so she captures her beauty in a striking painting before her death. It’s almost as if she curses her daughter to live behind her shadow even after death. [MILD […]



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