Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Contemplation and Slime

Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs

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Raymond Briggs’s Fungus the Bogeyman is one of my favorite books of all time. I came across it at my grandparents’ house when I was about 10 years old. It is an illustrated book about the daily life of a bogeyman, Fungus, and his family. Along the way, we learn about bogey life, which is simultaneously thoroughly disgusting and charmingly sweet. The book is a day in the life of Fungus. His job, like other bogies, is to travel at night from the bogey life […]

If you want the sweet of The Snowman, look somewhere else

When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

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How do you make a book about The Bomb and War beautiful? As Raymond Briggs or actually, read their graphic novel titled When the Wind Blows. This is not The Snowman with its whimsy and sweetness. This is a book that will make you laugh, be sad, have an off chuckle (should I really be laughing at these poor people?), then you will not stop crying. This is an amazing Anti-War story that is not for the sensitive reader, but is a must read to […]



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