Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Just One Gift: A Thoughtful Classroom Story told through Poetry for Kids (Ages 8-12) by Linda Sue Park and Robert Sae-Heng

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Just One Gift: A Thoughtful Classroom Story told through Poetry for Kids (Ages 8-12) by Linda Sue Park and Robert Sae-Heng has a unique format to teach the children of the story, and the reader, acts of kindness and selflessness. Inspired by a form of Korean poetry, Park takes a middle school classroom and its students and gives them a task (well, their teacher does). They must pick a slip of paper from a hat. It will have Family, Friend, or ? (question mark) on […]

Two erasers in a pencil case

Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks

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When you are a fan of an author, or at least with me, I find one of two things happening with a book: Either  I love it so much that even if it is bad, I don’t notice. I am just a fan blinded by my fangirling mind. Or I am terribly disappointed and figure that there is no way my author wrote it, as I have way too high expectations for it. Thankfully Inbetweens by Faith Erin Hicks was neither.  It is in between […]

Read a little poetry

Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship    by Irene Latham, Charles Waters, Sean Qualls and Selina Alko

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Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship  by Irene Latham (author), Charles Waters (author), Sean Qualls (illustrator), Selina Alko (illustrator)   I had forgotten I read the poetry collection, Can I Touch Your Hair? years ago, therefore, it felt like reading it for the first time with this recent reading. This is a unique treat as current events and my new experiences change how I relate to things. It is an interesting format, that must have been a fresh idea that […]

When you realized you have read before, but it’s better the 2nd time around

Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza

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While I knew I had read Four Eyes by Rex Ogle, I had thought I hadn’t read Pizza Face: A Graphic Novel (Four Eyes series) also by Rex Ogle and Dave Valeza. Yet, near the middle of things I said, “Oh you have read this book!” But I needed a light read as I had a tough read coming and a semi-tough read behind me, so this was a good cleaning of the senses. Nothing new happens on the pages if you are an adult […]

Busy Bee and friends

Little Bee V01 The Buzz About the Party by Danny Neville and Colleen McKeown

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One day I have an email in my inbox that says I have been given access to an online reader of Little Bee V01 The Buzz About the Party by Danny Neville and illustrator Colleen McKeown. It is due early March 2026 and the image of the cover was there as well. There was a lot of technical stuff (you know words) about how great it was and other information about it, but I try not to read too much about things so I am […]

Adult literacy

My Kentucky Moonlight School by Kim Michele Richardson

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My Kentucky Moonlight School is another book (read via an online reader) due in August 2026 but is a must to talk about now. Kim Michele Richardson’s story is about a family, their community and how they learn to read during “Moonlight sessions” of schooling. It is sweet, educational and even a little humorous at times.  This is enhanced by Chloe M. Giroux who illustrates the adventures of this family with earthy tones, bright shading and light use, and just the right amount of details. […]



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