Cannonball Read 18

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I read a little bit

Pockets for Two: A Collection of Girlhood by Lindsay Ward

Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld

Hedgehog and the Art Show by Ozge Bahar Sunar

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Okay, this might be a surprise, but I read a little bit. In fact this should be such a shock to you that if you did not fall down laughing, you are not paying attention. Seriously, I like books. I like sharing books and I will share three with you. Disclaimer: even if the book is out, I read all as online reader copies.  Pockets for Two: A Collection of Girlhood is a sweet story about the magic of pockets, treasures and special friendships. Lindsay […]

Getting your Glim on

The Girl and the Glim by India Swift

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The new girl in school has a problem: only she can see the “light creature alien” in this graphic novel called, The Girl and the Glim (or the light creature who is an alien). And this is on top of the fact as if she wasn’t weird enough to start with! She is small for her age and the bullies find all the puns available for that. Not to mention her parents are “shrinks.” But sometimes a girl and her Glim have gotta do what […]

The Big Cheese is a Big Wheel

The Big Cheese by Jory John

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There is a new Jory John and Pete Oswald book coming out in early November 2023. And it is a big deal. In fact, you could say it is a big wheel called The Big Cheese. Starting back in 2017 withThe Bad Seed, the themes of the Food Group books are lessons for everyone about personalities, emotions, social themes, and more. When we meet Cheese they are a big deal. They tell us they started life normal enough, but had big plans. And they achieved them. And […]

Jamie take two

Just Jamie  by Terri Libenson

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I first read the graphic novel, Just Jamie by Terri Libenson in 2019. I only went back for a second round as I could not remember anything about it. In fact, it was to the point that I even questioned if I had read it. Well, I did have one image in my head, but it did not help much in remembering the story. However, my rating of five back then, is now 3.5 to 4 rating. This book was good, and I liked how the characters […]

Imagine all the wonders

Today I Am a River by Kate Coombs

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Today I am a reader. And I did not need to use my imagination for that. However, if I was one of the characters in the story Today I Am a River I would need to use that imagination as I would need to decide what I wanted to be: a river, tree, owl or even a leaf. Each item in Kate Coombs picture book is a poem relating all the wonderful things that item is. We see how things float, fly and even the […]

Bình learns the game of life

Enlighten Me by Minh Lê

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Enlighten Me is a mindfulness/meditation graphic novel for the 10 and up crowd. There is a little bit of a social theme added with the racism the school bully directs towards the narrator, but the idea is how to deal with the emotions and a situation that triggers and not necessarily this particular situation. The entire book is mostly in “thought bubbles” as the narrator and his family are at a silent retreat, and therefore, unable to talk once there. But to allow the teachings of […]



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