Cannonball Read 18

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Sonya was just a kid growing up on the rez.

The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne by Sonya Ballantyne, Azby Whitecalf, Kielamel Sibal and Rhael McGregor

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The Unbeatable Sonya Ballantyne by Sonya Ballantyne, Azby Whitecalf, Kielamel Sibal and Rhael McGregor is an interesting story that has intense concepts. These concepts are handled well, still it is not for all readers as the subjects are serious in nature with such things as bullying, self-harm, racism, depression, some language and more. The basics points are there (girl deals with bullies, deals with issues at home, the dynamics of different generations) but as they are set with a background of our main character being […]

Home Family

A Forest, A Family, A Harbor, A Home by Nikki McClure

The Things We Hold by Vanessa Lewis-Porter and Cornelius Van Wright 

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I honestly debated putting these two books together in one review. They are both about homes, but each with a radically different direction. One is about the closeness of home and family, while the other deals with homelessness and family.  The only similarty is that both are future publications and read via an online reader.  Yet, please find two books about home and what that means to the characters in these picture books. A Forest, A Family, A Harbor, A Home by Nikki McClure (due […]

Have you read the (creative) Word?

Little Doodles for Big Feeling by Liz Karcewski.

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If you are looking for a whimsical, meditative, sweet, sentimental, quirky hostess gift with abstract realism for images that are boldly bright, minimalist  and a few black and white illustrations tossed in for fun, you need Little Doodles for Big Feelings by Liz Karcewski. I read this book (I am assuming it is a smaller size, like books you find at the checkout counter of a bookstore) as a reader copy online. It is due later in October 2026 so it is perfect for the […]

They go together like hocus and pocus.

Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon

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Recently I got on an Ursula Vernon reading kick. I was amazed that I had known about her, but never read anything. And then when I learned they were T. Kingfisher, too, I was intrigued. After all, when one uses two names as a writer, what does that say about the writing style? And when one writes many titles under one name, how similar are they? Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon probably is a good example of both of Vernon’s names and styles coming into […]

These sheep are fantastic and don’t make me itch from their fabulous wool

The Rainbow Sheep by David Hayward

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There are no real surprises on the pages of The Rainbow Sheep by David Hayward (recently published in May 2026, read via an online reader copy). But that does not matter. It is just a nice book with fun illustrations that tells you “Be the Rainbow Sheep.” Or the purple sheep, or the blue and pink sheep, or the black sheep, or the white sheep. If you have been online the last few years, you have probably seen Jesus holding one of the rainbow sheep. […]

Finding You

Avery the Fox: The Story of a Non-Binary Fox Finding Love for Themself by Trevor R. Day and Tamara M. Day

Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Herself by Trevor R. Day and Tamara M. Day

Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Himself by Trevor R. Day and Tamara M. Day

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Avery the Fox: The Story of a Non-Binary Fox Finding Love for Themself Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Herself Avery the Fox: The Story of a Transgender Fox Finding Love for Himself Vacation lasted a week, but my online reader site thought it was longer, as it put a billion reader copies up that I had to sort through to find just the ones I wanted to read/keep. I figured I must be exaggerating. I mean it couldn’t […]



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