Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Bee Gees, we got the book

How Deep Is Your Love: A Children's Picture Book (Lyricpop) by Bee Gees

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I read a picture book that is due in February 2024 via online reader copy. And it probably will take me that long to figure out how I feel about this book. At first, I was thinking it would be a good, cute book, after all the cover was nice and bubble gum pink and a dark soft power blue.  Then I read it. Okay, the lyrics are a Bee Gees song, but fairly innocent. Oh wait, that’s a bit mature. Oh, that’s sweet. Well […]

Peace and hair-mony.

The Do-Over V01 by Rodrigo Vargas.

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When I have had a rough few days, and I need to read but thoughts are not sticking, I find that younger/middle reader graphic novels are perfect. I get a fun story, but I do not have to get serious. And with The Do-Over V01 we get a cute story about friends, family, and confidence that has a nice message, but is not “too deep.” Adults might have to suspend belief a tad when it comes to this graphic novel by Rodrigo Vargas. After all, […]

I’m melting!

Harold the Iceberg Melts Down by Lisa Wyzlic

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CBR15Passport genre (learning about environmental issues with humor and fiction) Harold is a head of iceberg lettuce, who worries a lot. And when he learns about icebergs and how they are melting, well, Harold the Iceberg Melts Down. In the first book in a Harold the Iceberg series, Lisa Wyzlic takes the “worrying character” and makes them a head of lettuce who is a bit neurotic and honestly, a bit vain. They go through the environmental aspects of what is happening, his friends try and […]

A little girl and a big idea

Jhupli’s Honey Bee Box by Achintyarup Ray

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CBR15Passport country (India) With a title like Jhupli’s Honey Bee Box I assumed there would be bees and a honey box. I did not expect tigers. And no, it is not a story where the tigers like honey, but one where they like the people who go into the jungle to harvest the honey. In fact, they like them so much the people never return to the village. Well, there is a twist for ya! Bet you didn’t see that coming either! Joking aside, this […]

The man who invited a dance style

Juba: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers

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CBR15Passport I own Based on true events of a little-known dancer of the pre-Civil War era, Juba: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers is a story of race and fame. This is the story of the man who invented modern tap dance. There is a mixture of humor and seriousness to the text as well as the overall tone. There is some language used (the N word and “racoon” without the “ra”) and talk of violence that happened (in the south and even north) therefore, […]

Maybe this will quack you up more than it did me

One Cool Duck V01: King of Cool by Mike Petrik

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Occasionally I find a book that I read and think, “Huh.”  And One Cool Duck V01: King of Cool was one of those books. The concept is easy enough, we learn about what is cool and how to be cool (do not brag, be nice to others, do not show off, ad help others). And Mike Petrik’s story is good for all of that. They write a story for the (read to) five and up crowd, but one that readers just starting (with help and […]



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