Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Messy handwriting doesn’t mean you can’t be an author

Abdul’s Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

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I have read parts of Abdul’s Story off and on for a year now. Finally, I was able to find the finish copy and sink my teeth in. This story is how a young boy, Abdul, loves telling stories. But writing them is a lot harder. Besides, why write them down? Some stories are meant to be told. Yet, when an author comes to his class, a man who looks like Abul with his straight lines, and unscuffed shoes, he learns that there are many […]

To be celebrated

M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child by Tiffany Rose

Black Girl Magic A Poem by Mahogany L. Browne

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Both books are hard to rate. Because if you say, “I did not care for them.” You are instantly bullied and told you are racist. No, I just feel that there was something missing. Or maybe the art was not my personal tastes. Or maybe the book is, frankly, just plain bad regardless of the subject. I will start with the one I preferred; M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child. Tiffany Rose has written, a lovely and wonderful book. If I […]



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