Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

What do Kafka, a doll and a bunch of dinosaurs on picture day have in common? Nothing, except all are from the publisher NorthSouth

Wish You Were Here: Postcards from Franz Kafka by Bernadette Watts

Picture Day at Dino Play by Sean Julian

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One day I was sitting at my desk, trying to remember what the next thing on my To-Do list was, as I had misplaced it (I’m thinking of adding “Find Last To-Do list you lost” to the new To-Do list), when I got an email from the wonderful contact I have from NorthSouth books. They were asking me to take a quick survey about their books/operations and as a thank you, I could have a book sent to me. Well, yes, I’m all about free […]

More toymakers for the children!

Asha and the Toymaker by Sakshi Mangal

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cbr16bingo  Bollywood (child lives in a village of India and the author is from Mumbai, India)   Asha and the Toymaker by Sakshi Mangal is something that one needs to experience themselves. I can say it is about Asha and her father in India. I can say that she is a young girl whose father wants her to study hard, not worry about money (that is his job to raise money so she can go to school) and have the opportunities that he did not […]

“I did all by myself.”

Lego Jurassic World Build Your Own Adventure: With Minifigure and Exclusive Model [With Legos] by Julia March and Selina Wood

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The other day I was being Aunt-sat. The oldest nephew had basketball practice for the Special Olympics in the later morning so we were taking it easy. He and I were just shooting the breeze, playing games on our phones/game players and relaxing after a light lunch. But, to be honest, I was getting a bit tired of hearing “the pew” of the game (to be nice to the rest of us in the house, he played it low, but still). Of course, I adored […]

Extra Extra Read All about Frankie and her Hard News Investigating Crew!

Frankie and Friends V01 Breaking News by Christine Platt

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CBR16SweetChallenge #Cozy (the book turned into a cozy read) I picked up a slightly shelf worn copy of Frankie and Friends V01 Breaking News the other day, though I was not sure why. The cover was not “grabbing me” (there are toys and a girl who looks like a doll herself) but maybe it was because it was short, and I was looking for something that was quick and easy. When I needed a quick break from the more intense stories I was reading (a graphic novel about racism and […]

Slime time

Slime Shop by Karina Garcia

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CBR15Passport country (Illustrator from Germany) I must have lived a sheltered life. Or my mother was one of those people who knew she would have to clean up the mess if she gave me and my sister slime. Oh, I had some silly putty, but it just was not the same. Afterall, are they writing books on how to make silly putty? Or books about silly putty coming to life? Nope. But Karina Garcia and Kevin Panetta are writing Slime Shop (due August 2023) a […]

Don’t toss your baby brother around on the moon

Molly on the Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal

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When Molly moves to the Moon, she is going to live in such a small home that she can only bring one toy with her, her special soft toy lamb. But that does not stop our Molly on the Moon from having fun. She has some tin cans for having tea, an old cover for a cape and her imagination. However, one day that special toy goes missing only to be found in the clutches of Molly’s baby brother, Luke, (who since the gravity is […]



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