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Book Reviews by DATE (1990 March)

89: Best Canadian Stories
Edited by David and Maggie Helwig
Reviewed by Donna J. Adrian
Adult
1990 March

According to Jake and the Kid
W.O. Mitchell
Reviewed by Linda Holeman
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Aids: What We Need to Know, an Instructional Program, Level I
Nettie R. Bartel and John E. Orlando with Roxanne L. Bartel
Reviewed by Kenneth Elliott
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Aids: What We Need to Know, an Instructional Program, Level II
Nettie R. Bartel and John E. Orlando with Roxanne L. Bartel
Reviewed by Kenneth Elliott
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Alvin: A Biography of the Hon. Alvin Hamilton, P.C.
Patrick Kyba
Reviewed by Gerri Young
Adult/Post-secondary
1990 March

Ancient Canada
Robert McGhee
Reviewed by Joan Skogan
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up
1990 March

Angel Mae: A Tale of Trotter Street
Shirley Hughes
Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch
Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8
1990 March

Balloon Science
Etta Kaner
Reviewed by Eve Williams
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up
1990 March

Barefoot on the Prairie: Memories of Life on a Prairie Homestead
Ferne Nelson
Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1990 March

The Broadview Book of Sports Anecdotes
Edited by Brendan Connor
Reviewed by Walter Kalyn
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Brothers in Arms
Jordan Wheeler
Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown
Adult
1990 March

Canadian Writers and Their Works: Poetry Series Volume VI
Robert Lecker, Jack David and Ellen Quigley
Reviewed by Ian Dempsey
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Child Development: Readings for Teachers
Claudio Violato and Anthony Marini
Reviewed by Gail Lennon
Professional
1990 March

Coming Attractions
Edited by Maggie Helwig and Bronwen Wallace
Reviewed by Esther Hutchinson
Post-secondary/Adult
1990 March

A Cow, a Cake, and a Red Canoe
Pamela Wolfe
Reviewed by Gwen Maguire
Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8
1990 March

Dance on the Earth: A Memoir
Margaret Laurence
Reviewed by S.A. McLennan McCue
Adult
1990 March

Deadly Allies: Canada's Secret War, 1937-1989
John Bryden
Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 March

The Dispossessed: Life and Death in Native Canada
Geoffrey York
Reviewed by Ruth Bainbridge
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Drolleries & Impertinences. Vol. 1, A Collection of Nostalgias
Leonard Howe
Reviewed by Elinor Kelly
Adult
1990 March

Duck Cakes for Sale
Janet Lunn
Reviewed by Frances Nokes
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7
1990 March

Ebeneezer McColl: Friend to the Indians
Frances McColl
Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown
Adult/Post-secondary
1990 March

The English River Book: A North West Company Journal and Account Book of 1786
Edited and with and introduction by Harry W. Duckworth
Reviewed by Jack Brown
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Fall
Ann Blades
Reviewed by Marilyn Aldworth
Preschool / Ages 3-5
1990 March

Fat Charlie's Circus
Marie-Louis Gay
Reviewed by Alison Mews
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8
1990 March

Franny and the Music Girl
Emily Hearn
Reviewed by Kay Kerman
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8
1990 March

French Immersion: Myths and Reality
Hector Hammerly
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Professional
1990 March

Georgian Bay
John Hartman
Reviewed by J.E. Simpson
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up
1990 March

The Ghost of Peppermint Flats and Other Stories
Ted Stone
Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11
1990 March

Giant or Waiting for the Thursday Boat
Robert Munsch
Reviewed by Patricia Fry
Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11
1990 March

A Gift From St. Francis: The First Crèche
Joanna Cole
Reviewed by Anne Kelly
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8
1990 March

A Good Baby
Leon Rooke
Reviewed by Joanne Peters
Adult/Secondary
1990 March

Grandma's Secret
Paulette Bourgeois
Reviewed by Edith Strocen
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8
1990 March

The Guardian Circle
Margaret Buffie
Reviewed by Adele M. Fasick
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14
1990 March

Home for Christmas
Dierdre Kessler
Reviewed by Fran Newman
Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11
1990 March

Houses of Nova Scotia
Allen Penney
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Introducing Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel: A Reader's Guide
George Woodcock
Reviewed by Joanne Peters
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Jackson's Point
Kenneth Sherman
Reviewed by Ian Dempsey
Adult/Secondary
1990 March

Jerusalem: The Future of the Past
Moshe Safdie
Reviewed by Paul E. Lewis
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 March

Jumbo Gumbo: Songs, Poems, and Stories for Children
Wenda McArthur and Geoffrey Ursell
Reviewed by Deborah Mervold
Grades 1-6 / Ages 6-11
1990 March

The Latest Morningside Papers
Peter Gzowski
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 March

The Lawn Jockey
Aislin
Reviewed by Warner Winter
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
1990 March

Luk Mume Luk Dade I Kan Rit
Una Villiers
Reviewed by Donna Doyle
Adult/Professional
1990 March

The Magic Paint Brush
Robin Muller
Reviewed by Janice Foster
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11
1990 March

Margaret Anglin, A Stage Life
John LeVay
Reviewed by Gerri Young
Adult/Post-secondary
1990 March

Memories of War: Promises of Peace
Mary Jo Leddy
Reviewed by Maryleah Otto
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Merchants of Misery: Inside Canada's Illegal Drug Scene
Victor Malarek
Reviewed by E. Robson
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Milford and Me
Patrick Lane
Reviewed by Jane Smith
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8
1990 March

Monsters He Mumbled
Sean O'Huigin
Reviewed by Gwen Maguire
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11
1990 March

Mysterious Canada: Strange Sights, Extraordinary Events, and Peculiar Places
John Colombo
Reviewed by Melanie Fogel
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up
1990 March

Nature What's It? Creatures, Plants, Nature's Oddities and More
Compiled and edited by Lyn Thomas
Reviewed by Janice Foster
Kindergarten to Grade 6 / Ages 5-11
1990 March

Older than Ravens
L. Douglas Reimer
Reviewed by Mollie Hooper
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1990 March

On the Brink: Endangered Species in Canada
James A. Burnett et al.
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Ordinary Russians
Barry Broadfoot
Reviewed by Louise Reimer
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Pack Ice
Frances Itani
Reviewed by Alma Webster
Adult
1990 March

Pandora
Sylvia Fraser
Reviewed by Paul R. Birch
Adult
1990 March

Party Fun
Edited by Catherine Ripley
Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11
1990 March

Plain Noodles
Betty Waterton
Reviewed by Theo Hersh
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6
1990 March

Playing for Keeps: The Making of the Prime Minister, 1988
Graham Fraser
Reviewed by Violet Williams
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 March

Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature
Edited by Guy Badeaux
Reviewed by Fred Leicester
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

The Road Past Altamont
Gabrielle Roy
Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Running West
James Houston
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Science Teacher's Choice
Nancy Williamson
Reviewed by Graham Draper
Professional
1990 March

Shadow of Heaven: The Life of Lester Pearson - Volume One: 1897-1948
John English
Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

Shane: A Degrassi Book
Susin Nielsen
Reviewed by Dorothy Dodge
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14
1990 March

Simon and the Wind
Gilles Tibo
Reviewed by Hazel Birt
Preschool and up / Ages 3 and up
1990 March

Sir John A. Macdonald: The Man and the Politician
Donald Swainson
Reviewed by Allan S. Evans
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 March

Sleeping Dragons All Around
Sheree Fitch
Reviewed by Norma Charles
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 3-9
1990 March

A Small Place in the Sun
Patrick O'Flaherty
Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton
Adult/Secondary
1990 March

Son of a Smaller Hero
Mordecai Richler
Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 March

S.P. Likes A.D.
Catherine Brett
Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1990 March

Spring
Ann Blades
Reviewed by Marilyn Aldworth
Preschool / Ages 3-5
1990 March

State and Salvation: The Jehovah's Witnesses and Their Fight for Civil Rights
William Kaplan
Reviewed by John Bainbridge
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1990 March

Stories from Our Street
Richard Tulloch and Julie Vivas
Reviewed by Marion Scott
Preschool to Grade 2 / Ages 3-7
1990 March

Summer
Ann Blades
Reviewed by Marilyn Aldworth
Preschool / Ages 3-5
1990 March

The Swan Children
David Day
Reviewed by David H. Elias
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up
1990 March

Tales from Gold Mountain: Tales of the Chinese in the New World
Paul Yee
Reviewed by Constance Hall
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1990 March

"This is New York, Honey!"
Michele Landsberg
Reviewed by Melanie Fogel
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up
1990 March

This Was Our Valley
Earl K. Pollon and Shirlee Smith Matheson
Reviewed by John Harkness
Adult/Post-secondary
1990 March

Til All the Stars Have Fallen: Canadian Poems for Children
David Booth
Reviewed by Fran Newman
All Ages
1990 March

Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm
Harold Town and David P. Silcox
Reviewed by Gary Robertson
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up
1990 March

Wake Up Canada! Reflections on Vital National Issues
C.W. Peterson
Reviewed by Louise Dick
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1990 March

What's That Noise?
Michèle Lemieux
Reviewed by Joanne Robertson
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7
1990 March

A Wild Peculiar Joy: Selected Poems 1945-89
Irving Layton
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1990 March

With WK in the Workshop: A Memoir of William Kurelek
Brian Dedora
Reviewed by Bob Haxton
Adult/Post-secondary
1990 March

Windward Island
Karleen Bradford
Reviewed by Irene Gordon
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14
1990 March

Winter
Ann Blades
Reviewed by Marilyn Aldworth
Preschool / Ages 3-5
1990 March

Winter Magic
Eveline Hasler
Reviewed by Carol Steedman
Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8
1990 March

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