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Grades 10 and up

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The Dalhousie Journals, Volume 3
Marjory Whitelaw
Reviewed by John D. Crawford
Grades 11 and up
1983 March

Dancing on the Shore
Harold Horwood
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 12 and up
1988 January

Dancing Visions
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 11 and up
1986 May

Dangerous Patriots: Canada's Unknown Prisoners of War
Kathleen M. Repka and William Repka
Reviewed by Neil Payne
Grades 12 and up
1983 July

Dare to Dream: The Story of the Famous People Players
Diane Dupuy
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Grades 12 and up
1989 January

Daring Lady Flyers
Joyce Spring
Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1994 September

Dark to Light: Reasons for Humanness; Poems 1976-1979
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Grades 11 and up
1983 November

Dark Secrets
Veronica Ross
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barett
Grades 11 and up
1983 September

The Darkest Road
Guy Gavriel Kay
Reviewed by Patrick Dunn
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1987 July

Darkness
Baharati Mukherjee
Reviewed by Barbara Egerer Walker
Grades 12 and up
1986 January

Dartmouth's Day of Anguish;...The Explosion, December 6, 1917
Harry Chapman
Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
1993 September

Dateline Canada: Understanding Economics Through Press Reports
Peter Kennedy and Gary Dorosh
Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
Grades 12 and up
1987 March

David Boyle: From Artisan to Archaeologist
Gerald Killan
Reviewed by Carrie Gardner
Grades 9 and up
1983 November

David Cronenberg: A Delicate Balance
Peter Morris
Reviewed by Val K. Lem
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1994 November/December

David Suzuki Asks Did You Know...About Food and Feeding?
Laura Suzuki and Peter Cook
Reviewed by Anna Santarossa
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up
1991 September

Day Care and the Canadian School System: a CEA Survey of Child Care Services in Schools
Reviewed by Donna Kenwell
Grades 12 and up
1983 September

A Day in the Life of Canada: Calendar, 1988
Reviewed by Margaret MacLean
All Grades and Ages
1988 March

The D-Day Dodgers: The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945
Daniel G. Dancocks
Reviewed by John Harkness
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 October

Dazzled
John Gray
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Dead in the Water
Ted Wood
Reviewed by Adèle Ashby
Grades 12 and up
1984 January

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

Dearest Emilie: The Love Letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Madame Emilie Lavergne
Reviewed by Paul E. Lewis
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 May

Dear Old Rebel: A Priest's Battle for Justice
Harvey Steele
Reviewed by Val K. Lem
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
1994 May/June

Death in the Old Country
Eric Wright
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Grades 11 and up
1985 November

Debt Shock: The Full Story of the World Credit Crisis
Darrell Delamaide
Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
Grades 12 and up
1984 November

Debunk's Illustrated Guide to the Canadian Establishment
Don Harron
Reviewed by Jean Farquharson
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

December Six/The Halifax Solution
Lesley Choyce
Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner
Grades 11 and up
1989 January

Decisions, Decisions
Barbara Bowers and John Godfrey
Reviewed by Carrie Gardner
Grades 12 and up
1986 November

Decisions for Health
Alan Robertson, et al.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Woodger
Grades 9 and up
1983 March

Decisions for Health. Teacher's Guide
Alan Robertson, et al.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Woodger
Grades 9 and up
1983 March

Dedications
Dennis Cooley
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1989 January

The Deepening of the Colours
Gail Fox
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 12 and up
1987 May

Deep Hollow Creek
Sheila Watson
Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton
Adult / Secondary
1992 October

The Defence of Canada: In the Arms of the Empire, 1760-1939
Gwynne Dyer and Tina Viljoen
Reviewed by Allan S. Evans
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1990 May

Defendo: the Total Self-Defense System
Reviewed by Elizabeth Woodger
Grades 12 and up
1983 September

Denison's Ice Road
Edith Iglauer
Reviewed by Robin Lewis
Grades 9 and up
1983 March

Dental Health: A Teacher's Guide, K-12
Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine
Grades K-12
1986 September

The Deptford Trilogy
Robertson Davies
Reviewed by Bohdan Kinezyk
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1988 January

The Desoloate City: The Catholic Church in Ruins
Anne Roche Muggeridge
Reviewed by Robert Berard
Grades 11 and up
1987 March

The Diaries of Edmund Montague Morris
Edmund Montague Morris
Reviewed by Louise Dick
Grades 9 and up
1986 May

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume V 1801-1820
Reviewed by J. D. Ingram
Grades 11 and up
1984 May

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume VI: 1821-1835
Frances G. Halpenny (General Editor)
Reviewed by P.J. Hammel
Grades 10 and up
1987 November

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. VII: 1836-1850
Francess Halpenny
Reviewed by P.J. Hammel
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1989 May

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume XI, 1881 to 1890
Reviewed by J. D. Ingram
Grades 10 and up
1982 November

Dictionary of Canadian Biograpy, Volume XII: 1891-1900
Francess Halpenny
Reviewed by Alison Mews
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1990 September

Dieppe and Beyond for a Dollar and a Half a Day
John Patrick Grogan
Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood
Grades 9 and up
1984 March

Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph
Denis Whitaker
Reviewed by Marsha Kaiserman
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1993 January

Diet Strategy
Ronda Clanfield and Malcolm Dean
Reviewed by Cheryl Bonowicz
Grades 10 and up
1983 November

Dig Up My Heart: Selected Poems 1952-83
Milton Acorn
Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
Grades 11 and up
1984 January

Digging in: New Poems
Elizabeth Brewster
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Grades 9 and up
1983 January

Digging Up The Mountains
Neil Bissoondath
Reviewed by Don Precovsky
Grades 12 and up
1985 September

The Dinah's Cupboard Cookbook
Dinah Koo and Janice Poon
Reviewed by Leslie McGrath
Grades 12 and up
1987 May

Dene Traditional Life Series
Reviewed by Alma Webster
Grades 4-12
1982 September

Dinosaur Provincial Park
Gordon Reid
Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook
Grades 7-Adult
1987 July

Dinosaurs and How They Lived
Steve Parker
Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook
Grades 2 to 10
1988 September

Dinosaurs of the West
Ron Stewart
Reviewed by Mollie Hooper
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1989 July

Directives of Autumn
Ralph Gustafson
Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
Grades 10 and up
1985 July

Disappearances: True Accounts of Canadians Who Have Vanished
Derrick Murdoch
Reviewed by Mary Fallis
Grades 12 and up
1983 September

Discover Canada: Saskatchewan
Dave Margoshess
Reviewed by Irene Gordon
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up
1994 May/June

Discover in China
Sophia M. R. Leung
Reviewed by Elinor Kelly
Grades 10 and up
1983 January

Discovering Biological Science
Reviewed by Peter Freeman
Grades 8-10
1983 September

Discovery in the North Atlantic: From the 6th to 17th Century
J.J. Sharp
Reviewed by Michele F. Kallio
Grades 9 and up/Ages 14 and up
1992 May

Displaced Persons: Stories
Fred Bonnie
Reviewed by Warner Winter
Grades 10 and up
1983 July

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

Distant Relations
Kenneth Radu
Reviewed by Donna Doyle
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1989 July

Do it Standing Up: Board Sailing for Beginners
Bill Gould
Reviewed by Fred Leicester
Grades 9 and up
1988 November

Documenting Canada: A History of Modern Canada in Documents
Edited by Dave DeBrou and Bill Waiser
Reviewed by John Harkness
Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up
1992 November

Doctor Knickerbocker and Other Rhymes: A Canadian Collection
David Booth
Reviewed by Maryleah Otto
All ages and professional use.
1993 October

Doing it Right: Eminent Canadians Confront the Future
Edited and introduced by John C. Munro
Reviewed by Charles Ottosen
Grades 12 and up
1988 March

A Doctor in the West
Morris Gibson
Reviewed by George Hoffman
Grades 10 and up
1984 May

Doctors
Martin O'Malley
Reviewed by Ellen Robson
Grades 12 and up
1984 January

Dolls of Canada: A Reference Guide
Evelyn Robson Strahlendorf
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 10 and up
1987 May

Dome: the Rise and Fall of the House that Jack Built
Jim Lyon
Reviewed by George Seibel
Grades 12 and up
1984 March

Domestic Fuel
Erin Mouré
Reviewed by Marion Mintis
Grades 11 and up
1986 May

The Donnellys: a Trilogy
James Reaney
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 11 and up
1984 May

Don't You Know Anybody Else?
Ted Allen
Reviewed by Patricia Sentance
Grades 12 and up
1985 September

The Doomsday Book of Animals: a Natural History of Vanquished Species
David Day
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 10 and up
1982 September

Dottore! Internment in Italy 1940-1945
Salim Diamand
Reviewed by Floyd Spracklin
Grades 10 and up
1988 March

Double Day, Double Bind: Women Garment Workers
Charlene Gannagé
Reviewed by Ruth Rausa
Grades 12 and up
1986 November

Double Tuning
Robert Finch
Reviewed by Charles Mountford
Grades 11 and up
1985 September

Double Visions
Thelma Poirer and Jean Hillabold
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Dragon Fall
Lee J. Hindle
Reviewed by Barbara Conquest
Grades 8-10 / Ages 13-15
1985 July

The Drake International Canadian Secretary's Handbook
Reviewed by Ellen Robson
Grades 10 and up
1983 September

Dramatic W. O. Mitchell: Five Plays
W. O. Mitchell
Reviewed by Pauline A. Burns
Grades 11 and up
1983 July

The Dream Class Anthology
Matt Cohen and David Young (Selected by)
Reviewed by Adele L. Massena
Grades 9 and up
1984 January

The Dreaming Place
Charles De Lint
Reviewed by Joan Weller
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 September

The Dreamland & Girls in the Gang
Raymond Storey and John Roby
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1992 January

A Dream Like Mine
M.T. Kelly
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
1988 September

The Dream of Nation: a Social and Intellectual History of Quebec
Susan Mann Trofimenkoff
Reviewed by Barbara A. Macrae
Grades 11 and up
1983 May

Dream On
Chrystos
Reviewed by donalee Moulton
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1991 October

Dreams of Equality: Women on the Canadian Left, 1920-1950
Joan Sangster
Reviewed by Catherine Cox
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
1989 July

Drifting Snow: An Arctic Search
James Houston
Reviewed by Patricia Fry
Grades 7 and up/Ages 12 and up
1993 May

Duck Feathers & Gopher Tails: An Autobiography of Jack McPherson
Edited by Wes Henderson
Reviewed by Irene Gordon
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up
1990 November

Dustship Glory
Andreas Schroeder
Reviewed by Joanne Peters
Grades 11 and up
1986 September

A Dutch Heritage: 200 Years of Dutch Experience in the Windsor-Detroit Border Region
Joan Magee
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Grades 7 and up
1984 May

Dynamics of Consumer Behavior
Winston M. Mahatoo
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Grades 12 and up
1985 September

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