TITLES AUTHORS MEDIA AGE/GRADE DATE FEATURES

Book Reviews by Age and Grade Level Grades 10 and up --W-- The Wacousta Syndrome Gaile McGregor Reviewed by Bohdan Kincyzk Grades 12 and up 1986 May 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 A Walk on Canol Road S.R. Gage Reviewed by R. Wieler Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 March The Walls of India George Woodcock Reviewed by Gary Robertson Grades 11 and up 1986 January The Wandering Fire Guy Gavriel Kay Reviewed by Patrick Dunn Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1987 May Wanderland Through the Looking Glass Ronald Bordessa and James M. Cameron Reviewed by Murray Heslop Grades 12 and up 1983 January The Wanton Troopers Alden Nowlan Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton Grades 11 and up 1988 November War Gwynne Dyer Reviewed by Allan S. Evans Grades 12 and up 1986 March War and Peacekeeping J.L. Granatstein and David Bercuson Reviewed by John Harkness Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1992 September War Criminal on Trial: the Rauca Case Sol Littman Reviewed by Neil Payne Grades 11 and up 1984 May War In an Empty House Don Domanski Reviewed by Sister Anne Leonard Grades 11 and up 1983 March War in the West: Voices of the 1885 Rebellion Rudy Wiebe and Bob Beal Reviewed by J.D. Ingram Grades 9 and up 1986 May The War of 1812; The War That Both Sides Won Wesley Turner Reviewed by Donna J. Adrian Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 March Warriors of the North Pacific Charles Lillard (Edited by) Reviewed by Donald Precosky Grades 12 and up 1985 May Wars Without End Eric Downton Reviewed by Marc Shaw Grades 11 and up 1988 September The Watcher J. Robert Janes Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Grades 12 and up 1983 January Wave Watch Lesley Choyce Reviewed by Floyd Spracklin Grades 4-10 / Ages 9-15 1991 March The Way We Were Ken Bell Reviewed by R. Wieler Grades 9 and up 1989 January A Way with Words George Bowering Reviewed by Chris Kempling Grades 12 and up 1982 November The Weather Lorne Crozier Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 9 and up 1984 May The Weather Book Reviewed by Fred May Grades 12 and up 1982 November A Week at Galecliff: Cooking With Barbara Mercer Barbara Mercer Reviewed by Marilyn Kogon Grades 10 and up / Ages 14 and up 1991 January Welding Processes and Practices: Student's Manual William E. Fricker and Garry F. Sear Reviewed by Joseph C. Stewart Grades 10 and up 1986 March We Stand on Guard: Poems and Songs of Canadians in Battle John Robert Columbo and Michael Richardson Reviewed by Vivienne Denton Grades 10 and up 1986 July We Went to War: The Story of the Japanese Canadians Who Served During the First and Second World Wars Roy Ito Reviewed by Louise Dick Grades 12 and up 1985 May We Were the Salt of the Earth! Victor Howard Reviewed by R. Wieler Grades 10 and up 1986 March The West Coasters David Corcoran Reviewed by Eve Williams Grades 12 and up 1986 May West of Fiction Leah Plater, Aritha van Herk and Rudy Wiebe (Edited by) Reviewed by Grace Funk Grades 10 and up 1983 November Western Canada: An Outline History Arthur J. Lower Reviewed by George Hoffman Grades 11 and up 1985 January Whalers No More Hagelund, W.A. Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 10 and up 1988 July Whale Singer Welwyn Katz Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1991 March What to Listen For in Mozart Robert Harris Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 October Wheels for Walking Sandra Richmond Reviewed by Susanna Miyake Grades 10 and up 1984 March Whelan: The Man in the Green Stetson Eugene Whelan with Rick Archbold Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up 1987 January Whence They Came; Deportation From Canada 1900-1935 Barbara Roberts Reviewed by Barbara Camfield Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 September When the Fat Lady Sings: Opera History As it Ought to Be Taught David W. Barber Reviewed by Gary Robertson Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1991 March When Freedom is Lost: the Dark Side of the Relationship Between Government and the Fort Hope Band Paul Driben and Robert S. Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 11 and up 1984 May When I Was Young Raymond Massey Reviewed by Anne Locatelli Grades 12 and up 1983 September When Justics Fails Carl Karp and Cecil Rosner Reviewed by Eric Bonfield Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1992 September When Nights Were Long Peter Shostak Reviewed by Elaine Blakey Grades 6 and up 1984 May When the Rains Came: And Other Legends of the Salish People As told to Dolby Evan Turner Reviewed by Kay Kerman Grades 7 and up/Ages 12 and up 1993 May When Rum Was King: The Story of the Prohibition Era in New Brunswick B.J. Grant Reviewed by Catherine Cox Grades 10 and up 1985 July When Spring Comes Lynda Hargrave Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grades 7 to 10 1988 July When Things Get Back to Normal M.T. Dohaney Reviewed by Susan E. Fowler Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1990 May When the Whalers Were Up North: Inuit Memories from the Eastern Arctic Dorothy Harley Eber Reviewed by Kay Kerman Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 January Where is Kabuki? Don Druick Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1992 January Where Life and Death Hold Hands William Allister Reviewed by Marc Shaw Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 September Where the Rivers Meet Don Sawyer Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1989 May Where There's a Will... Edward Phillips Reviewed by Jean Keenan Grades 12 and up 1984 September Where Were You?: Memorable Events of the Twentieth Century Roger Hall and Sandra Martin Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky Grades 9 and up 1982 November The Whirlpool Jane Urquhart Reviewed by James Kinstone Grades 12 and up 1987 March Whisperland Christopher Hyde Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1988 May Whispers From the Past: Selections from the Writings of New Brunswick Women Elizabeth W. McGahan Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 10 and up 1987 May White Desert Jean Ethier-Blais Reviewed by Barbara Camfield Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1992 March White Faces Fraser Sutherland Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 11 and up 1987 March White Hoods: Canada's Ku Klux Klan Julian Sher Reviewed by George Gereben Grades 12 and up 1984 May White Narcissus Raymond Knister Reviewed by David Chadwick Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1990 September The White Pass: Gateway to the Klondike Roy Minter Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 10 and up 1988 May White Tulips for Lena Elizabeth Verkoczy Reviewed by Ellen Robson Grades 12 and up 1984 May Whitewash Liz Armstrong and Adrienne Scott Reviewed by Ruth Bainbridge Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1992 September Who Cares About the Environment? Tracey M. Derwing and Judy Cameron Reviewed by Grant Reynolds Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1992 September Who Has Seen the Wind W.O. Mitchell Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1992 May Who Killed Janet Smith Edward Starkins Reviewed by Beatrice E. Russell Grades 10 and up 1986 September Who Knows What: Canadian Library-Related Expertise Susan Klement (ed.) Reviewed by P.J. Hammel Professional 1985 January Who Speaks for the Children? Giving Voice to a Forgotten Generation Peter Silverman Reviewed by Susan E. Fowler Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1989 July Who's Who In Candian Literature Anne V. Mercer and Gordon Ripley (Edited by) Reviewed by Adèle Ashby Grades 10 and up 1984 November Why We Act Like Canadian: a Personal Exploration of Our National Character Pierre Berton Reviewed by Dennis Nosyk Grades 9 and up 1983 July Whylah Falls George Elliott Clarke Reviewed by Ian Dempsey Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 May Wild Harmony: the Cycle of Life in the Northern Forest William O. Pruitt Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky Grades 11 and up 1984 January Wide Load Fred Bonnie Reviewed by Joanne K. A. Peters Grades 12 and up 1987 November Wild One Paul Kropp Reviewed by Robert W. Bruinsma Grades 6-9 1983 May A Wild Peculiar Joy: Selected Poems 1945-82 Irving Layton Reviewed by Tony Cosier Grades 11 and up 1983 May A Wild Peculiar Joy: Selected Poems 1945-89 Irving Layton Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1990 March The Wild Prairie: a Natural History of the Western Plains Tim Fitzharris Reviewed by Grace E. Funk All Ages 1984 March Wilderness of Fortune: the Story of Western Canada James K. Smith Reviewed by J. D. Ingram Grades 11 and up 1984 May Wilderness Man: the Strange Story of Grey Owl Lovat Dickson Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky Grades 12 and up 1984 November Wilderness Seasons: Life and Adventure in Canada's North Ian Wilson and Sally Wilson Reviewed by Mary Fallis Grades 10 and up 1987 September Wildhorse Jack: the Legend of Hack Morton Grant MacEwan Reviewed by Sister Mechtilde Byblow Grades 10 and up 1984 March Wildlife of the Mackenzie Delta Region Lisa M. Casselman, Dawn M. Dickinson and Arthur M. Martell Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades 11 and up 1984 November Will to Power: The Missionary Career of Father Morice David Mulhall Reviewed by Allan S. Evans Grades 12 and up 1987 May The Wimp John Ibbotson Reviewed by William F. Benson Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17 1986 March Windflower Gabrielle Roy Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1992 May The Windmill Turning: Nursery Rhymes, Maxims, and Other Expressions of Western Canadian Mennonites Victor Carl Friesen Reviewed by Hazel Birt Grades 11 and up 1989 January Windows and Mirrors: Short Stories, Volume 1 Marilyn Chapman (Edited by) Reviewed by Clare A. Darby Grades 9-10 1986 January Windows and Mirrors: Short Stories: Volume 2 Marilyn Chapman Reviewed by Marilyn Chapman Grades 11-12 1987 May The Winds Softly Sigh R. F. Sparkes Reviewed by G. J. Casey Grades 10 and up 1984 May Winging It: Everybody's Guide to Making Speeches Without Notes Keith Spicer Reviewed by Susan Ratcliffe Grades 11 and up 1983 November Wings Over Water: Birds of the Atlantic Stuart Tingley Reviewed by Elinor Kelly Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1992 March Wings Over the West: Russ Baker and the Rise of Pacific Western Aitlines John Condit Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood Grades 9 and up 1985 July Winning the Life Insurance Game J.J. Brown Reviewed by David Chadwick Grades 10 and up 1986 March Winning the Radar War: A Memoir Jack Nissen and A.W. Cockerill Reviewed by Alfred L.F. Grades 10 and up 1988 March Winning the Second Battle: Canadian Veterans and the Return to Civilian Life 1915-1930 Desmond Morton and Glenn Wright. Reviewed by Alfred L.F. Greenwood Grades 10 and up 1988 March A Winter in Paris Katherine Bermingham Reviewed by Louise Reimer Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 November Winter of the White Wolf Byrna Barclay Reviewed by Donna J. Adrian Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1989 May Winter Prophecies Ralph Gustafson Reviewed by B. Henley-Hodgson Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1988 September Winter Sun/the Dumbfounding: Poems 1940-66 Margaret Avison Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 12 and up 1983 March Wishbone Reg Silvester Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1991 January The Wise Traveller Margaret MacLean Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 September Wit & Wisdom of John Diefenbaker John Diefenbaker Reviewed by Sister Mechtilde Byblow Grades 10 and up 1983 March Witches & Idiots Ken Mitchell Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 January With a Bang, Not a Whiper: Pierre Trudeau Speaks Out Edited by Donald Johnston Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 July Withe Baskets, Traps and Brooms: Traditional Crafts in Nova Scotia Joleen Gordon Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 6 and up 1985 May With God Nothing is Impossible: A Canadian Life Murray Dryden Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 10 and up 1986 March Witness Against War: Pacifism in Canada 1900-1945 Thomas P. Socknat Reviewed by Janet Tomkins Grades 12 and up 1987 November The Witts: an Affectionate Look at Toronto's Original Red Rockets Larry Partridge Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 10 and up 1982 November Wives of the Canadian Prime Ministers Carol McLeod Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 10 and up 1986 July Woman Talking Woman Maxine Tynes Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 March Women Against Censorship Varda Burstyn Reviewed by Catherine Creede Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1985 September Women & Children First: a Provocative Look at Modern Canadian Women at Work and at Home Michele Landsberg Reviewed by Olive Bowles Grades 10 and up 1983 May Women in Canada: A Bibliography 1965 to 1982 Carol Mazur and Sheila Pepper Reviewed by P.J. Hammel Grades 10 and up 1985 May Women of Influence: Canadian Women and Politics Penney Kome Reviewed by Marian M. Press Grades 11 and up 1985 November Women & Words: The Anthology/Les Femmes et les Mot: Une Anthologie Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 12 and up 1985 July Women and Work: Inequality in the Labour Market Erin Phillips and Paul Phillips Reviewed by Jacqueline Foerter Grades 9 and up 1983 September The Wonder of Canadian Birds Candace Savage Reviewed by Elinor Kelly Grades 11 and up 1986 January Wood As a Renewable Energy Source: Learning Materials for Grades 9-11 Anthony Smith Reviewed by Peter Chernoff Grades 6-Adult 1983 March Word Processing Applications Graeme A. Walker and Mary Hay Preece Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 12 and up 1985 January Words Fail Us: Good English and Other Lost Causes Bob Blackburn Reviewed by Joanne Peters Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1993 September Words and Music Louise Maheux-Forcier Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1990 November Words That Taste Good Bill Moore Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky Grades 11 and up 1987 September Words on Waves: Selected radio plays of Earle Birney Earle Birney Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 9 and up 1985 November The Worker in Sandalwood Marjorie Pickthall Reviewed by Theo Hersh Grades 2 an up / Ages 7 and up 1992 May Working in Steel Craig Heron Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 12 and up 1988 September Working in the Woods: A History of Logging on the West Coast Ken Drushka Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1993 May A Workshop on Artifical Intelligence Reviewed by W. F. Benson Grades 12 and up 1984 March The World of Computers and Information Processing Rob Kelley Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 9 and up 1983 January A World of Difference: Gender Roles in Perspective Esther R. Greenglass Reviewed by Ellen Robson Grades 12 and up 1983 January World of Vocabulary: Canada Ken Weber and Cecile Weber Reviewed by Joanne Peters Grades 7-10 1987 September Worlds Unrealized: Short Stories of Adolescene by Canadian Writers, Volumes I and II Edited by Andrew Garrod and Janet Webster Reviewed by Anne Louise Mahoney Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1992 January A World Unto Itself: The Political Memoirs of Don Jamieson, Vol. II Don Jamieson Reviewed by Val K. Lem Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September A World of Difference: Every Students Guide to Off-Beat Work, Travel and Study Opportunities Lisa Yarmoshuk and Chris Coy Reviewed by Marc Shaw Grades 9 and up 1989 January The World of William Notman Roger Hall with Gordon Dodds and Stanley Triggs Reviewed by Brenda Reed Grades 10 an up / Ages 15 and up 1994 March/April The Writer and Human Rights Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 12 and up 1984 September Writers of Newfoundland and Labrador: Twentieth Century Lisa de Leon Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner Grades 12 and up 1986 July Writers on Writing: Guide to Writing and Illustrating Children's Books Edited by David Booth Reviewed by Norma Charles Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1989 July The Writing of Canadian History Carl Berger Reviewed by John Harkness Grades 12 and up 1987 May Writing Fundamentals Joseph T. Lyons Reviewed by Ralph Wintrob Grades 12 and up 1983 September Writing! An Informal, Anecdotal Guide to the Secrets of Crafting and selling Non-Fiction Adrian Waller Reviewed by Elaine Blakey Grades 12 and up 1988 September Writing for the Joy of It Leonard L. Knott Reviewed by Nancy Carlman Grades 9 and up 1983 November Writing Picture Books Kathy Stinson Reviewed by Norma Charles Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1992 March Writings and Reflections Roderick Haig-Brown Reviewed by Joan VanSickle Grades 11 and up 1982 November Wrong Time, Wrong Place Lesley Choyce Reviewed by Floyd Spracklin Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1992 May A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |