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cdnA Pacific Alphabet.
Margriet Ruurs. Illustrated by Dianna Bonder.
Review by Cora Lee.
Preschool-grade 6 / Ages 3-11.

cdnPacking Fraction.
Julie E. Czerneda, ed.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up.

 Pants Off First! (An Early Bird Boardbook).
Ruth Ohi.
Review by Ruth McMahon.
Preschool / Ages 6 months-5 years.

cdn Paper Fabric Book and Fun Kit. Fabulous Doll Fashions.
Jane Fleetwood-Morrow and Catherine Heard. Illustrated by Bill Kimber..
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 2 - 7 / Ages 7 - 12.

cdn Paper Fabric Book and Fun Kit. Fantastic Jewels.
Jane Fleetwood-Morrow and Jaclyn Shoub. Illustrated by Bill Kimber.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 2 - 7 / Ages 7 - 12.

cdnPapier-Mache. (Kids Can Do It Series).
Renee Schwarz.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.

cdnThe Parrot.
Laszlo and Raffaella Gal.
Review by Val Nielsen.
Grades K and up / Ages 5 and up.

cdnPartnerships For Classroom Learning.
Suzanne Girard and Kathlene R. Willing.
Review by Brenda Partridge.
Professional: Grades 1 - 8.

cdnThe Party.
Barbara Reid.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades Preschool - 3 / Ages 4 - 8.

cdnPas de quartier pour les poires.
Guy Lavigne.
Review by Kathleen Kellet-Betsos.
Grades 8 - 12 / Ages 13 - 17.

cdnPassword: MURDER.
Norah McClintock.
Review by Ruth Scales McMahon.
Grades 8 - 12 / Ages 13 - 18.

CDNPat-a-Cake Dough Book and Kit.
Sharon E. McKay. Illustrated by Marilyn Mets.
Review by Joan Payzant
Grades Preschool - 1 / Ages 3 - 6.

CDNPaul Bunyan on the West Coast
Tom Henry
Review by Peter Ross Croskery
Grades 4 and Up / Ages 8 and Up

CDNPaul Kane's Great Nor-West.
Diane Eaton and Sheila Urbanek.
Review by T.S. Casaubon.
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 and up.

cdnPauline Johnson: First Aboriginal Voice of Canada. (The Quest Library, 3).
Betty Keller.
Review by Darleen Golke.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.

intThe Peacock's Pride.
Melissa Kajpust. Illustrated by Jo'Anne Kelly.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades Preschool - 4 / Ages 5 - 9.

 The Peanut Butter Cookbook for Kids.
Ralph, Judy and Ray Gompf.
Review by A. Edwardsson.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 8 and up.

intThe Pebble in My Pocket - A History of Our Earth.
Meredith Hooper. Illustrated by Chris Coady.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 3 - 7 / Ages 8 - 13.

intPeek-A-Moo!
Marie Torres Cimarusti. Illustrated by Stephen Peterson.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades Preschool / Ages 2 - 4.

int Pegasus, the Flying Horse.
Jane Yolen (Reteller). Illustrated by Li Ming.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up.

can Pegeen and the Pilgrim.
Lyn Cook.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.

cdnPenelope: Terror in the Harbour. (Our Canadian Girl).
Sharon E. McKay.
Review by Kristin Butcher.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-12.

cdnThe People: A Historical Guide to the First Nations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
Donald Ward.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 8 - 13 / Ages 14 - 18.

CDNPeople and Places. (Secrets of the Rainforest.)
Michael Chinery.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 9 - 14.

CDNA People Apart.
Kathleen Kenna. Photographs by Andrew Stawicki.
Review by Deborah Mervold.
Grades 3 to 8 / Ages 8 to 14.

 The People of Many Faces: Masks, Myths and Ceremonies of the Iroquois.
Alex Mogelon.
Review by Adele Case.
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 and up.

cdnThe People of New France. (Themes in Canadian History Series).
Allan Greer.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.

can A Perfect Day for It.
Jan Fearnley.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 3-5.

CDNThe Perfect Gymnast.
Michele Martin Bossley.
Review by Sara Brodie.
Grades 3 - 8 / Ages 8 - 13.

cdn Perfect Pals.
Robert McConnell. Illustrated by June Bradford.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades Preschool - 1 / Ages 3 - 6.

cdnThe Perfect Pet.
Carol Chataway. Illustrated by Greg Holfeld.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.

canPeriwinkle Isn't Paris.
Marilyn Eisenstein. Illustrated by Rudolf Stuessi.
Review by Alison Mews.
Grades 1 - 5 / Ages 5 - 8.

canPersephone's Sisters: Young Women Write.
Valerie Pawluk, ed.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.

can The Phantom Queen.
Ven Begamudré.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

cdnPhoebe and the Gypsy.
Andrea Spalding.
Review by Joan C. Simpson.
Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 10.

canPier 21: Gateway of Hope.
Linda Granfield.
Review by Catherine Hoyt.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.

canPiglets Don't Watch Television. (Abby and Tess, Pet Sitters, 3).
Trina Wiebe. Illustrated by Marisol Sarrazin.
Review by Linda Aksomitis.
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 9.

cdn The Pink Hare.
Jeanne Willis. Illustrated by Ken Brown.
Review by Naomi Gerrard.
Grades Preschool - 2 / Ages 3 - 7.

canPioneer Recipes. (Historic Communities Series).
Bobbie Kalman & Lynda Hale. Illustrated by Barbara Bedell.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.

canPiper.
Natale Ghent. Illustrated by Cindy Ghent.
Review by Kristin Butcher.
Grades 4 - 8 / Ages 9 - 14.

canPippin and Pudding. (Pippin and Mabel).
K.V. Johansen. Illustrated by Bernice Lum.
Review by Catherine Hoyt.
Grades K - 2 / Ages 4 - 7.

canPippin Takes a Bath. (Pippin and Mabel series).
K.V. Johansen. Illustrated by Bernice Lum.
Review by Catherine Hoyt.
Grades Preschool - 2 / Ages 4 - 7.

cdnPirates.
Greg Nickles, Bobbie Kalman & Barbara Bedell.
Review by Irene Gordon.
Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 10.

cdnPlace Names of Atlantic Canada.
William B. Hamilton.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up.

cdnA Place Not Home.
Eva Wiseman.
Review by Helen Norrie.
Grades 4 - 8 / Ages 9 - 13.

cdnThe Places Where Names Vanish.
Stephan Henighan.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 17 and up.

intPlague Pit. (Dark Paths Series).
Allan Frewin Jones.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10 - 13.

 Planet Earth. (BLOW-UP! Junior Science).
Christina Coster-Longman.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.

cdnThe Planets.
Cynthia Pratt Nicholson. Illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 2 - 5 / Ages 7 - 11.

canPlay Mas'! A Carnival ABC.
Dirk McLean. Illustrated by Ras Stone.
Review by Susan Fonseca.
Grades K - 4 / Ages 5 - 9.

canThe Playground. (Talk-About-Books Series).
Debbie Bailey. Photos by Susan Huszar.
Review by Shannon Nesdoly.
Grades Preschool / Ages 1 - 3.

cdnPocketful of Stars: Rhymes, Chants and Lap Games.
Felicity Williams. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko.
Review by Jennifer Johnson.
Ages Infants and up.

CDNPoets in the Classroom.
Edited by Betsy Struthers and Sarah Klassen.
Review by Catherine Cox.
Professional.

CDNThe Polar Bear's Gift.
Jeanne Bushey. Illustrated by Vladyana Langer Krykorka.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.

CDNThe Poles. (We Came to America).
Greg Nickles.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

cdnPond Seasons.
Sue Ann Alderson. Illustrated by Ann Blades.
Review by Alison Mews.
Grades Preschool - 2 / Ages 2 - 7.

canThe Pooh Sketchbook.
E.H. Shepard. Edited by Brian Sibley.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.

 The Popsicle Journal.
Don Trembath.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.

cdn Poppleton.
Cynthia Rylant. Illustrated by Mark Teague.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades Preschool - 1 / Ages 3 - 6.

 Portfolio 10: The Year's Best Editorial Cartoons.
Various.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 12 and up.

CDN A Portrait of the Artist: Ernest Buckler's The Mountain and the Valley.
Barbara Pell.
Review by T.S. Causabon.
Professional (Senior Language Arts).
CDN

The Pot of Wisdom: Ananse Stories.

Adwoa Badoe. Illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.

 Power Hitter. (Sports Stories, v41).

C.A. Forsyth.
Review by Gillian Noonan.
Grades 3-8 /Ages 8-13.

cdnPower To Rise - The Story of the National Ballet in Canada.
James Neufeld.
Review by Gary Robertson.
Grade 11 and up / Age 16 and up.

CDNPower Training for Sport
Tudor O. Bompa.
Review by William F. Benson.
Professional (Coaches).

cdnPrairie Born.
David Bouchard. Illustrated by Peter Shostak.
Review by Leslie Millar.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.

cdnPrairie Fire!
Bill Freeman.
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 9 - 13.

cdnThe Prairie Fire.
Marilyn Reynolds. Illustrated by Don Kilby.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Grades 1 - 5 / Ages 5 - 9.

cdnA Present for Mrs. Kazinsky.
Marilynn Reynolds. Illustrated by Lynn Smith-Ary.
Review by Catherine Hoyt.
Grades Kindergarten - 3 / Ages 4 - 8.

 Priscilla and Rosy.
Sharon Jennings.
Review by Val Nielsen.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.

can Priscilla’s Paw de Deux.
Sharon Jennings. Illustrated by Linda Hendry.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.

 The Primrose Path.
Carol Matas.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 6 - 10 / Ages 11 - 15.

 Princess. (The Kids from Monkey Mountain, #4).
Ted Staunton.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.

 Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut.
Margaret Atwood.
Review by Leslie Millar.
Grades 1 - 3 / Ages 6 - 9.

CDNThe Princess Who Laughed in Colours.
Lynn Manuel. Illustrated by J.O. Pennanen.
Review by Diane Fitzgerald.
Grades 2 - 5 / Ages 6 - 10.

cdnPrisoner in a Red-Rose Chain.
Jeffrey Moore.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up.

cdnThe Private Journal of Day Applepenny *Prisoner*.
Sheree Haughian.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 9 - 11.

cdnThe Project Book: An Introduction to Research and Writing. 2nd. ed.
Hugh Robertson. Illustrations by Cuyler Black.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 7 - 11 / Ages 12 - 16.

intProject Disaster.
Sylvia McNicoll.
Review by Irene Gordon.
Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 10.

cdnThe Promise of Schooling: Education in Canada, 1800-1914
Paul Axelrod.
Review by Alexander D. Gregor.
Grades 12 and up / Ages 18 and up.

cdnPromise Song.
Linda Holeman.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 6 - 9 / Ages 11 - 15.

 Proud to Be a Poopini
Dave Sindrey
Review by Jennifer La Chapelle
Grades K - 3 / Ages 4 - 8

intThe Puddle.
David McPhail.
Review by Janice Foster.
Grades Preschool - 2 / Ages 3 - 7.

intThe Puffin Canadian Beginner's Dictionary.
Ken Weber, ed.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-9.

intPut Your Best Foot Forward. (Courtesy for Kids, Book 1).
Lewena Bayer & Karen Mallett.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.

 Puzzling on the Rim.
Naomi Wakan.
Review by Elinor M. Kelly.
Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 8 - 14.

Index of Book Reviews

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