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Table of Contents

Volume XII Number 16
April 14, 2006

Book Reviews
   
Can Clara and the Bossy.
  Ruth Ohi.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can If I Had a Dog.
  Carolyn Jackson. Illustrated by France Brassard.
Review by Karen Kiddey.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Alphabad.
  Shannon Stewart. Illustrated by Dušan Petricic.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can The Bear’s Long Tale: A Tale Retold. (Birchbark Series).
  Jane Chartrand.
Review by Kallie George.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Spinderella. (Blue Go Bananas).
  Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Liz Pichon.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 1-2 / Ages 6-7.
   
Can Fred and the Mysterious Letter. (First Novels, No. 57).
  Marie-Danielle Croteau. Illustrated by Bruno St-Aubin. Translated by Sarah Cummins.
Review by Lisa O’Hara.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can The Dodo’s Last Egg and Other Fiddle Fumble Stories.
  Paul Driessen.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Sinclair, Wonder Bear. (Blue Go Bananas).
  Malorie Blackman. Illustrated by Deborah Allwright.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Margarine and Marbles. (Red Go Bananas).
  Nicola Moon. Illustrated by Mark Oliver.
Review by Bev Dunlop.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can The Reluctant Rajput. (Yellow Go Bananas).
  Richard Moverley. Illustrated by David Dean.
Review by John Dryden.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Speak Up, Spike! (Yellow Go Bananas).
  Franzeska G. Ewart. Illustrated by Mark Oliver.
Review by John Dryden.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Cuda of the Celts. (Yellow Go Bananas).
  Susan Ashe. Illustrated by Robin Lawrie.
Review by Jennifer Caldwell.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can The Star Supper: Book Three. (Our Canadian Girl).
  Troon Harrison. Illustrated by Janet Wilson.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Two On One. (Sports Stories, No. 83).
  C.A. Forsyth.
Review by Ruth Scales McMahon.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Ghost Riders: True Ghost Stories of Plains, Trains & Automobiles.
  Barbara Smith.
Review by Gillian Bernard.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can The Vampire’s Visit. (The Salt & Pepper Chronicles #1).
  David A. Poulsen.
Review by Marina Cohen.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can The Stowaway Solution. (On the Run #4).
  Gordon Korman.
Review by Marina Cohen.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Caring for a Colony: The Story of Jeanne Mance. (Stories of Canada).
  Joanna Emery. Illustrated by Chrissie Wysotski.
Review by Rosemary Hollett.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Personal Best. (Sports Stories, No. 81).
  Sylvia Gunnery.
Review by Lizanne Eastwood.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Hana’s Suitcase on Stage (Holocaust remembrance books for young readers).
  Original story by Karen Levine. Play by Emil Sher.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Sir Wilfrid Laurier: The Weakling Who Stood His Ground. (Canadian Prime Ministers Warts & All, #13).
  Heather Grace Stewart. Illustrated by Anna Payne-Krzyzanowski.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Jean Chrétien: The Scrapper Who Climbed His Way to the Top. (Canadian Prime Ministers Warts & All, #20).
  Nate Hendley. Illustrated by Gabriel Morrissette.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Canadian Women Adventurers: Stories of Daring and Courage. (Great Canadian Stories).
  Tamela Georgi & Lisa Wojna.
Review by Lee Anne Smith.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
   
Can Great Canadian Women: Nineteen Portraits of Extraordinary Women. (Great Canadian Stories).
  Lisa Wojna.
Review by Lee Anne Smith.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
   
Can Flower Power. (Orca Currents).
  Ann Walsh.
Review by Carole Marion.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Beyond the Mask. (Mask series; 3).
  David Ward.
Review by Christina Pike.
Grades 6-10 / Ages 11-15.
   
Can Not a Trace. (A Chloe and Levesque Mystery).
  Norah McClintock.
Review by Kristin Butcher.
Grades 6 and up /Ages 11 and up.
   
Can Vertical Limits. (Take It to the Xtreme).
  Pam Withers.
Review by Karen Rankin.
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14.
   
Can The Strange Voyage of the Raconteur.
  J.C. Mills.
Review by Jen Waters.
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15.
   
Can Why Does a Ball Bounce? 101 Questions That You Never Thought of Asking.
  Adam Hart-Davis.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Margaret Laurence: The Making of a Writer.
  Donez Xiques.
Review by Paulette Rothbauer.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Hacker. (New Series Canada).
  Alex Kropp.
Review by Christina Pike.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can Clarence Gagnon: An Introduction to His Life and Art.
  Anne Newlands.
Review by Ann Stinner.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Over and Over You.
  Amy McAuley.
Review by Jo-Anne Mary Benson.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can Go to the Net: Eight Goals That Changed the Game.
  Al Strachan.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   

Professional

   
Can Just Because It’s Not Wrong Doesn’t Make It Right: From Toddlers to Teens, Teaching Kids to Act Ethically.
  Barbara Coloroso.
Review by Jeannette Timmerman.
   

Video/DVD Reviews

   
Can Miracle Planet: The Violent Past: Episode 1.
  Hideki Tazuke (NHK Director). Wally Longul & Joanne Carrière (NFB Directors & Producers). Keizo Izuta (SFX Director). Eric Michel (NFB Executive Producer). Daisuke Takama & Yuichi Suwa (NHK Executive Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   
Can Miracle Planet: Snowball Earth: Episode 2.
  Hideki Tazuke (NHK Director). Wally Longul & Joanne Carrière (NFB Directors & Producers). Keizo Izuta (SFX Director). Eric Michel (NFB Executive Producer). Daisuke Takama & Yuichi Suwa (NHK Executive Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   
Can Miracle Planet: New Frontiers: Episode 3.
  Hideki Tazuke (NHK Director). Wally Longul & Joanne Carrière (NFB Directors & Producers). Keizo Izuta (SFX Director). Eric Michel (NFB Executive Producer). Daisuke Takama & Yuichi Suwa (NHK Executive Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   
Can Miracle Planet: Extinction & Rebirth: Episode 4.
  Hideki Tazuke (NHK Director). Wally Longul & Joanne Carrière (NFB Directors & Producers). Keizo Izuta (SFX Director). Eric Michel (NFB Executive Producer). Daisuke Takama & Yuichi Suwa (NHK Executive Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   
Can Miracle Planet: Extinction & Rebirth: Episode 5.
  Hideki Tazuke (NHK Director). Wally Longul & Joanne Carrière (NFB Directors & Producers). Keizo Izuta (SFX Director). Eric Michel (NFB Executive Producer). Daisuke Takama & Yuichi Suwa (NHK Executive Producers).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   

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