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Table of Contents

Volume XIII Number 2
September 15, 2006

Book Reviews
   
Can The Little Crooked House.
  Margaret Wild. Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley.
Review by Myra Junyk.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 2-6.
   
Can Snow.
  Joan Clark. Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton.
Review by Andrea Szilagyi.
Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 3-5.
   
Can Crocodiles Say....
  Robert Heidbreder. Illustrated by Rae Maté.
Review by Ellie Contursi.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6.
   
Can One Little Crab: A Counting Book from Ghana.
  Kathy Knowles. Photos by Bruce Hildebrand & Kathy Knowles.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6.
   
Can The Huron Carol.
  Jean de Brébeuf. English lyrics by Jesse Edgar Middleton. Illustrated by Ian Wallace.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7.
   
Can Alphabetter.
  Dan Bar-el. Illustrated by Graham Ross.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can When-I-Was-a-Little-Girl.
  Rachna Gilmore. Illustrated by Renné Benoit.
Review by Jeannette Timmerman.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can Carl, the Christmas Carp.
  Ian Krykorka. Illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka.
Review by Myra Junyk.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Squamish People of the Sunset Coast.
  Barbara Wyss. Illustrations by T’uy Tanat [Cease Wyss].
Review by John Dryden.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Ancient Thunder.
  Leo Yerxa.
Review by Reesa Cohen.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Crazy for Puppies!
  Jo Ellen Bogart. Photography by Mark Raycroft.
Review by Karen Kiddey.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Horse Crafts. (Kids Can Do It).
  Linda Hendry.
Review by Diana Wilkes.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can The Four Seasons: Uncovering Nature.
  Annie Jones.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can The Human Body: Uncovering Science.
  Chris Hawkes.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Skyscrapers: Uncovering Technology.
  Chris Oxlade.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Sarah’s Legacy.
  Valerie Sherrard.
Review by Ruth Sands.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Northern Star. (Sport Stories, No. 84).
  Lorna Schultz Nicholson.
Review by Marina Cohen.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Road Rage. (Sports Stories No. 85).
  Bill Swan.
Review by Marina Cohen.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Vroom! Motoring into the Wild World of Racing.
  Tim Miller.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Eleanor Roosevelt: An Inspiring Life.
  Elizabeth MacLeod.
Review by J. Lynn Fraser.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Where in the World.
  Marie-Francine Hébert. Illustrated by Janice Nadeau. Translated by Sheila Fischman.
Review by Sylvia Pantaleo.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
   
Can I, the Spy.
  Allison Maher.
Review by Karen Rankin.
Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12.
   
Can I Am a Taxi. (The Cocalero Novels).
  Deborah Ellis.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can The Judgment. (Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles).
  Clem Martini.
Review by Michelle Superle.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Remarkable Women Writers. (The Women’s Hall of Fame Series).
  Heather Ball.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Voice of the Valley.
  Sheena Koops.
Review by Laura Dodwell-Groves.
Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13.
   
Can The Separated. (Tales of Terre, Book One).
  Troon Harrison.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can The Horrors: Terrifying Tales: Book Two.
  Peter Carver, ed.
Review by J.A. Greavett.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can Brondings’ Honour.
  Ann Ewan.
Review by Kallie George.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Voyage with Jason.
  Ken Catran.
Review by Kallie George.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can The Girls.
  Lori Lansens.
Review by Darleen Golke.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Alphanauts.
  J. Brian Clarke.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Hello, Groin.
  Beth Goobie.
Review by Jennifer Caldwell.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can We Are on Our Own: A Memoir.
  Miriam Katin.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Home Run.
  Paul Kropp.
Review by Jen Waters.
Grades 10-12 / Ages 15-17.
   
Can Canadian Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests. {Genreflecting Advisory Series).
  Sharron Smith & Maureen O’Connor.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 10 and up / Age 15 and up.
   

Professional

   
Can Differentiated Learning: Language and Literacy Projects That Address Diverse Backgrounds and Cultures.
  Kathy Patterson.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
   

Video and DVD Reviews

   
Can XS Stress: Teens Take Control.
  Patricia Kearns (Writer & Director). Tamara Lynch (Producer). Sally Bochner (Executive Producer).
Review by Jocelyn A. Dimm.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can In the Shadow of Gold Mountain.
  Karen Cho (Writer & Director). Tamara Lynch (Producer). Sally Bochner (Executive Producer).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Breakin’ in: The Making of a Hip Hop Dancer.
  Elizabeth St. Philip (Writer & Director). Silva Basmajian (Producer).
Review by Frank Loreto.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   

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