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Table of Contents

Volume XIII Number 5
October 27, 2006

Book Reviews
   
Can Christmas Eve Magic.
  Lucie Papineau. Illustrated by Stéphane Poulin.
Review by Alicia Jinkerson.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7.
   
Can The Birdman.
  Veronika Martenova Charles. Illustrated by Annouchka Gravel Galouchko & Stéphan Daigle.
Review by Ellie Contursi.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Brady Brady and the Cranky Kicker.
  Mary Shaw. Illustrated by Chuck Temple.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Kip and Zara’s Money Adventure.
  Bill Roche. Illustrated by Lyn Hart.
Review by Jeannette Timmerman.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Abby’s Birds.
  Ellen Schwartz. Illustrated by Sima Elizabeth Shefrin.
Review by Deborah Pethrick.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can The Hockey Tree.
  David Ward. Illustrated by Brian Deines.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Caedmon’s Song.
  Ruth Ashby. Illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Review by Helen Norrie.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Fire! The Renewal of a Forest.
  Celia Godkin.
Review by Reesa Cohen.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Int Christmas in the Trenches.
  John McCutcheon. Illustrated by Henri Sørensen.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Grades 1-5 / Ages 6-10.
   
Can The Quick Brown Fox Cub. (Red Bananas).
  Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Lucy Richards.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can The Mummy Family Find Fame. (Red Bananas).
  Tony Bradman. Illustrated by Martin Chatterton.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can TJ and the Sports Fanatic. (Orca Young Readers).
  Hazel Hutchins.
Review by Christina Neigel.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Jeremy in the Underworld. (Orca Echoes).
  Becky Citra. Illustrated by Jessica Milne.
Review by Lisa O'Hara.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Mwâkwa Talks to the Loon: A Cree Story for Children.
  Dale Auger.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can All the Stars in the Sky.
  C.J. Taylor.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Endangered Frogs. (Earth’s Endangered Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman & Molly Aloian.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Endangered Butterflies. (Earth’s Endangered Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman & Robin Johnson.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Endangered Bats. (Earth’s Endangered Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman & Kristina Lundblad.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Endangered Manatees. (Earth’s Endangered Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman & Hadley Dyer.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Jared Lester, Fifth-Grade Jester.
  Tanya Lloyd Kyi. Illustrated by Martha Newbigging.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Room 207.
  Marnelle Tokio. Illustrated by Linda Hendry.
Review by Shelly Tyler.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Int The Panama Canal. (Wonders of the World Book).
  Elizabeth Mann. Illustrated by Alan Witschonke.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Int Machu Picchu. (Wonders of the World Book).
  Elizabeth Mann. Illustrated by Amy Crehore.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Int The Great Wall. (Wonders of the World Book).
  Elizabeth Mann. Illustrated by Alan Witschonke.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Int The Great Pyramid. (Wonders of the World Book).
  Elizabeth Mann. Illustrated by Laura Lo Turco.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can S is for Spirit Bear: A British Columbia Alphabet.
  G. Gregory Roberts. Illustrated by Bob Doucet.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 5-7 / Ages 11-13.
   
Can Stuffed. (Orca Soundings).
  Eric Walters.
Review by Georgie Perigny.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can The Emerald Curse.
  Simon Rose. Illustrated by Cynthia Nugent.
Review by Ruth Sands.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can The Year of the Secret Assignments.
  Jaclyn Moriarty.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can The Murder of Bindy MacKenzie.
  Jaclyn Moriarty.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can Fast Track. (Redline Racing Series).
  Anthony Hampshire.
Review by Todd Kyle.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can The Battles of the War of 1912; An Omnibus.
  Pierre Berton.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 6-10 / Ages 11-15.
   
Can Strange Times at Western High. (A Natalie Fuentes Mystery).
  Emily Pohl-Weary.
Review by Vikki VanSickle.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Past Crimes.
  Carol Matas.
Review by Ruth Latta.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can Alexander’s Way. (Sun on the Mountains Book Two).
  Tyler Trafford.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Going Top Shelf: An Anthology of Canadian Hockey Poetry.
  Michael P. J. Kennedy.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can Jackal in the Garden: An Encounter with Bihzad. (Art Encounters).
  Deborah Ellis.
Review by J. Lynn Fraser.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America.
  Stephen A. Marshall.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can Renegade Women of Canada: The Wild, Outrageous, Daring and Bold.
  Marina Michaelides.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   

Video & DVD Reviews

   
Can Words of My Perfect Teacher.
  Lesley Ann Patten (Director & Writer). Lesley Ann Patten (ZIJI Film & Television). Kent Martin (NFB Producer).
Review by Elaine Fuhr.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   

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