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Table of Contents

Volume XV Number 11

January 23, 2009

Book Reviews
   
Can The Book of ZZZs.
  Arlene Alda.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool / Ages 1-4.
   
Can Penguin and the Cupcake.
  Ashley Spires.
Review by Anna Swanson.
Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 3-5.
   
Can Mom and Me. (World Vision Canada Early Readers Series).
  Marla Stewart Konrad.
Review by Barb Taylor.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6.
   
Can The Legend of Ninja Cowboy Bear.
  David Bruins. Illustrated by Hilary Leung.
Review by Linda Ludke.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7.
   
Can Getting There. (World Vision Canada Early Readers Series).
  Marla Stewart Konrad.
Review by Myra Junyk.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7.
   
Can Granny's Giant Bannock.
  Brenda Isabel Wastasecoot. Illustrated by Kimberly McKay-Fleming.
Review by Reesa Cohen.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can My Great Big Mamma.
  Olivier Ka. Illustrated by Luc Melanson. Translated by Helen Mixter.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Looking at Wild Cats. (Kids Can Read).
  Deborah Hodge. Illustrated by Nancy Gray Ogle.
Review by Tristin Burrows.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can The Undesirables.
  Paul Brière. Illustrated by Philippe Béha.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can The Winter Book.
  Rotraut Susanne Berner.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Kindergarten and up / Ages 5 and up.
   
Can The Drum Calls Softly.
  David Bouchard & Shelley Willier. Illustrated by Jim Poitras. Singing and drumming by Northern Cree.
Review by Helen Norrie.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can All Aboard! (Canadian Flyer Adventures; 9).
  Frieda Wishinsky. Illustrated by Leanne Franson.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Canada's Bugs. (Canada Close Up).
  Diane Swanson.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Penguins. (Amazing Animals).
  Dave Whitfield.
Review by Bruce Dyck.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Fruit and Vegetables. (Being Healthy).
  Heather C. Hudak.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Grain Products: (Being Healthy).
  Heather C. Hudak.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Meat and Alternatives. (Being Healthy).
  Heather C. Hudak.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Milk and Alternatives. (Being Healthy).
  Heather C. Hudak.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Brigadier: Gentle Hero. (True Horse Stories; 5).
  Judy Andrekson. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-11.
   
Can Hannah Taylor: Helping the Homeless. (Young Heroes).
  Q. L. Pearce.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-4 / Ages 8-9.
   
Can Call Me Aram. (New Beginnings).
  Marsha Skrypuch. Illustrated by Muriel Wood.
Review by Jane Bridle.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Mysteries of UFOs. (Unsolved!).
  Kathryn Walker. Based on original text by Brian Innes.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Mysteries of Water Monsters. (Unsolved!).
  Kathryn Walker. Based on original text by Brian Innes.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Mysteries of Alien Visitors and Abductions. (Unsolved!).
  Kathryn Walker. Based on original text by Brian Innes.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Mysteries of Giant Humanlike Creatures. (Unsolved!).
  Kathryn Walker. Based on original text by Brian Innes.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. (Unsolved!).
  Kathryn Walker. Based on original text by Brian Innes.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can The Mystery of the Ghosts of Flight 401. (Unsolved!).
  Kathryn Walker. Based on original text by Brian Innes.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Andrew Goes Fishing in Manitoba.
  Carol Szuminsky & Jack Brown. Illustrated by Kristin Szuminsky & Jack Brown.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Shakespeare's Quill. (Stories of Great People).
  Gerry Bailey & Karen Foster. Illustrated by Leighton Noyes & Karen Radford.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Leonardo's Palette. (Stories of Great People).
  Gerry Bailey & Karen Foster. Illustrated by Leighton Noyes & Karen Radford.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can The Wright Brothers' Glider. (Stories of Great People).
  Gerry Bailey & Karen Foster. Illustrated by Leighton Noyes & Karen Radford.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Armstrong's Moon Rock. (Stories of Great People).
  Gerry Bailey & Karen Foster. Illustrated by Leighton Noyes & Karen Radford.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Cleopatra's Coin. (Stories of Great People).
  Gerry Bailey & Karen Foster. Illustrated by Leighton Noyes & Karen Radford.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Marco Polo's Silk Purse. (Stories of Great People).
  Gerry Bailey & Karen Foster. Illustrated by Leighton Noyes & Karen Radford.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Don Cherry. (Remarkable Canadians).
  Tina Schwartzenberger.
Review by Clancy Pryde.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can It's All Fun and Games: 230 Activities for the Whole Family.
  Isabelle Bertrand. Illustrated by Joëlle Dreidemy, Aurélien Débat & Roland Garrigue. Translated by Mark Stout.
Review by Ruth McMahon.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up, including parents.
   
Can A Walk Through a Window.
  K.C. Dyer.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can How Baseball Works. (How Sports Works). Rev. ed.
  Keltie Thomas. Illustrated by Greg Hall.
Review by Wendy Williams.
Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12.
   
Can Mackenzie, Lost and Found.
  Deborah Kerbel.
Review by Kay Weisman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Nowhere to Turn. (A Robyn Hunter Mystery).
  Norah McClintock.
Review by Ruth Latta.
Grades 5-10 / Ages 10-15.
   
Can A Boy In War.
  Jan de Groot.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
   
Can Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees.
  Deborah Ellis.
Review by Huai-Yang Lim.
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
   
Can The Battle for Duncragglin.
  Andrew H. Vanderwal.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can Three for a Wedding. (Tales from Cook's Cove).
  Mary C. Sheppard.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can Ghosts of James Bay.
  John Wilson.
Review by Andrea Galbraith.
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15.
   
Can The Edge is Burning. (HIP Edge).
  Paul Kropp. Illustrated by Catherine Doherty.
Review by Todd Kyle.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can The Edge is Burning: Teacher's Guide.
  Lori Jamison.
Review by Todd Kyle.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Breaking Free. (HIP Edge).
  Jennifer Mulrine. Illustrated by Charley Hynatiuk.
Review by Thom Knutson.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Breaking Free: Teacher's Guide.
  Lori Jamison.
Review by Thom Knutson.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Firestorm of Dragons.
  Michele Acker & Kirk Dougal, eds.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Will's Garden. Rev. ed.
  Lee Maracle.
Review by Myra Junyk.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.


DVD Review

Can Paradise.
  Jesse Rosensweet (Writer & Director). Steve Hoban (Producer). Mark Smith (Co-Producer).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   

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