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Table of Contents

Volume XV Number 12
February 6, 2009

Book Reviews
   
Can The Very Cranky Bear
  Nick Bland.
Review by Margaret Snow.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 2-6.
   
Can Sopa de frijoles: Un poema para cocinar : Bean Soup: A Cooking Poem.
  Jorge Argueta. Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can The Canadian Shield Alphabet.
  Myrna Guymer. Illustrated by RoseMarie Condon.
Review by Linda Ludke.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Nana, What Do You Say?
  Ranee Lee.
Review by Deborah Pethrick.
Kindergarten-grade 5 / Ages 5-10.
   
Can Mia, Matt and the Turkey Chase. (First Novels).
  Annie Langlois. Illustrated by Jimmy Beaulieu. Translated by Sarah Cummins.
Review by Lisa Hanson O'Hara.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Safety at Home. (Staying Safe).
  Marylee Knowlton. Photography by Gregg Andersen.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Safety at the Playground. (Staying Safe).
  Marylee Knowlton. Photography by Gregg Andersen.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Safety at School. (Staying Safe).
  Marylee Knowlton. Photography by Gregg Andersen.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Safety Around Water. (Staying Safe).
  Marylee Knowlton. Photography by Gregg Andersen.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Lost in the Snow. (Canadian Flyer Adventures; 10).
  Frieda Wishinsky. Illustrated by Leanne Franson.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Canadian Festivals. (Canada Close Up).
  Susan Hughes.
Review by Marilynne V. Black.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Jenneli’s Dance.
  Elizabeth Denny. Illustrated by Chris Auchter.
Review by Janice Foster.
Grades 1-6 / Ages 6-11.
   
Can Hockey Rules.
  Irene Punt. Illustrated by Ken Steacy.
Review by Renée Englot.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Shark Attack. (Crabtree Contact).
  Tom Jackson.
Review by Vanessa Sobkovich-Wiebe.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Monster Crocs. (Crabtree Contact).
  Tom Jackson.
Review by Vanessa Sobkovich-Wiebe.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Living in Space. (Exploring Space).
  David Baker & Heather Kissock.
Reviews by Clancy Pryde.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Watch Me. (Orca Currents).
  Norah McClintock.
Review by Jessica Peterson.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Newton and the Time Machine.
  Michael McGowan. Illustrated by Shelagh McNulty.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Poachers in the Pingos. (Orca Young Readers).
  Anita Daher.
Review by Elizabeth Walker.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Emma’s Treasure.
  Gerald Mercer. Illustrated by Jillian Nicol.
Review by Alison Mews.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Holding. (Sports Stories).
  Lorna Schultz Nicholson.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can King of Rome.
  Dave Sudbury. Illustrated by Hans Saefkow. Review by Sylvia Pantaleo.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Saara’s Passage.
  Karen Autio.
Review by Karen Rankin.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can A Piece of Forever. (Streetlights).
  Laurel Dee Gugler.
Review by Libby McKeever.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Algonquin. (Canadian Aboriginal Art and Culture).
  Heather Kissock.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Blackfoot. (Canadian Aboriginal Art and Culture).
  Anna Rebus.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Huron. (Canadian Aboriginal Art and Culture).
  Christine Webster.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Ktunaxa. (Canadian Aboriginal Art and Culture).
  Erinn Banting.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Sioux. (Canadian Aboriginal Art and Culture).
  Anna Rebus.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can The Year I Was Grounded.
  William New.
Review by Tara Williston.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Maverick Mania. (Orca Sports).
  Sigmund Brouwer.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Ballplayers and Bonesetters: One Hundred Ancient Aztec and Maya Jobs You Might Have
  Adored or Abhorred. Laurie Coulter. Illustrated by Martha Newbigging.
Review by Shannon Ozirny.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Mexico: The Land. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series). Rev. Ed.
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Mexico: The People. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series). Rev. Ed.
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Mexico: The Culture. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series). Rev. Ed.
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can South Africa: The Land. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series). Rev. Ed.
  Domini Clark.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can South Africa: The People. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series). Rev. Ed.
  Domini Clark.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can South Africa: The Culture. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series). Rev. Ed.
  Domini Clark.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can A Hail of Arrows: Jenkin Lloyd, Agincourt, France 1415. (My Story).
  Michael Cox.
Review by Allison McDonald.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Crazy Canucks: The Uphill Battle of Canada’s Downhill Ski Team. (RecordBooks).
  Eric Zweig.
Review by Wendy Williams.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Courage and Compassion: Ten Canadians Who Made a Difference. (A WOW Canada! Book).
  Rona Arato.
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13.
   
Can The Paper. (Bayview High).
  K.E. Calder.
Review by Elizabeth Larssen.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can Great Canadian Battles: Heroism and Courage Through the Years.
  Edward Humphreys.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can Healer’s Touch.
  Anne Gray.
Review by Karen Rankin.
Grades 8-10 / Ages 13-15.
   
Can Gold Rush. (The Terrible Truth).
  Ted Staunton. Illustrated by Remie Geoffroi. Review by J. Lynn Fraser.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can The Summoning. (Darkest Powers, Book One).
  Kelley Armstrong.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can Raven.
  Allison van Diepen.
Review by Naomi Hamer.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Girl #3.
  Nichole McGill.
Review by Ruth Latta.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
   
Can The Hounds of Ash and Other Tales of Fool Wolf.
  Greg Keyes.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can The Mind’s Eye: CBC Literary Awards Winners 2001-2006.
  Review by Genevičve M.Y. Valleau.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   
   

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