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Table of Contents

Volume XV Number 6
November 7, 2008

Book Reviews
   
Can Hello, Good-bye.
 

Arlene Alda.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 2-5.

   
Can Ducks Don't Wear Socks.
 

John Nedwidek. Illustrated by Lee White.
Review by Margaret Snow.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 2-6.

   
Can Boy Soup.
 

Loris Lesynski. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko.
Review by Barbara Taylor.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.

   
Can Berkeley's Barn Owl Dance.
 

Tera Johnson. Illustrated by Tania Howells.
Review by Devon Greyson.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-8.

   
Can Just One Goal.
 

Robert Munsch. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko.
Review by Kim Dyment.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.

   
Can The Octonauts & the Frown Fish.
 

Meomi. Vicki Wong & Michael Murphy.
Review by Myra Junyk.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.

   
Can Happy. (Everybody Feels series).
 

Jane Bingham. Illustrated by Helen Turner.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.

   
Can Angry. (Everybody Feels series).
 

Jane Bingham. Illustrated by Helen Turner.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.

   
Can Sad. (Everybody Feels series).
 

Jane Bingham. Illustrated by Helen Turner.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.

   
Can Scared. (Everybody Feels series).
 

Jane Bingham. Illustrated by Helen Turner.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.

   
Can Secret Spies. (Kids Can Read).
 

Adrienne Mason. Illustrated by Pat Cupples.
Review by Christine Torchia.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.

   
Can Thomas Edison. (Kids Can Read).
 

Elizabeth MacLeod. Illustrated by Andrej Krystoforski.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 6-8.

   
Can Samuel de Champlain. (Kids Can Read).
 

Elizabeth MacLeod. Illustrated by John Mantha.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 6-8.

   
Can Addison Addley and the Things That Aren't There. (Orca Young Readers).
 

Melody DeFields McMillan.
Review by Jonine Bergen.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.

   
Can High Flying Martial Arts. (Sports Starters).
 

John Crossingham.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-4 / Ages 8-9.

   
Can Pass It Lacrosse. (Sports Starters).
 

John Crossingham.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-4 / Ages 8-9.

   
Can Slap Shot Hockey. (Sports Starters).
 

John Crossingham.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-4 / Ages 8-9.

   
Can Spike It Volleyball. (Sports Starters).
 

John Crossingham.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-4 / Ages 8-9.

   
Can Ha! Ha! Ha! and Much More: The Ultimate Round-Up of Jokes, Riddles, Facts, & Puzzles.
 

Lyn Thomas. Illustrated by Dianne Eastman.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.

   
Can Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World.
 

Yes Mag. Editors.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.

   
Can Blood, Bones and Body Bits. (Horrible Science).
 

Nick Arnold. Illustrated by Tony De Saulles.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.

   
Can Nasty Nature. (Horrible Science).
 

Nick Arnold. Illustrated by Tony De Saulles.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.

   
Can Voyageur.
 

Eric Walters.
Review by Catherine Howett.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.

   
Can Polar Worlds: Life at the Ends of the Earth.
 

Robert Bateman with Nancy Kovacs.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.

   
Can My Ocean.
 

Enrique Pérez Díaz. Translated by Trudy Balch.
Review by Michelle Superle.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.

   
Can Not Fair, Clare. (The Clare Series, Book Two).
 

Yvonne Prinz.
Review by Karen Rankin.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.

   
Can Double-Dare Clare. (The Clare Series, Book Three).
 

Yvonne Prinz.
Review by Karen Rankin.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.

   
Can Tell No One Who You Are: The Hidden Childhood of Régine Miller.
 

Walter Buchigani.
Review by Daphne Hamilton-Nagorsen.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.

   
Can Canadian Spelling Bee Dictionary.
 

Katherine Barber and others.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.

   
Can Shadow-Town. (The Vastlands: Book One).
 

Duncan Thorton.
Review by Andrea Galbraith.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

   
Can Silverwing: The Play.
 

Kim Selody, adapter.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.

   
Can Scarlet Thunder. (Orca Sports).
 

Sigmund Brouwer.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14.

   
Can Mountain Girl, River Girl.
 

Ting-xing Ye.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15.

   
Can First Time. (Orca Soundings).
 

Meg Tilly.
Review by Bryannie Kirk.
Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17.

   
Can Passchendaele: Canada's Triumph and Tragedy on the Fields of Flanders: An Illustrated History.
 

Norman Leach.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.

   
Can The Saver.
 

Edeet Ravel.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Grades 8-11 / Ages 13-16.

   
Can Cheating Fate.
 

Audrey Pfitzenmaier.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 8-11 /Ages 13-16.

   
Can The Storyteller and Other Tales.
 

K.V. Johansen.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.

   
Can In the Freedom of Dreams: The Story of Nelson Mandela.
 

Michael A. Miller.
Review by Joanne Peters & Jenn Cuddy.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.

   
Can The Day of the Flying Fox: The True Story of World War II Pilot Charley Fox.
 

Steve Pitt.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.

   
Can Genesis.
 

Bernard Beckett.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.

   
Can Gentleman Jim.
 

Raymond Briggs.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.

   

Professional Review

   
Can Basic Tools for Beginning Writers: How to Teach All the Skills Beginning Writers Need - From Alphabet Recognition and Spelling to Strategies for Self-editing and Building Coherent Text.
 

Betty Schultze.
Review by Betty Klassen.

   

CD Review

   
Can Señorita Sarita: Groovy Latin Tunes for Children.
 

Sarita Baker.
Review by Jeff Nielsen.
Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-12.

   

DVD Review

   
Can Hannah's Story.
 

Juanita Peters (Writer & Director). Annette Clarke (Producer). Kent Martin (Executive Producer).
Review by Helen Norrie.
Kindergarten-grade 9 / Ages 5-14.

   

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