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Table of Contents

Volume XV Number 7
November 21, 2008

Book Reviews
   
Can Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog.
  Tim Beiser. Illustrated by Rachel Berman.
Review by Myra Junyk.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 2-6.
   
Can I Love Chocolate.
  Davide Calì. Illustrated by Evelyn Daviddi.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 2-7.
   
Can A Royal Little Pest.
  Anita Reynolds MacArthur. Illustrated by Karen Roy.
Review by Reesa Cohen.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6.
   
Can Christmas is Coming!
  A.J. Wood. Illustrated by Stephen Lambert. Paper engineering by Jonathan Lambert.
Review by Min So.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6.
   
Can Theodore Too and the Mystery Guest.
  Michelle Mulder. Illustrated by Yolanda Poplawska.
Review by Kim Dyment.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7.
   
Can The Little Word Catcher.
  Danielle Simard. Illustrated by Geneviève Côté. Translated by Jill Corner.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7.
   
Can The Lime Green Secret.
  Georgia Graham.
Review by Reesa Cohen.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can The Littlest Sled Dog.
  Michael Kusugak. Illustrated by Vladyana Krykorka.
Review by Ellen Heaney.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Our Corner Grocery Store.
  Joanne Schwartz. Illustrated by Laura Beingessner.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Shin-chi's Canoe.
  Nicola I. Campbell. Illustrated by Kim La Fave.
Review by Huai-Yang Lim.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Duende.
  Mary Withers. Illustrated by Lyla Witschi. Translated by Ricardo Acuña.
Review by Jennifer Draper.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can The Hilarious Adventures of Mish and Mash: The Story of How Two Monsters - And You! - Make the Perfect Joke Book!
  Illustrated by Remie Geoffroi.
Review by Devon Greyson.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can A World of Stories.
  Crystal J. Stranaghan, Editor.
Review by Brianne Grant.
Kindergarten-grade 7 / Ages 5-12.
   
Can Nephetiti & Sweetie Go to the Zoo.
  J. Nichole Noël. Illustrated by Akenyemi Eludotin.
Review by Linda Ludke.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Smart-opedia Junior: The Amazing Book About Everything.
  Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Canadian Cartooning: How to Draw Your Favourite National Characters and Landmarks.
  Erin O'Connor. Illustrated by Dominique Pelletier.
Review by Elizabeth Walker.
Grades 1-5 / Ages 6-10.
   
Can Hockey Superstars 2008-2009.
  Paul Romanuk.
Review by Rosemary Hollett.
Grades 1-7 / Ages 6-12.
   
Can Wendel and the Great One.
  Mike Leonetti. Illustrated by Greg Banning.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can La Primera: The Story of Wild Mustangs.
  Ian Tyson. Paintings by Adeline Halvorson.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up.
   
Can A Native American Thought of It: Amazing Inventions and Innovations.
  Rocky Landon with David MacDonald.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can China: The Culture. 2nd. Rev. Ed. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by J. Lynne Fraser.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can China: The People. 2nd. Rev. Ed. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by J. Lynne Fraser.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can China: The Land. 2nd. Rev. Ed. (The Lands, Peoples, and Cultures Series).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by J. Lynne Fraser.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Our Powerful Planet: The Curious Kid's Guide to Tornadoes, Earthquakes, and Other Phenomena.
  Tim O'Shei. Illustrated by Karl Edwards.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Winner! (HIP Jr.).
  Paul Kropp.
Review by Libby McKeever.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Winner. Teacher's Guide.
  Lori Jamison.
Review by Libby McKeever.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Nelly Furtado. (Remarkable Canadians).
  Heather Kissock.
Review by Vanessa Sobkovich-Wiebe.
Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13.
   
Can I Spy With My Little Eye: Hockey.
  Matt Napier. Photographs by David Milne.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.
   
Can The Graveyard Hounds.
  Vi Hughes. Illustrated by Christina Leist.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can The Snow Show.
  Carolyn Fisher.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can The Castle on Deadman's Island.
  Curtis Parkinson.
Review by Lindsay Schluter.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure.
  Susan Hughes. Illustrated by Willow Dawson.
Review by Julie Chychota.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Dog Lost.
  Ingrid Lee.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Black and White.
  Eric Walters.
Review by Betty Klassen.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Petrified World. (Determine Your Destiny, No. 1).
  Piotr Brynczka. Illustrated by Janice Blaine.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Leaving Fletchville.
  René Schmidt.
Review by Caitlin Campbell.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Knockout! How "Little Giant" Tommy Burns Became the World Heavyweight Champion. (Recordbooks).
  Rebecca Sjonger.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 5-10 / Ages 10-15.
   
Can Maple Leaf Forever: The Warts & All Story of Canada's Creation.
  Paul Keery. Illustrated by Mike Wyatt.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can Good-Bye Marianne: The Graphic Novel.
  Irene N. Watts. Illustrated by Kathryn E. Shoemaker.
Review by Jen Waters.
Grades 6-10 / Ages 11-15.
   
Can Germania.
  John Wilson.
Review by Todd Kyle.
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up.
   
Can Spiral. (Orca Soundings).
  K.L. Denman.
Review by Karen Rankin.
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-15.
   
Can Sister Wife.
  Shelley Hrdlitschka.
Review by Darleen Golke.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Wild Talent: A Novel of the Supernatural.
  Eileen Kernaghan.
Review by Jennifer Draper.
Grades 8-12 / Ages 13-17.
   
Can The Devil's Breath. (The Danger Zone).
  David Gilman.
Review by Thom Knutson.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can My Mother is a French Fry and Further Proof of My Fuzzed-Up Life.
  Colleen Sydor.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.


DVD Review

Can A Place Between: The Story of an Adoption.
  Curtis Kaltenbaugh (Writer & Director). Joe MacDonald (Producer).
Review by Frank Loreto.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   

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