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Table of Contents

Volume XVII Number 41
June 24, 2011

Book Reviews
   
Can Red Wagon.
  Renata Liwska.
Review by Katie Edwards.
Preschool and up / Ages 3 and up.
   
Can Freddy's Hockey Hero.
  Susan Chalker Browne. Illustrated by Hilda Rose.
Review by Natalie Schembri.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can L is for Land of Living Skies: A Saskatchewan Alphabet.
  Linda Aksomitis. Illustrated by Lorna Bennett.
Review by Linda Wood.
Kindergarten and up / Ages 5 and up.
   
Can Baby Animals in Desert Habitats. (The Habitats of Baby Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Baby Animals in Forest Habitats. (The Habitats of Baby Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Baby Animals in Grassland Habitats. (The Habitats of Baby Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Baby Animals in Mountain Habitats. (The Habitats of Baby Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Baby Animals in Ocean Habitats. (The Habitats of Baby Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Baby Animals in Wetland Habitats. (The Habitats of Baby Animals).
  Bobbie Kalman.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World's People. (CitizenKid). 2nd. ed.
  David J. Smith. Illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can My Tattooed Dad.
  Daniel Nesquens. Illustrated by Magicomora. Translated by Elisa Amado.
Review by Sabrina Wong.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Max Finder Mystery: Collected Casebook. Volume 5.
  Liam O'Donnell & Craig Battle. Illustrated by Ramón Pérez.
Review by Janice Foster.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can No Ordinary Day.
  Deborah Ellis.
Review by Rob Bittner.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Ghost Messages.
  Jacqueline Guest.
Review by Heidi Henkenhaf.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Terrific Women Teachers. (The Women's Hall of Fame Series).
  Helen Wolfe.
Review by Julie Chychota.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Picturing Alyssa.
  Alison Lohans.
Review by Kim Aippersbach.
Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12.
   
Can The Emerald Casket. (The Archer Legacy; Book Two).
  Richard Newsome.
Review by Kay Weisman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Tori by Design.
  Colleen Nelson.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 6 8 / Ages 11-13.
   
Can Lunar Strike. (Zac Power).
  H. I. Larry. Illustrated by Andy Hook.
Review by Jean Nickel.
Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13.
   
Can Tilt.
  Alan Cumyn.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15.
   
Can Sita's Ramayana.
  Samhita Arni. Art by Moyna Chitrakar.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17.
   
Can The Gathering. (Darkness Rising, Book One).
  Kelley Armstrong.
Review by Vasso Tassiopoulos.
Grades 8-12 / Ages 13-17.
   
Can What is Real.
  Karen Rivers.
Review by Alicia Cheng.
Grade 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can Signs of Martha.
  Sarah Raymond.
Review by Myra Junyk.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Born Ugly.
  Beth Goobie.
Review by Jeff Nielsen.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can A Sword in Her Hand.
  Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem & Pat Van Beirs. Translated by John Nieuwenhuizen.
Review by Ruth Latta.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can High Riders, Saints and Death Cars: A Life Saved by Art.
  Nicholas Herrera. As told to Elisa Amado. Photos by John T. Denne.
Review by Heather Kuziw and Charlotte Duggan.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.

Professional Reading

Can Engaging the Disengaged.
  Beth Critchley Charlton.
Review by Betty Klassen.
   

DVD Reviews


Can Crude Sacrifice: You Can’t Reclaim Humanity.
  Lawrence Carota (Director & Producer).
Review by Frank Loreto.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can Vistas: Aboriginal Expressions.
  Vanessa Loewen (APTN Producer). Joe McDonald (NFB Producer). Derek Mazur (NFB Executive Producer). Peter Strutt (APTN Executive Producer).
Review by Frank Deer.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   



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