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Table of Contents

Volume XVIII Number 20
January 27, 2012

Book Reviews
   
Can Miss Wondergem’s Dreadfully Dreadful Pie.
  Valerie Sherrard. Illustrated by Wendy J. Wittingham.
Review by Meredith Cleversey.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7.
   
Can Here Comes Hortense!
  Heather Hartt-Sussman. Illustrated by Georgia Graham.
Review by Reesa Cohen.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Backyard Bugs. (Crabtree Connections).
  Louise Spilsbury.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can Caterpillar Capers. (Crabtree Connections).
  Louise Spilsbury.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can Caring for Critters. (Crabtree Connections).
  Paul Mason.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can The Schoolhouse. (Pioneers of Canada).
  Jill Foran.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can The Orphan and the Polar Bear. (Unikkaakuluit series).
  Sakiasi Qaunaq. Illustrated by Eva Widermann.
Review by Barb Janicek.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-10.
   
Can Exploring the World of Cougars.
  Tracy C. Read.
Review by Trevor Lockhart.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Exploring the World of Owls.
  Tracy C. Read.
Review by Trevor Lockhart.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Exploring the World of Bees.
  Tracy C. Read.
Review by Trevor Lockhart.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can The Time Camera.
  Simon Rose.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Hockey Trivia for Kids 3: Stanley Cup Edition.
  Eric Zweig. Illustrated by Bill Dickson.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.
   
Can Space Tourism. (Machines of the Future).
  Peter McMahon. Illustrated by Andy Mora.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Jackson Jones: The Tale of a Boy, a Troll, and a Rather Large Chicken.
  Jenn Kelly. Illustrated by Ariane Elsammak.
Review by Crystal Sutherland.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi. (Dear Canada).
  Susan Aihoshi.
Review by Jocelyn Reekie.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Green Ways of Getting Around: Careers in Transportation. (Green-Collar Careers).
  Diane Dakers.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Legally Green: Careers in Environmental Law. (Green-Collar Careers).
  Susan Brophy Down.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Re-Greening the Environment: Careers in Cleanup, Remediation, and Restoration. (Green-Collar Careers).
  Suzy Gazlay.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Touring, Trekking, and Traveling Green: Careers in Ecotourism. (Green-Collar Careers).
  Diane Dakers.
Review by Suzanne Pierson.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Within the Stillness: One Family’s Winter on a Northern Trapline.
  Keith Olsen.
Review by Ruth Latta.
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
   
Can Environmentalists From Our First Nations. (The First Nations Series for Young Readers).
  Vincent Schilling.
Review by Frank Deer.
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
   
Can Hold the Pickles. (Orca Currents).
  Vicki Grant.
Review by Kris Rothstein.
Grades 6-8 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can A Tinfoil Sky.
  Cyndi Sand-Eveland.
Review by Amy Dawley.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can The Guardian. (Shadowlands Series, Bk. 1).
  C. J. Gosling. Illustrated by Angela Souza.
Review by Libby McKeever.
Grades 6-10 / Ages 11-15.
   
Can Darkest Light.
  Hiromi Goto. Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15.
   
Can Breaking Point. (Orca Soundings).
  Lesley Choyce.
Review by Kay Weisman.
Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17.
   
Can Haze. (Orca Sports).
  Erin Thomas.
Review by Kim Aippersbach.
Grades 8-11 / Ages 13-16.
   
Can Mary Pickford: Canada’s Silent Siren, America’s Sweetheart. (A Quest Biography).
  Peggy Dymond Leavey.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can Best Girl. (Rapid Reads).
  Sylvia Maultash Warsh.
Review by Christina Pike.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   

DVD Review

Can Les Yeux Noirs = Private Eyes.
  Nicole Lemay (Director). Marc Bertrand. (Producer). René Chénier (Executive Producer).
Review by Charlotte Enns.
Preschool-grade 7 / Ages 4-12.
   



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