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Table of Contents

Volume XVIII Number 24
February 24, 2012

Book Reviews
   
Can The Runaway Hug.
  Nick Bland. Illustrated by Freya Blackwood.
Review by Vasso Tassiopoulos.
Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 2-5.
   
Can Lexi’s Magic Clothes.
  Margy Reid. Illustrated by Hazel Mitchell.
Review by Inderjit Deogun.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 4-6.
   
Can There Were Monkeys in My Kitchen.
  Sheree Fitch. Illustrated by Sydney Smith.
Review by Myra Junyk.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can An Edible Alphabet: 26 Reasons to Love the Farm.
  Carol Watterson. Illustrated by Michela Sorrentino.
Review by Linda Ludke.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Harry and the Horse. (Tadpoles).
  Sue Graves. Illustrated by Michael Garton.
Review by Barb Taylor.
Kindergarten-grade 1 / Ages 5-6.
   
Can The Rumor.
  Anushka Ravishankar. Illustrated by Kanyika Kini.
Review by Alicia Cheng.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can Playing Like Timothy.
  Johannes Waldner. Illustrated by Victor Kleinsasser.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can The Matatu.
  Eric Walters. Illustrated by Eva Campbell.
Review by Inderjit Deogun.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can Hocus Pocus.
  Sylvie Desrosiers & Rémy Simard.
Review by Keith McPherson.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can Knight Survival Guide. (Crabtree Connections).
  Anna Claybourne.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Want to Be a Knight? (Crabtree Connections).
  Paul Mason.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can King Arthur’s Tale. (Crabtree Connections).
  Anita Ganeri.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Dog Breath.
  Carolyn Beck. Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 1-5 / Ages 6-10.
   
Can Waiting for the Owl’s Call. (Tales of the World).
  Gloria Whelan. Illustrated by Pascal Milelli.
Review by Linda Ludke.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can What is Light? (Light Science).
  Simon Rose.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can The Last Spike in the CPR. (Defining Moments in Canadian History).
  Sandra Dooling.
Review by Claire Perrin.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Hyena in Petticoats: The Story of Suffragette Nellie McClung.
  Willow Dawson.
Review by Julie Chychota.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Acts of Courage: Laura Secord and the War of 1812.
  Connie Brummel Crook.
Review by Ruth Latta.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Erebos: It’s a Game: It Watches You.
  Ursula Poznanski. Translated by Judith Pattinson.
Review by Rob Bittner.
Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17.
   
Can A Winter Kill. (Rapid Reads).
  Vicki Delany.
Review by Darleen Golke.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can The Flyers. (The Wind of Life, Book 1).
  Oliver Neubert.
Review by Chris Laurie.
Grades 8-11 / Ages 13-16.
   
Can Trouble in the Hills.
  Helaine Becker.
Review by Rob Bittner.
Grades 8-12 / Ages 13-17.
   
Can Circle Tide.
  Rebecca K. Rowe.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.

DVD Review

Can Être ou Paraître: Les Jeunes Face Aux Stéréotypes Sexuels = Staying Real: Teens Confront Sexual Stereotypes.
  Sophie Bissonnette (Director). Marc Betrand (Producer). Monique Simard & René Chénier (Executive Producers).
Review by Frank Loreto.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   

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