CM Magazine: CM Volume 2 Number 29

CM May 3, 1996. Vol II, Number 29

From the Editor

THIS WEEK we've started a new, occasional feature in CM: "Reflections." Jerry Diakiw, a retired superintendent with the York Region Board of Education, offers a personal essay reflecting on a visit to the library of his childhood, on what books, and that library, have meant to his life.

I think Diakiw's reflections will strike a chord with many CM readers; they did with me, despite the difference in our age and background.

But "Reflections" is meant to be a reader's space. If you'd like to share your thoughts on any topic that relates to our audience, please send a note to the address beneath my name.

-- Duncan Thornton cmeditor@mts.net

Features

Reflections
Notable Web Sites
Collaborative Book Review Project
The Great Canadian Trivia Contest
The Little Math Puzzle

News

"Get Writing" Contest
Canadian Children's Book Week 1996 Manitoba Tour
M.L.A. Conference: Gateways to Many Worlds
Third Annual National Writing Contest

Book Reviews

Secret Dawn.: Edith Newlin Chase. Illustrated by Yolaine Lefebvre.; Review by Janice Foster.; Preschool - grade 3 / Ages 4 - 8.
The Big Race!: Sylvia McNicoll. Illustrated by Susan Gardos.; Review by A. Edwardsson.; Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 9.
With the Indians in the Rockies.: James Willard Schultz.; Review by Alison Mews.; Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 9 - 11.
Waiting for Filippo:: The Life of Renaissance Architect Filippo Brunelleschi.; Michael Bender.; Review by Lorraine Douglas.; Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
Fitting In.: Sharon Kirsh.; Review by Sara Brodie.; Grades 6 - 9 / Ages 11 - 14.
The Road Runs West:: A Century Along the Bella Coola/Chilcootin Road.; Diana French; Review by Bob Haxton.; Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.

CM
Editor
Duncan Thornton
e-mail: cmeditor@mts.net
CM
Executive Assistant
Peter Tittenberger
e-mail: cm@umanitoba.ca

If you would like to print out an entire copy of this issue of CM we have compiled all of our reviews in one print file.

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