CM May 17, 1996. Vol II, Number 31

Table of Contents

Book Reviews

CDNFranklin Has a Sleepover.
Paulette Bourgeois. Ilustrated by Brenda Clark.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Pre-school - Grade 1 / Ages 3 - 5.

CDNThose Tiny Bits of Beans.
John Weier. Illustrated by David Beyer.
Review by Leslie Millar.
Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 7 - 11.

CDNA Canoe Trip.
Writers/Editors: Bobbie Kalman, Tammie Everts, David Schimpky, Samantha Crabtree.
Illustrated by Barb Bedell and Ellen O'Hare.
Photographs by Marc Crabtree, Heather Halfyard, and Don Standfield.
Review by William Benson.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 7 - 11.

CDNEnvoys Extraordinary:
Women of the Canadian Foreign Service.
Margaret K. Weiers.
Review by Grace Shaw.
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 to Adult.

CDNNo Daughter of Mine:
The Women and History of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1904-1971.
Kay Rex.
Review by Grace Shaw.
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 to Adult.

Video Review

CDNThe Washing of Tears.
Written and directed by Hugh Brody.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 11 and Up / Ages 16 to Adult.

Audio Review

INTBeware of the Credit Monster:
Win the War for Your Dollars --
A Guide for Young Adults.
Carole M. Wallace.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 10 and Up / Ages 15 - 18.

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Book Review

Franklin Has a Sleepover.

Paulette Bourgeois. Ilustrated by Brenda Clark.
Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1996. Unpaginated.
Cloth, $12.95. ISBN: 1-55074-300-7.
Paper, $4.95. ISBN: 1-55074-302-3.

Pre-school - Grade 1 / Ages 3 - 5.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.

***/4

excerpt:

When Franklin and Bear were ready for bed, Franklin's parents gave them both a glass of water and a good-night hug.
"Sleep tight," they said, turning off the light.
The two friends lay still for a moment. Then Bear turned on his flashlight.
"Franklin?" he whispered. "I don't feel good."

FRANKLIN, THE BEST-SELLING TURTLE, stars in his twelfth picture book. He invites his friend bear for a sleep-over and is really excited. Franklin tidies his room while Bear packs his bag and tucks his stuffed bunny on top. The two decide to camp in the living room and have great fun until its time to go to sleep. Suddenly Bear is homesick, until Franklin thinks of a solution to Bear's problem.

As usual, the homy details -- like bug porridge and a wooden-log phone -- in the lumpy terrapin's life are well realised in Clark's watercolours. This new adventure is as gentle as the earlier stories, but not as humorous as Franklin Fibs (1991) or Franklin in the Dark (1986).

Other sleep-over stories, like Arthur's First Sleepover: An Arthur Adventure by Marc Brown (Little Brown, 1994) or Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber (Houghton Mifflin, 1972) develop this new experience more fully and have more interesting characters and plots. But this new Franklin story will be popular and will be enjoyed at home and at story times.

Recommended.

Lorraine Douglas is the Youth Services Coordinator for the Winnipeg Public Library, and has appeared as Franklin at a number of library programs. (And she's very glad she doesn't have to wear his fun-fur suit all the time!).

Book Review

Those Tiny Bits of Beans.

John Weier. Illustrated by David Beyer.
Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications, 1995. Unpaginated, paper, $9.95.
ISBN: 0-921827-47-4.

Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 11.
Review by Leslie Millar.

**/4

excerpt:

. . . Oncle Henri felt something nudge his foot under the table. Well, he looked up at Tante Madeline, he was very confused. What was wrong? He had been eating so well. Why had she nudged him? Then, he stopped eating, picked up his knife and started cutting his beans in two. That's what Tante Madeline had told him to do.

JOHN WEIER LIVES IN WINNIPEG, and has published three books of poetry and short stories. Those Tiny Bits of Beans is his first children's book.

Those Tiny Bits of Beans is a folk-tale set in the Red River valley in "the years after the hanging of Louis Riel." That information, along with the French names and Aboriginal characters place it as a story with a Métis origin. The historical setting is quickly established, and a feeling of promise pervades the first few pages.

But soon history is abandoned and the story goes awry. The tale is really about Oncle Henri's penchant for gulping his food whole, his wife Tante Madeline's public embarrassment over this distressing habit, and her plan to guide him decorously through a wedding dinner. Unknown to them, a dog sleeping under the table confuses their secret signals to each other.

Henri and Madeline become so frustrated and angry with each other that they walk out and leave the wedding. They see a dog run out into the field but have no inkling of the role it has just played in their difficulties. The story ends.

But "what happened next?" some children are bound to ask. How did they resolve their problem? How did they learn it was the dog's fault? Early on we hear this is a story that later, when times were not so hard, people (including Henri and Madeline) would laugh about. But we never hear how they gained the knowledge and perspective that allowed this to become a family tale shared and enjoyed in future years.

And the beginning and end of this story do not seem to relate to one another, like an unclosed circle. Marriage, humour, hard times, and changing lifestyles are themes suggested but never explored. We are left unsure what the story is really about. The beans do not play a significant enough role to merit their prominence in the title; the joke is not funny enough to be the central point of the story; and the lack of resolution is puzzling. Weier needed to reshape this story to close the circle before going to print -- it's probably a few re-writes from being finished.

David Beyer, illustrating his third book, has chosen dark, solid colours. The lack of gradation or shading, and the bold black outlines, remind one of a comic book. While overall this has a simple and attractive appeal, at times the exaggerated facial features have a vaguely frightening, mask-like quality.

A handful of words will prove challenging to the competent grade-four reader, but grade three and four students are the right audience. That the story depicts Métis people at an important point in their history (though not much is made of this) may give this book extra appeal to teachers.

Not recommended.

Leslie Millar is a substitute teacher and volunteer in Winnipeg Schools.

Book Review

A Canoe Trip.

Writers/Editors: Bobbie Kalman, Tammie Everts, David Schimpky, Samantha Crabtree.
Illustrated by Barb Bedell and Ellen O'Hare.
Photographs by Marc Crabtree, Heather Halfyard, and Don Standfield.
Niagra-on-the-Lake, ON: Crabtree, 1995. 32pp.
Library bound, $20.95. ISBN: 0-86505-619-6.
Paper, 7.95. ISBN: 0-86505-719-2.

Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 7 - 11.
Review by William Benson.

**/4

A CANOE TRIP is a visually appealing book -- a sort of coffee-table book for the eight to eleven set. It appears to be primarily promotional material for the children's camp system of Ontario.

The book is well laid-out and organized, with a table of contents and index, and a vocabulary section that defines important but uncommon words. A Canoe Trip emphasizes safety and environmental awareness throughout, with practical suggestions on how to deal with potentially dangerous situations (like fires or encounters with bears).

Along with teaching the basic parts of a canoe, the book explains the two basic strokes used in canoeing, the sweep and the J-stroke. Fun is emphasized throughout, and the main group of boys pictured certainly seem to be having fun.

The major drawback to A Canoe Trip is that it lacks a clear target and purpose. The cover suggests it's for young children, but the pictures include young people up to the teen years. The language used varies in the same manner.

The book suggests that children will go a week-long camp, yet the suggested list of food and supplies would not last more than a few days. And though the book stresses safety throughout, it fails to address the effects of being on the water in the bright sun: there is one casual mention of a sun-screen, but nothing about sunglasses, or the importance of having enough water in the canoe to prevent dehydration. The same applies to insect repellent.

This lack of realism extends to situations such as portaging. According to A Canoe Trip, "Portaging is a welcome rest from paddling." One wonders how these canoes were moved, because there's no mention of who moved them or how.

Though it was good to include a practical section on what to do if you wander off on your own and become lost, it would have been better if they'd included the whistle the child is supposed to use to be found in the supply list. Similarly, though the illustrations show marshmallows, canned beans, and some sort of hot drink, none of these items are included on the food list.

It's difficult to understand why a book of this kind, published in the nineties, has such a preponderance of males in the photographs. It's also hard to understand why the authors still use imperial rather than metric measurements in their instructions.

To sum up, this book lacks a focus; there are too many words for a coffee-table book, but certainly not enough information to prepare a child to go on a real canoe trip. Not unless they were to sign up with one of those excellent camps in Ontario. A Canoe Trip does, however, look beautiful.

Recommended with reservations -- well packaged, but lacking in substance.

William F. Benson is a school psychologist in Nanaimo, British Columbia with interests in athletics and the outdoors.

Book Review

Envoys Extraordinary:
Women of the Canadian Foreign Service.

Margaret K. Weiers.
Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1995. 288pp, cloth, $29.99.
ISBN: 1-55002-241-5.

Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 to Adult.
Review by Grace Shaw.

****/4

excerpt:

Diplomacy is not a career for the faint-hearted. However, it can be an immensely satisfying one for a woman with a sense of adventure, a thick skin, a yen to travel and live in foreign countries, a desire to make a difference, and a gambler's instinct to beat the odds.

MARGARET WEIERS HAS WRITTEN a first-of-its-kind book recording the stories of twenty-two female career officers in the Canadian Foreign Service. Weiers has almost forty years of journalistic experience, and her witty, precise style captures the struggles and victories of this small but determined band of women, and fills an important chapter in Canadian History.

Based on interviews with many of the women themselves, and an extensive range of articles, news stories, and books of political analysis, Envoys Extraordinary chronicles the trials, resourcefulness in the face of discrimination, and ultimate success of these women.

Until 1947, women could not write the Foreign Service examination. Until, women could only begin as clerks and secretaries and rose through the ranks only through uncontestable ability. Witness Agnes McCloskey, who went from obscure clerk to chief accountant in External Affairs, and wielded such extensive power over budgets and expense accounts that she was both feared and reviled for her parsimony.

Restrictions on women in the foreign service keeping their jobs if they married persisted until 1971, years after the practice had stopped in other government departments. Nevertheless, eleven of the women Weiers profiles became ambassadors, and two have been deputy ministers.

Although women have established a firm beachhead in fields such as medicine and law, External Affairs is still a male bastion. As in politics, where women have succeeded as individuals, but not collectively, the odds are still stacked heavily against women in the diplomatic corps.

Everyone would do well to read these pages, in which much of Canada's history unfolds. Weiers's conclusion is that for women, External Affairs is "Not for the Faint of Heart."

Highly recommended.

Grace Shaw is a teacher at Vancouver Community College.

To order Envoys Extraordinary: Women of the Canadian Foreign Service. contact:

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2181 Queen Street East
Suite 301
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4E 1E5
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Book Review

No Daughter of Mine:
The Women and History of the Canadian Women's Press Club, 1904-1971.

Kay Rex.
Toronto: Cedar Cave Books, University of Toronto Press, 1995. 276pp, paper, $14.95.
ISBN: 0-920403-08-5.

Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 to Adult.
Review by Grace Shaw.

***/4

excerpt:

No daughter of mine will ever become a reporter. . .
. . .
. . . but had just not thought of women . . .
. . .
. . . none has included a representation of Canadian newswomen.

VETERAN TORONTO JOURNALIST Kay Rex (Canadian Press, the CBC, The Globe and Mail) gives us a comprehensive look at the sixty-seven-year history of the Canadian Women's Press Club with grace and wit. Begun by a feisty group of women fourteen years before women had the vote, and in a time when women were discriminated against not only in the professions, but even in acquiring education, the CWPC provided a much-needed support, network, and educational centre for women working as journalists and authors.

Today newswomen travel the world and work in all media, but these victories were hard won, and Rex's book pays tribute to the "founders and fighters" and their successors along the way. There are delightful insights into women who played historic roles, such as Kit Coleman, the first club president and the first woman war correspondent; Emily Murphy, who took her fight to have women declared "persons" to the British Privy Council; and Nellie McClung, the suffragette and satirist.

At its peak, in 1957, the CWPC had 675 members and 17 branches across the country that met in a triennial national conference.

Highlights of the CWPC's history included a break-through tour of post-war Britain (though that does not sound like a big deal today), and an extensive 1955 trip to Europe for seventy-odd women journalists that culminated in a hard-won tour through the iron-curtained USSR, when the "Red" carpet was actually laid out for them (note that future Prime Minister Lester Pearson was to follow their lead).

As a result of this trip, for the first time news stories from Russia were filled with "the little human details missing for so long in dispatches sent out from behind the Iron Curtain." While the CWPC journalists were unable to get all of their pictures and collected literature out of Russia, they did obtain film that gave North America "its first look inside the USSR in 20 years."

Pictures and articles filled Canadian publications for weeks, confounding "members of the world press, who were having a hard time getting anything tangible in the way of news out of the Kremlin-dominated USSR."

Other noteworthy events included sponsoring thirty-three foreign journalists to come and participate in Canada's centennial.

Everything in this multi-faceted book is interesting, except for the boring list of rules and regulations and the catalogue of difficulties in collecting dues. Organizing this much material was likely a major challenge. The book begins with a discussion of the personalities, and then follows with the history, of the club, and there is some overlap and repetition between the sections.

Most readers will enjoy the picture section and be touched by the humanity revealed in the women photographed -- as when the Vancouver chapter arranged the funeral for their beloved Pauline Johnson.

This book will appeal especially to women, and will be particularly instructive for young or aspiring members of the media, those who study the role of women in history, and all those who take their present rights and privileges for granted. And of course, it will be an education for men.

Highly recommended.

Grace Shaw is a teacher at Vancouver Community College.

Video Review

The Washing of Tears.

Written and directed by Hugh Brody.
Nootka Sound & Picture Co. Distributed by the National Film Board.
NFB ON#: 9194090.

Grades 11 and Up / Ages 16 to Adult.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.

*/4

THE MOWACHAHT INDIANS have lived at Yuquot, on the southern tip of Nootka Island, B.C., for over four thousand years. British explorer Captain Cook visited the island in 1778. He was followed by fur traders who renamed the native village Friendly Cove. Spanish adventurers later visited the island and planned to use it for the centre of a new empire of the north west.

The theme of The Washing of Tears is the near loss of the traditional native way of life after the arrival of Europeans in North America, and the recent rebirth of native culture. The video combines interviews with natives about their loss with breath-taking shots of the ocean, footage of whales sounding, and old photos of native whalers. There is no clear explanation for the problems (illness, depression, alcoholism) that some natives now face despite the renaissance of native culture.

The lengthy scenes of natives speaking about their problems are frankly boring. They cover ground that newspapers, magazines, and other videos have been discussing for years, and do not add anything to the larger population's understanding of native issues.

The Washing of Tears stresses the importance of native culture and traditions to the peoples of the west coast. Scenes of natives dancing and discussing their culture illustrate this point. The implication is that without the renewed interest in native traditions, the Mowachaht would be lost in the modern world, in the hustle and bustle of towns and cities. Even with their culture to support them, however, there is a sense that they have suffered a great loss.

The direction is weak, however. Scenes change quickly without any explanation. For example, at one point the viewer is suddenly in New York, and only gradually realizes that the Friendly Cove natives have left Canada -- though there is no clear reason for this, until one sees them examining artifacts in a museum, artifacts that presumably came from the west coast.

The tape would have benefitted greatly from an introduction. Since there is none, the frustrated viewer must make assumptions and guesses. Without the brief cover notes, The Washing of Tears would appear to be a haphazard look at one small group of North American natives and how Europeans changed their society. In all the video adds little to our understanding of Canada's natives, their culture, or their problems.

Recommended with reservations.

Tom Chambers is a professor at Canadore College in North Bay Ontario.

Audio Review

Beware of the Credit Monster:
Win the War for Your Dollars -- A Guide for Young Adults.

Carole M. Wallace.
St. Louis Park, MN, U.S.A: Venture Forward, Inc., 1994. Two Audio Cassettes, $14.95 (U.S.).
ISBN: 0-964-1587-0-1.

Grades 10 and Up / Ages 15 - 18.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.

**/4

THESE TWO TAPES ARE DIVIDED into four programs, each a lively discussion between two financially naive radio announcers and the fictitious investment advisor, Sage Counsellor. For someone with little or no experience they offer sound advice. The major weakness is that much of the information is American and not relevant to a Canadian audience. Canadians, for example, can't deduct the cost of mortgage interest from their income tax while Americans can.

The first program answers the question "Who is the credit monster?" by explaining the dangers of buying on credit. The advice to teenagers who are beginning to earn interest from part-time jobs is excellent. The tape urges young adults to use money wisely, to save and earn interest rather than to pay interest on debt.

In the interests of verisimilitude, the interviews are interrupted by commercial messages. But while these ads illustrate the points made in the program, they aren't really necessary.

The program two explains compound interest and discusses how to make financial security a priority by saying, earning interest, and deferring taxes. Again, the advice on deferring taxes isn't relevant to Canadians because there is no exact American equivalent of RRSPs.

The third program discusses the risk involved in various types of loans and investments, from savings accounts to loans to family members and friends. It also explains how banks make money by lending customer's money, and the differences between government and corporate bonds.

There is a brief and informative discussion about investing in stocks and how this can be riskier than buying bonds. It also points out that stocks can provide greater returns through the combination of dividends and capital gains. In addition, there is a useful discussion on inflation and how it can erode interest income.

Program four discusses how to accumulate money through savings accounts, savings bonds, and mutual funds. There is reference to the difference between front-end and no-load mutual funds, but this is too brief to be of much value. Program four also suggests that everyone should establish an emergency fund equal to three months' worth of living expenses. Once this fund is set up, the money should be put into something secure and eventually into the equivalent of an RRSP.

The tapes are easy to follow and well suited to a young audience. But the American focus makes them less valuable to a Canadian audience.

Recommended with reservations.

Tom Chambers is a professor at Canadore College in North Bay Ontario.

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Envoys Extraordinary:
Women of the Canadian Foreign Service

by Margaret K. Weiers

Many books have detailed the careers of men in Canada's diplomatic service but women's roles have been essentially ignored. The one exception to this generalization is the redoubtable Kathryn Agnes McCloskey, who joined External Affairs in 1909 when the entire department consisted of less than 10 employees. McCloskey went on to become the department's chief accountant and the first woman with a diplomatic posting abroad.

Other women had a more difficult path. By the Second World War women still couldn't be hired as officers within External Affairs, so they joined as clerks and secretaries but soon did officers' work - without the benefit of officers' pay. Finally, they did become officers, and one of them, Margaret Meagher, went on to become the first Canadian woman ambassador.

In Envoys Extraordinary, these women relate their stories in interviews with the author. All told, 11 have become ambassadors, two have been deputy ministers - women who made it in a man's world. The book also looks ahead to the aspirations of a new generation of upwardly mobile young women in an era of instant communication, where the computer modem and the fax machine have replaced the diplomatic courier.

Margaret K. Weiers, who worked for nearly 40 years in daily journalism at the Regina Leader-Post and the Toronto Star, was a foreign service officer for two years in the mid-1950s.

288 pages, 40 illustrations, 150 x 230 mm
$29.99 (US$26.50/£16.75) (cloth)
1-55002-241-5
September 1995

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News: Manitoba

Carol Matas Wins 1996 Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award

The Manitoba School Library Association has announced that Carol Matas has won the 1996 Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award for Daniel's Story (Scholastic, 1993).

Nominees for the 1997 M.Y.R.C.A. are:

Adam and Eve and Pinch Me, by Julie Johnstone.
Lester Publishing, 1994.
Sara has lived in countless foster homes, and eagerly awaits her sixteenth birthday so she can take to the road. Things become complicated when a woman comes to town in search of her long-lost daughter.

Bringing up Beauty, by Sylvia McNicoll.
Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1994.
Bathtub floods, messed-up art projects and accidents on neighbours' rugs are just a few consequences of raising a puppy. The whole family agreed to look after Beauty -- a seeing-eye dog in training -- but somehow twelve-year-old Elizabeth lands the responsibility.

The Golden Aquarians, by Monica Hughes.
HarperCollins, 1994.
It is 2092, and Walt, 13, joins his father on the planet Aqua. The Colonel is obsessed with transforming uninhabited planets's resources for use by the Earth colonists. But when Walt discovers intelligent forms of life, he is pitted against his father in a life and death struggle.

The Invisible Polly McDoodle, by Mary Woodbury.
Coteau Books, 1994.
A series of break-ins have occurred at Polly McDoodle's apartment complex, and the police believe it is an inside job. Sixth-grader Polly decides to investigate the crimes. It takes all of her intelligence and intuition to solve the mystery.

Just Call Me Boom Boom, by Martyn Godfrey.
Scholastic Canada, 1994.
Boom Boom's temper may get him kicked out of the JAWS Mob at John Allen Watson School, but it might come in handy when it's time to face some nasty criminals. Fun and adventure from a popular author.

Out of the Blue, by Sara Ellis.
Groundwood Books, 1994.
Megan is shocked when her mother reveals a 24-year-old secret -- her first daughter, Natalie. How can Megan accept her new half-sister as part of the family? With compassion, poignancy and humour, their problems and adjustments are deftly portrayed.

Painted Devil, by Michael Bedard.
Lester Publishing, 1994.
In this sequel to A Darker Magic, a job at the library offers teenaged Alice refuge from the turmoil at home. But changes occur and premonitions arise when she and Mr. Dwyer, the librarian, plan to stage a "Punch and Judy" puppet show. A thriller not soon forgotten.

Past Tense, by Ken Roberts.
Groundwood Books, 1994.
Max Derbin lives in a household that can only be called eccentric. Strangest of all is Uncle Chuck, a cellular phone addict and segment producer for talk shows. This hilarious, off-the-wall story is full of unexpected turns and great compassion.

Stop the Presses, Ida Mae! By Mary Blakeslee.
McClelland & Stewart, 1994.
This sequel to Ida Mae Evans Eats Ants finds the irrepressible sixth grader writing an astrology column for a paper and conducting tarot readings for school mates. Investing in mining stocks seems to be Ida Mae's undoing, but Great Aunt Glory comes to her rescue in this fun-filled read.

The Time of the Wolf, by Thomas MacDonald.
Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1994.
Aaron finds an orphaned wolf pup and nurses it back to health. The two are inseparable until one day, Aaron has to leave. Set in the 1800s, this is a plausible account of two friends who help each other find their own fate.

Wanderer's First Summer, by Janet Erbach.
Polestar Press, 1994.
It should be the summer of freedom -- for Kee to leave home and wander the oceans with her whalins, the telepathic sea creatures that protect the islands. But island inhabitants watch Kee too closely in this enchanting fantasy-adventure.

Who's Got Gertie? And How Can We Get Her Back? (A Stevie Diamond Mystery), by Linda Bailey.
Kids Can Press, 1994.
Stevie and Jessie are in the thick of things again. While helping Gertie -- their 72-year-old neighbour -- prepare for a big movie, the detectives find she's gone missing! Suddenly they have a summer project far more exciting than daycamp.

Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road? by Gordon Korman.
Scholastic Canada, 1994.
Justin has big ideas for winning the class good deed contest, but one hare brained scheme after another backfires with hilarious results. In this zany adventure, readers learn a lesson about cooperation and friendship.

Witch's Fang, by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart.
Polestar Press, 1994.
Three teenagers risk life and limb in order to fulfil their dream, with near-tragic results. As they attempt a first ascent on the last unclimbed summit in southern B.C., they realize that the struggle to attain a goal is as important as the goal itself.

With a Painted Past, by Hazel Hutchins.
Annick Press, 1994.
Allison's summer holiday tangles her up in a mystery in a world of one hundred years ago. In a big test of courage, Allison learns a lot about herself, her present and her connection to the past.

Annotations courtesy of "Our Choice," the Canadian Children's Book Centre.

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