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Table of Contents

Volume XXI Number 31
April 17, 2015

Book Reviews
   
Can Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey.
  Johanna Skibsrud & Sarah Blacker. Illustrated by Julie Morstad.
Review by Ellen Heaney.
Preschool / Birth-age 3.
   
Can A+ for Big Ben.
  Sarah Ellis. Illustrated by Kim La Fave.
Review by Carla Epp.
Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 3-5.
   
Can Edmund Unravels.
  Andrew Kolb.
Review by Meredith Cleversey.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6.
   
Can Jamie and the Monster Bookroom.
  Kerry Simpson with Jamie Simpson. Illustrated by Erica Folnoviƒ.
Review Teresa Iaizzo
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 4-6.
   
Can The Pirates on Holiday. (Race Ahead with Reading).
  Adam & Charlotte Guillain. Illustrated by Rupert Van Wyk.
Review by Roxy Garstad.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Gertrude at the Beach.
  Starr Dobson. Art by Dayle Dodwell.
Review by Kristen Ferguson.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Rumpelstiltskin Returns. (Race Ahead with Reading).
  Maggie Pearson. Illustrated by Steve Stone.
Review by Kerri Hutchinson.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can The Word Wizard’s Book of Nouns. (Word Wizard).
  Robin Johnson.
Review by Kristen Ferguson.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can The Word Wizard’s Book of Verbs. (Word Wizard).
  Robin Johnson.
Review by Kristen Ferguson.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can The Word Wizard’s Book of Adjectives. (Word Wizard).
  Robin Johnson.
Review by Kristen Ferguson.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can The Word Wizard’s Book of Adverbs. (Word Wizard).
  Robin Johnson.
Review by Kristen Ferguson.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can The Spider. (Disgusting Critters).
  Élise Gravel.
Review by Claire Perrin.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Backyard Wildlife. (Learn to Fold Origami).
  Katie Gillespie.
Review by Alicia Cheng.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Cars, Boats, and Airplanes. (Learn to Fold Origami).
  Katie Gillespie.
Review by Alicia Cheng.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Stink and the Shark Sleepover.
  Megan McDonald. Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.
Review by Laura Dick.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Piper’s First Show. (The Puppy Collection; 5).
  Susan Hughes. Illustrated by Leanne Franson.
Review by Kate Hachborn.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Secrets Beneath the Sea. (Mermaid Kingdom, Book 1).
  Janet Gurtler. Illustrated by Katie Wood.
Review by Ruth Scales McMahon.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can The Spirit of the Sea.
  Rebecca Hainnu. Illustrated by Hwei Lim.
Review by Linda Ludke.
Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-11.
   
Can Connecting Dots. (A Gutsy Girl Book).
  Sharon Jennings.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can The Journal.
  Lois Donovan.
Review by Beth Maddigan.
Grades 4-9 / Ages 9-14.
   
Can The Supreme Court. (Canada’s Governing Bodies.)
  Simon Rose
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Red Zone Rivals. (Sports Stories).
  Eric Howling.
Review by Georgette Nairn.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can Life Cycle of a Lie.
  Sylvia Olsen.
Review by Susie Wilson.
Grades 8-12 / Ages 13-17.
   
Can Forever Julia.
  Jodi Carmichael.
Review by Charlotte Duggan.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   

Professional Reading

   
Can Exploding the Reading: Building a World of Responses From One Small Story, 50 Interactive Strategies for Increasing Comprehension.
  Review by Barbara McNeil.
   




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