CM Magazine: Volume VI Number 1

Profiles

Eric Walters
Sylvia McNicoll
Gayle Friesen
Sylvia Gunnery
Celia Lottridge
Roy McGregor
Joe McLellan
Ken Oppel

News and Awards

1998 Governor General's Winners.: The Hollow Tree; A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
1998 Governor General's Literary Awards Nominees.
Governor General's Awards.
Retrospective look at Children's Literature Awards.
Canadian Library Association 1998 Book of the Year Award: Stephen Fair
Canadian Library Association 1998 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator Award.: A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes.
Canadian Children's Book Awards

Bibliographies
Black History Books
Black History AV
Manitoba Writers and Illustrators

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Table of Contents
Volume VI Number 1
September 3, 1999

Book Reviews

Once Upon a Breath: The Story of a Wolf, 3 Pigs & Asthma.: Aaron Zevy. Illustrated by Susan Tebbutt.; Review by Mary Thomas.; Preschool - grade 2 / Ages 3 - 7.
The Big Book of Games.: Dorothy Stott.; Review by Lorraine Douglas.; Preschool - grade 3 / Ages 4 - 8.
Vanilla Gorilla.: William New. Illustrated by Vivian Bevis.; Review by Harriet Zaidman.; Preschool - grade 5 / Ages 4 - 10.
Pegasus, the Flying Horse.: Jane Yolen (Reteller). Illustrated by Li Ming.; Review by Joan Payzant.; Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up.
The Olden Days Coat.: Margaret Laurence. Illustrated by Muriel Wood.; Review by Irene Gordon.; Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up.
A Dog Called Houdini.: C. Everard Palmer.; Review by Joan Simpson.; Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12.
The Eyewitness Atlas of the World.: Review by Gail Hamilton.; Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
The Atlas of the World's Worst Natural Disasters.: Lesley Newson.; Review by Gail Hamilton.; Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
Funny You Should Ask.: Marg Meikle.; Review by Helen Arkos.; Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
Touch of the Clown.: Glen Huser.; Review by Joanne Peters.; Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 12 - 14.
Sir John, Eh? A Musical in Two Acts.: Jim Garrard and Grant Heckman.; Review by Harriet Zaidman.; Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 - 17.
Better Books! Better Readers! How to Choose, Use and Level Books for Children in the Primary Grades.: Linda Hart-Hewins and Jan Wells.; Review by Reesa Cohen.; Professional.

Video Review

Pandas. (Champions of the Wild: Part 6).: Chris Aikenhead (Director). Christian Bruyere and Ian Herring (Producers).; Review by Betsy Fraser.; Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 9 - 14.
Polar Bears. (Champions of the Wild: Part 9).: Ian Herring (Director and Producer). Christian Bruyere (Producer).; Review by Betsy Fraser.; Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.
Beating the Streets: Lorna Thomas (Director). Tom Jackson (Narrator). Lorna Thomas and Jerry Krepakevich (Producers).; Review by Joanne Peters.; Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.

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The Manitoba Library Association
ISSN 1201-9364