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Table of Contents
Volume VII Number 8
December 15, 2000

Book Reviews

intLearn to Count: Funny Bunnies.
Cyndy Szekeres.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool / Ages 1 - 4.

canMatthew and the Midnight Hospital.
Allen Morgan. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko.
Review by Karen Clay.
Preschool - grade 3 / Ages 4 - 8.

canThe Science of Living Things Series
What is a Dog?
What is a Marsupial?
What is a Plant?
What is a Primate?
What is a Reptile?
What is a Bird?
What is a Bat?
What is a Living Thing?
What is a Fish?
What is a Dinosaur?
Bobbie Kalman, Hannelore Sotzek, Niki Walker, Heather Levigne and Allison Larin.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2 - 5 / Ages 7 - 10.


canAnimals in Motion: How Animals Swim, Jump, Slither and Glide.
Pamela Hickman. Illustrated by Pat Stephens.
Review by Liz Greenaway.
Grades 2 - 6 / Ages 7 - 11.

canSpying on Dracula. (Sam, Dog Detective Series, 1).
Mary Labatt
Review by Jennifer Johnson.
Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 10.

canThe Ghost of Captain Briggs. (Sam, Dog Detective Series, 2).
Mary Labatt
Review by Jennifer Johnson.
Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 10.

canFashion Fandango. (GeneratioNorah Series No.1).
Colleen Sydor. Illustrated by Lenka Vernex.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.

canMaxwell's Metamorphosis. (GeneratioNorah Series No. 2).
Colleen Sydor. Illustrated by Lenka Vernex.
Review by Gillian Richardson.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.

canTough Guys of Hockey: 16 Players Who Beat the Odds.
Paul Romanuk.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.

canThe Keeper of the Trees.
Beverley Brenna.
Review by Kathleen Kirk.
Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12.

canThat Silent Summer.
Elaine Medline.
Review by Kathleen Kirk.
Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10 - 13.

canTangled Web.
Shelley Hrdlitschka.
Review by Tom Knutson.
Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 12 - 14.

canMen of Stone.
Gayle Friesen.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 - 17.

intInner Hunger: A Young Woman's Struggle Through Anorexia And Bulimia.
Marianne Apostolides.
Review by Cheryl Archer.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.

CD-ROM Review
cdn Time 4 Teachers: 400 Language Arts Time Saving Blackline Masters.
Time4Teachers
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Professional for Grade 2 - 7 teachers.

Video Reviews

cdn Canada Strikes Oil: Leduc, Alberta, 1947. (The People's History of the West Series).
David Newman (Director). Joe MacDonald & Keith Packwood (Producers).
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up.

cdn Season of the Eiders.
Robert J. Long (Director). Don Copeman and Joe MacDonald (Producers).
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 3 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.

cdn A Kid's View of Canada II.
Nicolette Saina (Director). Nicolette Saina (Producer, Saina Films) Jennifer Torrance (Producer, NFB).
Review by Susan Fonseca.
Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.

cdn It's Electric.
Green and Growing Education Projects, Inc.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 7 - 12 / Ages 12 - 17.

cdn Turbulence.
Carole Poliquin. (Director). Isaac Isitan (Producer, Les Productions ISCA) Nicole Lamothe (Producer, NFB).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.



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