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Index of Book Reviews

Alphabetical by Title A - E

F-M N-R S-Z


CDNActive Living: The Miracle Medicine for a Long and Healthy Life
Gordon W. Stewart
Review by Marsha Kaiserman
All ages

cdnAfter Paradise.
Janis Rapoport.
Review by Deborah Mervold.
Grades 11 and up / Ages adult.

cdnAfter the War.
Carol Matas.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 12 - 15.

 Almost a Lifetime
John McMahon
Review by Neil V. Payne
Grade 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult

 Alphabake: A Cookbook and Cookie Cutter Set
Debora Pearson. Illustrated by Jane Kurisu
Review by Kenneth Field
Grades Daycare - 6 / Ages 3 - 11

 Amy's Promise
Bernice Thurman Hunter
Review by Jennifer Sullivan
Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10 - 13

 Around the World in Eighteen Plays: Folk Tale scripts for the Classroom
Claire Northrop
Review by Patricia Fry
Grades K-6 / Ages 5-11

CDNAssessment and ESL: On the Yellow Big Road to the Withered of OZ
Barbara Law and Mary Eckes
Review by Gail Lennon
Professional

CDNAtlantic Sea Stories
Edited by John Bell
Review by Joan Payzant
Grades 9 and Up / Ages 14 - Adult

INTAtom Bomb.
Tom Seddon.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 12 - 15.

CDNAttack on Montreal
Pierre Berton
Review by Catherine Cox
Grades 6 - 10 / Ages 11 - 14

cdnAunt Mary Buttons.
Diane Jarvis Jones.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
All ages.

 Bats about Baseball
Jean Little and Claire MacKay
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7 - 10

cdnBears: Polar Bears, Black Bears and Grizzly Bears.
Deborah Hodge. Illustrated by Pat Stephens.
Review by Brenda Partridge.
Grades K - 6 / Ages 4 - 12.

 The Bear-Walker and Other Stories
Basil H. Johnston. Illustrated by David A. Johnson.
Review by Adele Case
Grades 3 - 8 / Ages 7 - 13

intBeginnings: From the First Nations to the Great Migration.
Marshall Jamieson.
Review by Kathleen Kellett-Betsos.
Grades 6 - 9 / Ages 11 - 15.

 Behind the Story:The People who Create our Best Children's Books . . . and How They Do It!
General Editor: Barbara Greenwood
Review By Janie Wilkins
Grades 4 - 10 / Ages 8 - 14 / Professional Reference

CDNBig Bear (Mistahimusquay).
James R. Miller.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 10 and Up / Ages 16 - Adult.

 Big Boy
Tololwa M. Mollel. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Grade Preschool - 3 / Ages 4 - 8

intBig Burn.
Lesley Choyce.
Review by Jennifer Sullivan.
Grades 7 - 10 / Ages 12 - 15.

CDNThe Big Race!
Sylvia McNicoll. Illustrated by Susan Gardos.
Review by A. Edwardsson.
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 9.

 Blackouts to Bright Lights: Canadian War Bride Stories
Edited by Barbara Ladouceur and Phyllis Spence
Review by Grace Shaw
Grade 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult

 Bone Button Borscht
Aubrey Davis
Review by Lorraine Douglas
Preschool - Grade 3 / Ages 3-8

 The Book of Changes
Tim Wynne-Jones
Review by Val Nielsen
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14

 Books Alive: Using Literature in the Classroom
Susan Hill
Review by MaryLeah Otto
Elementary Teachers

cdnBottom Drawer.
David Boyd.
Review by Esme Keith.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.

 Branch of the Talking Teeth
Ishbel Moore
Review by Helen Norrie
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12

CDNBreathing Not Required
Michele Martin Bossley
Review by Donna J. Adrian
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11

 Butterflies and Moths
Bobbie Kalman and Tammy Everts
Review by Brenda Partridge
Grades K - 6 / Ages 3 - 12

cdnCalm jazz sea.
Mike Barnes.
Review by Willa Walsh.
Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 and up.

CDNCanada: Its Land and People.
Don Massey and Patricia Shields.
Review by Michel F. Kallio.
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.

 Canadian Copyright Law
Lesley Ellen Harris
Review by Neil Campbell
Ages Professional

CDNCanadian Internet Handbook
J.A Carroll and Rick Broadhead
Review by Bob Haxton
Grades 7 and Up / Ages 12 to Adult

CDNThe Canadian Renewable Energy Guide (First Edition)
Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc.
Edited by Duncan Noble and Robert Swartman.
Review by Gerri Young.
Grades 10 and Up / Ages 16 - Adult.

cdnCanoe Lake, Algonquin Park: Tom Thomson and other Mysteries.
S. Bernard Shaw.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 - adult.

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.

CDNCassandra's Driftwood
Budge Wilson. Illustrated by Terry Roscoe.
Review by Jennifer Johnson.
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 10

cdnCatch Me Once, Catch Me Twice.
Janet McNaughton.
Review by Irene Gordon.
Grades 6 - 8 / Ages 11 - 14.

CDNCaves
Neil Morris
Review by Alison Mews
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 9

INTChanges - A self-help book for adolescents.
Harry Vincenzi.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 6 - 9 / Ages 12 - 15.

cdnChanging the Pattern: The Story of Emily Stowe.
Sydell Waxman. Illustrated by Linda Potts.
Review by Marsha Kaiserman.
Grades 3 - 8 / Ages 8 - 13.

 Chester's Barn
Lindee Climo
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Grades K - 4 / Ages 5 - 10

cdnChildren Have Diabetes Too - Learning Together As A Family.
Edited by Robert G. McArthur M.D. Illustrations by Audrey Mabee.
Review by Lorrie Ann Wannamaker.
Grades 3 - 8 / Ages 8 - 12.

 The Children of China: An Artist's Journey
Song Nan Zhang
Review by Donna J. Adrian
Grades 7 and Up / Ages 12 and Up

 Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories
L.M. Montgomery. Edited by Rea Wilmshurst
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 4 and Up / Ages 8 - Adult

 Clayoquot and Dissent
Essays by Tzeporah Berman, et al
Review by Adele Case
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult

 The Coastline of Forgetting
Leslie Choyce
Review by Pat Bolger
Grades 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult

CDNConstruct-A-Kit Fort and Playhouse
Philip Poissant and Dede Sinclair. Illustrated by Darrel Bowman.
Review by Sylvia Smith and Evan Thornton
Grades Preschool - 6 / Ages 4 - 11

 Cook and Color
Shelley Zarenda
Review by Anne Edwardsson
Grade 2 - 5 / Ages 6 - 9 (with adult supervision)

 Corking
Judy Ann Sadler
Review by Lorraine Douglas
Grades 3-6 / Ages 7 - 11.

cdnCougar Cove.
Julie Lawson.
Review by Helen Norrie.
Grades 3 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.

CDNCounty Roads.
Written and illustrated by Terry Culbert.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 7 - 12 / Ages 12 - Adult.

CDNCreating with Fimo Acrylic Clay.
Libby Nicholson and Yvonne Lau. Illustrated by Tracy Walker.
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 4 and Up / Ages 9 and Up.

 Criminal acts 1: the Canadian true crime annual
Allan Gould
Review by Neil V. Payne
Grades 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult

CDN The Cup of Mari Anu.
Yvonne Owens. Illustrated by Kevan Lane Miller.
Review by Maryleah Otto.
Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12.
Review by Maryleah Otto.

CDNDanced In My Brain: A Woman's Story of Addiction and Recovery
Kimberley Mansfield
Review by Grace Shaw
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - 18

CDNThe Dark Garden
Margaret Buffie
Review by Diane Fitzgerald
Grades 7 - 10 / Ages 12 - 15

CDNThe Day Sun Was Stolen
Jamie Oliviero. Illustrated by Sharon Hitchcock.
Review by Jennifer Johnson
Grades Preschool - 4 / Ages 4 - 8

 The Defenders
Robert Livesay
Review by Dave Jenkinson
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13

CDNDepth Markers: Selected Art Writings 1985-1994
James D. Campbell
Review by Grace Shaw
University / Adult

 Don't tell anyone, but -- UFO experiences in Canada
Vicki Cameron
Review by Chris Rutkowski
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult

INT Do the Doors Open by Magic? And Other Supermarket Questions.
Catherine Ripley. Illustrated by Scot Ritchie.
Reviews by A. Edwardsson.
Preschool - Grade 4 / Ages 3 - 9.

cdnDo You Want Fries With That?
Martyn Godfrey.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 9 - 12.

 Dragon in the Clouds
Rosemary Nelson
Review by Irene Gordon
Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12

 Dragon in the Clouds Study Guide
Rosemary Nelson
Review by Irene Gordon
Grade 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12

 Dragons of Steel
John F. Wallace, MC.
Review by J.R. Cordon
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult

 Dreamers
Mary-Ellen Lang Collura
Review by Elaine Seepish
Grade 10 - 12 / Ages 14 - 18

cdnThe Dust Bowl.
David Booth. Illustrated by Karen Reczuch.
Review by Floyd Spracklin.
Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12.

CDNThe Ecstasy of Resistance: A Biography of George Ryga
James Hoffman
Review by Joanne Peters
Grades 11 and Up / Ages 15 and Up

 8 O'Cluck
Jill Creighton. Illustrated by Pierre-Paul Pariseau
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades K - 5 / Ages 5 - 9

 Emily Carr's Woo
Constance Horne. Illustrated by Lissa Calvert
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11

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

 Every Adult's Guide to Talking to Teens
Kathy Paterson.
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Adult / Professional

 Everyday Science: Fun and Easy Projects for Making Practical Things
Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone
Review by Joan Payzant
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12

Index of Book Reviews

Alphabetical by Title

F-M N-R S-Z


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