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Index of Media Reviews

Alphabetical by Title

AUDIO TAPES | CD-ROMS | VIDEO TAPES

Audio Tapes

CDNAll One Earth: Songs for the Generations
Michael Caduto
Review by MaryLynn Gagne
Grades 3 - 6+ / Ages 8 - 11+

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.

CDNToni and the Dandelions
Mark Ferguson
Review by Brenda Partridge
Grades K - 2 / Ages 4 - 8

CD-ROMS

intBeyond the Sambatyon: The Myth of the Ten Lost Tribes.
Creative Multimedia.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5 - 10 / Ages 11 - 15.
INTBodyWorks 5.0: Discover the World Beneath Your Skin.
SoftKey International Inc.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10 - 14.

CDNThe 1996 Canadian Encyclopedia Plus
Review by Duncan Thornton
Grades 6 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult

CDNCanadisk '95
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Grades 5 - 13 / Ages 11 - 18

CDNEarth Explorer
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10-12

INT Edward Lear's
Book of Nonsense.
Review by Theresa Yauk.
Grades 3 and Up / Ages 8 to Adult.

CDNEnglish Express: Everything you need to improve your English.
Writers/Editors: Judy Derksen, Susan Main, Esther Wang.
Art by Tongjun Zhao.
Review by Thomas Chambers.
Grades 7 - 11 / Ages 12 - 16.

cdnIn the Beginning...Northwest Passage.
IDON East Corporation.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.

INT Multimedia Cats: The Complete Interactive Guide to Cats
Review by Diane Fitzgerald
Grades 2 - 6 / Ages 6 - 10

Video Tapes

CDNApeman
Episode Three: ``It's All in the Mind."
Review by Duncan Thornton
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult

CDN Apeman
Episode Four :``Science and Fiction
Review by Duncan Thornton
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult

CDNThe Bomb under the World:
Part One ofThe Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads
Review by Duncan Thornton
Grades 9 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult

CDNCanada Remembers:
Vol. 1, Turning the Tide: 1939 to D-Day.
Vol. 2, The Liberators: D-Day to the Rhine.
Vol. 3, Endings and Beginnings: 1945.
Review by Ian Stewart
Grades: 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult

CDN Children of Jerusalem:Yehuda, Tamara, Asya, Yacoub, Neveen.
Directed by Beverly Shaffer.
Review by Ian Stewart
Grades 5 - 13 / Ages 10 - 18.

CDNChore Wars
Review by Lorrie Andersen
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 15 - 18

CDNA Cut Above: My Grandfather Was a Logger
Directed by Karen Bastgailis
Review by T.S. Causabon
Grades 9 and Up / Ages 13 and Up

CDNEnergy Choices
Part 2 of Energy: The Pulse of Life
Review by Lorrie Andersen
Grades 7-13 / Ages 12-18

INTEurokids.
T.H.A. Media Distributors.
Review by Theresa Yauk.
Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.

CDN The Face of Tutankhamun
Episode One: ``The Great Adventure."
Review by Duncan Thornton
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult

CDNFat Chance
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 11 - 12 / Ages 15 - Adult

CDNFreedom Had a Price
Producer/Director: Yurij Luhovy
Review by Patricia Maruschak
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult

CDNGhosts of the Bay: The Forgotten History of Georgian Bay
Russel Floren and Andrea Gutsche
Review by Tom Chambers
Grades 8 and Up / Ages 12 - Adult

CDNGreat Northern Forest
Review by Lorrie Andersen
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 12 - 18

CDNHands of History
Directed by Loretta Todd
Review by Adele Case
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult

CDNHi-Tech Culture
Review by Duncan Thornton
Grades 10-12 / Ages 15 - Adult

CDNIf Only I were an Indian
John Paskievich
Review by Charmagne de Veer
Grades 7 and Up / Ages 11 - Adult

CDN Keyeye: Making Kids Safe.
Review by Theresa Yauk.
Grades 3 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.

CDNThe Last Harvest
Review by Duncan Thornton
Grades 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult

CDNLeonard Maltin's Animated Favorites from the National Film Board of Canada
Review by Duncan Thornton
All ages

CDNThe Living Beach
Review by Lorrie Andersen
Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult

CDN Planet Earth: Caring for Our Environment
Review by Lorrie Andersen
Grades 1 - 5 / Ages 5 - 10

CDNThe Reluctant Deckhand.
Written and Directed by Jan Padgett.
Review by Leslie Millar.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 12.

INTRound The Twist (Series 1) Cabbage Patch Fib
Australian Childrens Television Foundation
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 11 - 14

CDNRun, Sockeye, Run: The Life Cycle of the Sockeye Salmon.
Diana French.
Review by Janice Foster.
Grades 4 - 10 / Ages 9 - 14.

INTThe Story of Rosy Dock
Written and Directed by Jeannie Baker
Review by Diane Fitzgerald
All ages

CDNStoryteller: Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak.
Written and Directed by Joanne Culley.
Review by Gail Lennon.
All ages.

CDNThrough Wolf Eyes: The Story of a Gray Wolf.
Review group led by Brian Rountree.
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.

CDNThe Tibetan Book of the Dead
National Film Board.
Review by Ian Stewart.
International Baccalaureate / Ages 18 and Up.

CDNToronto: Stories from the Life of a City
Review by Kathleen Kellet-Betsos
Grades 8 - 13 / Ages 12 - Adult

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


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ISSN 1201-9364


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