CM Volume 2 Number 18

From the Editor

Some Stars Are Born

This week we've begun adding starred ratings to our reviews. This is not because we have been brainwashed by Leonard Maltin, but because a our ``Recommendations" scale is really a purchase recommendation, rather than an evaluation of quality.

Sometimes that prevents us from doing a title justice. There might be, for example, a book a reviewer couldn't in good conscience recommend a school or library purchase because of price, or perhaps particularly controversial subject matter, but which is still of high quality. There might also be a title that you really should have on the shelf, even though instrinsically, it isn't that great.

So the purchase recommendations will remain at the bottom of the reviews, just like always, but from now on up at the top you'll see a starred rating for overall quality: *** /4, say.

If you have any questions or comments, please get in touch with me at the address beneath my name.

-- Duncan Thornton
cmeditor@mts.net

CM
Editor
Duncan Thornton
e-mail: cmeditor@mts.net
CM
Executive Assistant
Peter Tittenberger
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Book Reviews

How A Book Is Published.: Bobbie Kalman.; Review by Jane Robinson.; Grades 1 - 6 / Ages 5 - 11.
Mooch Forever: Gilles Gauthier. Illustrated by Pierre-Andre Derome.; Translated by Sarah Cummins.; Review by A. Edwardsson.; Grades 2 - 5 / Ages 7 - 10.
Little Vampire's Diary.: Sonia Holleyman.; Review by A. Edwardsson.; Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 10.
Mystery of the Missing Will: Jeni Mayer; Review by Joanne Robertson.; Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10 -13.
Attack on Montreal.: Pierre Berton.; Review by Catherine Cox.; Grades 6 - 10 / Ages 11 - 14.
worn thresholds.: Julie Berry.; Review by Liam C. Rodrigues.; Grades 10 and Up / Ages 14 and Up.
Active Living: The Miracle Medicine for a Long and Healthy Life.: Gordon W. Stewart.; Review by Marsha Kaiserman.; All ages.

Features

An Interview with Jeni Mayer
Notable Web Sites
Collaborative Book Review Project
The Great Canadian Trivia Contest
The Little Math Puzzle

News

Newswave 96: Call for Participation
Freedom to Read Week

If you would like to print out an entire copy of this issue of CM (60K) we have compiled all of our reviews in one print file.

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