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Book Reviews by TITLE -- B -- Baba's Macedonian Socks Alex K. Gigeroff Reviewed by Catherine McInerney Grades 1 to 3 / Ages 6 to 8 1994 March/April The Baby Project Sarah Ellis Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 7 and up / Ages 11 and up 1987 January The Bad Day Sylvie Assathiany and Louise Pelletier Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grades Pre-School - K / Ages 3 - 5 1986 May Baggage to London Lynn Westerhout Cutler Reviewed by Patricia Butler Pre-School 1994 September The Bald Eagle: Haunts And Hablts Of A Wilderness Monarch Jon Gerrard and Gary Bortolotti Reviewed by Peter Croskery Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 January The Balloon Tree Phoebe Gilman Reviewed by Enid Dorward Grades K - 4 / Ages 5 - 9 1985 May The Bamboo Bears: The Life and Troubled Times of the Giant Panda Clive Roots Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1989 September The Bare Naked Book Kathy Stinson Reviewed by Patricia Skarzynski Grades Pre-school - 2 / Ages 5 - 7 1987 January The Baritone Cat Mora Skelton Reviewed by Theo Hersh Junior Kindergarten to Grade 1 / Ages 4 to 6 1994 September Baseball Bats for Christmas Michael Kusugak Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler Grades 1 - 4 / Ages 6 - 9 1991 March Baseball Crazy Martyn Godfrey Reviewed by Floyd Spracklin Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1988 July The Battle of Lake Erie Pierre Berton Reviewed by Danna J. Adrian Grades 5 to 8 / Ages 10 to 13 1994 October Bear in the Sky Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 1 - 4 / Ages 6 - 9 1990 November Bears of the World Ian Sterling Reviewed by Peter Croskery Grades 3 to 7 / Ages 8 to 12 1992 November The Beautiful Cassandra Jane Austen Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 3 to 6 / Ages 8 to 11 1994 May/June Beethoven Lives Upstairs Barbara Nichol Reviewed by Gillian M. Noonan Grades 2 to 5 / Ages 7 to 10 1994 May/June Beginnings Dorothy Livesay Reviewed by Leslie McGrath Adult 1989 September Benjamin and the Pillow Saga Stéphane Poulin Reviewed by Patricia Fry Grades K - 3 / Ages 5 - 8 1990 January Best Bedtime Stories Amy Friedman Reviewed by Jane Smith Kindergarden to Grade 6 / Ages 5 to 11 1994 May/June Best Canadian Stories 91 David Helwig and Maggie Helwig Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1992 March Bibliography of Theatre History of Canada: The Beginnings Through 1984 / Bibliographie d'histoire du theâtre au Canada: Des débuts -- fin 1984 Edited by John Ball and Richard Plant Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1994 September Big Sarah's Little Boots Paulette Bourgeois Reviewed by Wendy Carter Grades Pre-school - 2 / Ages 3 - 7 1988 March The Big Storm Rhea Tregebov Reviewed by Catherine Mclnerney Grades K - 3 / Ages 4 - 8 1992 November The Big Tree and the Little Tree Mary Tappage Reviewed by Elizabeth Crockett Grades K - 4 / Ages 5 - 9 1987 July Billy at Bat Martha Henry Reviewed by Alma Webster Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 9 1986 March A Bird in the House Margaret Laurence Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 May Birds at My Feeder Bobbie Kalman Reviewed by Norma Charles Grades K - 3 / Ages 5 - 8 1988 November Blaine's Way Monica Hughes Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 5 - 7 / Ages 10 - 12 1987 January Blink sean o'huigin Reviewed by Fran Newman Grades 1 and up / Ages 6 and up 1985 January Bloodsong and Other Stories of South Africa Ernst Havemann Reviewed by Esther Hutchison Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1989 November BLT Catherine Dunphy Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 6 - 9 / Ages 11 - 14 1992 September The Blue Jean Collection Edited by Peter Carver Joyce Brown Grades 7 to 10 / Ages 12 to 15 1992 October Blue Raven Ted Harrison Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Grades 3 - 8 / Ages 8 - 13 1989 July Bonds of Wire: A Memoir Kingsley Brown Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 July The Bones and Skeleton Gamebook Karen C. Anderson and Stephen Cumbaa Reviewed by Pat Steenbergen Grades 3 to 7 / Ages 8 to 12 1994 May/June Bon Voyage Baabee Dayal Kaur Khalsa Reviewed by M. Joan Young Grades Pre-School / Ages 2 months - 1 1985 May The Book of Canadians: An Illustrative Guide to Who Did What Carlotta Hacker Reviewed by Elaine Atwood Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1984 July A Book Dragon Donn Kushner Reviewed by Nancy Black Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 12 1988 May Book of Grey Owl: Selected Wildlife Stories E.E. Reynolds Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up 1989 July Bowbo's Shade Tree Dorothy Morris Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 10 1987 March Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks: Money Matters for Kids,Vol.IV Joanne Currah and Jane Felling Reviewed by Alma Webster Kindergarden to Grade 6 / Ages 5 to 12 1994 November/December The Boxing Champion Roch Carrier Reviewed by Norma Charles Grades K - 5 / Ages 4 - 10 1991 September A Boy Called Nam: A True Story of How One Boy Came to Canada Leo Heaps Reviewed by Margaret Marsh Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1985 May Boy on Defence Scott Young Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 11 - 14 1986 March The Boy, the Dollar and the Wonderful Hat Marilyn Helmer Reviewed by Kay Kerman Grades K - 3 / Ages 5 - 8 1992 October A Boy at the Leafs' Camp Scott Young Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 11 - 14 1986 March A Boy of Taché Ann Blades Reviewed by Gudrun Wight Grades K - 4 / Ages 5 - 9 1985 May The Boy With No Reflection Terry Morrison Reviewed by Ila D. Scott Grades 1 to 3 / Ages 6 to 8 1994 May/June Brenda and Edward Maryann Kovalski Reviewed by Patricia Fry Grades Pre-School - 1 / Ages 3 - 5 1985 May Brewster Rooster Berny Lucas Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler Pre-school to Grade 2 / Ages 3 to 7 1994 March/April Breakaway Paul Yee Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1994 September The Breakaway Company: A Complete Career Readiness Program Don Campbell, et al. Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1994 November/December A Breed Apart Tony German Reviewed by Susan Ratcliffe Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 12 - 14 1986 January Brian Orser Bruce Geddes and Stephanie Geddes Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 9 - 14 1989 May Bridges Etta Kaner Reviewed by Brenda Partidge Grades 3 to 8 / Ages 8 to 13 1994 September Brothers in Arms Jordan Wheeler Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown Adult 1990 March Brothers and Strangers Marilyn Halvorson Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 8 - 11 / Ages 13 - 16 1991 September Bugs Potter Live at Nickaninny Gordon Korman Reviewed by Janet Goldack Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1984 January The Bump Fred Penner Reviewed by Dianne Harke Grades Preschool - 3 / Ages 3 - 8 1985 July The Bungalo Boys John Bianchi Reviewed by Alma Webster Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 10 1987 March The Bungalo Boys II: Bushmen Brouhaha John Bianchi Reviewed by Carol Steedman Grades 1 - 3 / Ages 6 - 9 1988 July The Bungalo Boys III: Champions of Hockey John Bianchi Reviewed by Linda Holeman Grades K - 6 / Ages 5 - 11 1990 January The Burning of the Rose Ruth Nichols Reviewed by Mollie Hoofer Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1990 May Byron and His Balloon: An English-Chipewyan Counting Book David May Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades Preschool - 2 / Ages 3 - 7 1984 September By the Sea: An Alphabet Book Ann Blades Reviewed by Joan Weller Grades Pre-School - 1 / Ages 3 - 6 1986 March

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