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Index of Media Reviews
Alphabetical by Title
AUDIO TAPES | CD-ROMS | VIDEO TAPES
Audio Tapes
 All One Earth:
Songs for the Generations.
- Michael Caduto.
- Review by MaryLynn Gagne.
- Grades 3 - 6+ / Ages 8 - 11+.
 Beware 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.
- Canada Is For Kids.
- Mitchell, Michael.
- Review by Valerie Nielsen.
- Grades 1 - 6 / Ages 6 - 12.
- A Folktale from Bihar: A Curly Tale.
- Naidu, Vayu. Illustrated by Mugdha Shah. Narrated by Usha Uthup.
- Review by Irene Gordon.
- Grades K and up / Ages 5 and up.
- Karadi Tales:
The Blue Jackal (Side A).
The Foolish Lion (Side B).
- Shobha Viswanath (script and narration), Naseeruddin Shah (illus.), Narayan Parasuram (music), Prakash Shetty (background score).
- Review by Irene Gordon.
- Grades K and up / Ages 5 and up.
- Toni and the Dandelions.
- Mark Ferguson.
- Review by Brenda Partridge.
- Grades K - 2 / Ages 4 - 8.
CD-ROMS
- Beyond the Sambatyon: The Myth of the Ten Lost Tribes.
- Creative Multimedia.
- Review by Harriet Zaidman.
- Grades 5 - 10 / Ages 11 - 15.
- BodyWorks 5.0:
Discover the World Beneath Your Skin.
- SoftKey International Inc.
- Review by Harriet Zaidman.
- Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10 - 14.
- Canada's Visual History CD-ROM.
- Review by Valerie Nielsen.
- Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up.
- The 1996 Canadian Encyclopedia Plus.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 6 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
- The Canadian Geographic Explorer.
- IQ Media Holdings.
- Review by Gary Evans.
- Grades 10 - 12 / Ages 14 and up.
- Canadisk '95.
- Review by Harriet Zaidman.
- Grades 5 - 13 / Ages 11 - 18.
- Earth Explorer.
- Review by Harriet Zaidman.
- Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10-12.
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Edward Lear's.
Book of Nonsense.
- Review by Theresa Yauk.
- Grades 3 and Up / Ages 8 to Adult.
- English 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.
- Fly Past: The Collection of the National Aviation Museum.
- Digital Renaissance (Producer and designer).
- Review by Valerie Nielsen.
- Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
- Great Canadian Scientists Version 1.0
- Barry Shell.
- Review by Kendall Neufeld and Ian Stewart.
- Grades 8 and up / Ages 14 and up.
- Has Anybody Seen My Umbrella?
- Jane Churchill (Director/Game Designer). Tamara Lynch (Producer). Tim Latchem (Associate
Producer).
- Review by Harriet Zaidman.
- Grades Kindergarten - 2 / Ages 5 - 7.
- In the Beginning ... Northwest Passage.
- IDON East Corporation.
- Review by Harriet Zaidman.
- Grades 6 - 12 / Ages 11 - 18.
- Klondike Gold Rush.
- IDON East Corporation.
- Review by Harriet Zaidman.
- Grades 6 - 12 / Ages 11 - 18.
- Making History: Louis Riel and the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
- Janes Monro Productions, Inc. (in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada).
- Review by Gary Evans.
- Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
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Multimedia Cats: The Complete Interactive Guide to Cats.
- Review by Diane Fitzgerald.
- Grades 2 - 6 / Ages 6 - 10.
- Parliament Hill: An Interactive Tour.
- Voyageur Interactive Technologies Limited.
- Review by Gary Evans.
- Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
- The Spirit Lives: Planning for Success.
- Canadian Bankers Association, et al.
- Review by Harriet Zaidman.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
Video Tapes
- Abegweit - The Confederation Bridge: A Marvel of Canadian Engineering.
- Serge Morin (Director). Pierre Bernier and Diane Poitras (Producers).
- Review by Joan Payzant.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- A.J. Casson: The Only Critic is Time.
- Michael Morningstar (Director). Michael Morningstar, Paul Caulfield and Don Haig (Producers).
- Review by Ann Stinner.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
- Alternate Route.
- Directed by Denise Withers. Produced by Chantal Bower.
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 14 and up.
- Apeman
Episode Three: It's All in the Mind.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
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Apeman
Episode Four : Science and Fiction.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
- Barbed Wire and Mandolins.
- Nicola Zavaglia (Director), Sam Grana (Producer).
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 - 18+.
- Beating the Streets
- Lorna Thomas (Director). Tom Jackson (Narrator). Lorna Thomas and Jerry Krepakevich
(Producers).
- Review by Joanne Peters.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 11 and up.
- Beauty Begins Inside.
- Review by Donna Peters-Small.
- Grades 6 - 7 / Ages 11 - 12.
- The Bomb under the World:
Part One ofThe Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 9 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult.
- Born Hutterite.
- Bryan Smith (Director), Graydon McCrea, Dale Phillips, Bryan Smith,
Jim Warner, Jerry Krepakevich (Producers).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- Canada 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.
- Caught in the Net: Exercising Caution and Critical Thinking on the Internet.
- David Tennant (Director). Nathan Neumer, Lori Roth & George Johnson (Producers).
- Review by Dave Jenkinson.
- Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
- Champions of the Wild. Part 11: Swift Foxes.
- Christian Bruyere (Director).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 3 - 9 / Ages 7 - 14.
- Champions of the Wild. Part 10: Dolphins.
- Andrew Gardner and Jack Silberman (Directors).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.
- Champions of the Wild. Part 5: Humpbacks.
- Anthony Perzel (Director).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 8 - 13.
- Champions of the Wild. Part 12: Right Whales.
- Chris Aikenhead (Director).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.
- Champions of the Wild. Part 3: Grizzlies.
- Christian Bruyere and Ian Herring (Producers).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 15 and up.
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Children of Jerusalem:Yehuda, Tamara, Asya, Yacoub, Neveen.
- Directed by Beverly Shaffer.
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- Grades 5 - 13 / Ages 10 - 18.
- Children Speak.
- Bozenna Heczko and Georgine Strathy (Directors and Animators), and Mary Page (Producer).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 4 and up / Ages 11 and up.
- Children Speak.
- Bozenna Heczko & Georgine Strathy (Directors). Barrie McLean and Marcy
Page (Producers).
- Review by Brian Rountree.
- Grades Preschool and up / Ages 5 and up.
- Chore Wars.
- Review by Lorrie Andersen.
- Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 15 - 18.
- Circles: It's about Justice. It's about
Healing.
- Shanti Thakur (Director). Mark Zannis (Producer).
- Review by Joanne Peters.
- Grade 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- Creatures of the Sun: A Natural History of the Painted Turtle.
- Susan Trow (Director), Tim Latchem & Kent Martin (Producers).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 4 and up / Ages 11 and up.
- A Cut Above:
My Grandfather Was a Logger.
- Directed by Karen Bastgailis.
- Review by T.S. Causabon.
- Grades 9 and Up / Ages 13 and Up.
- The Danger Tree.
- John McGreevy (Director), Janice Tufford & Marilyn A. Belec
(Producers).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- David With FAS.
- Directed by Gil Cardinal.
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 - 12 / Ages 14 and up.
- Dinner for Two/Dîner Intime.
- Janet Perlman (Director), Barrie Angus McLean (Producer).
- Review by Deborah L. Begoray.
- All grades / All ages.
- Drowning in Dreams.
- Tim Southam (Director). Michael Allder (Producer).
- Review by Luella Sumner.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- Energy Choices.
Part 2 of Energy: The Pulse of Life.
- Review by Lorrie Andersen.
- Grades 7-13 / Ages 12-18.
- Ernie's Idea.
- Claire Maxwell and Peter Vogler (Directors), Svend-Erik Eriksen and Claire Maxwell (Producers).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 1 and up / Ages 6 and up.
- Eurokids.
- T.H.A. Media Distributors.
- Review by Theresa Yauk.
- Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.
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The Face of Tutankhamun.
Episode One: ``The Great Adventure."
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult.
- Fat Chance.
- Review by A. Edwardsson.
- Grades 11 - 12 / Ages 15 - Adult.
- First Nation Blue.
- Daniel Prouty (Director), Don Haig and Kent Martin (Producers), Graham
Greene
(Narrator).
- Review by Joanne Peters.
- Grades 10-12+ / Ages 15-17+.
- Forestry. (Perspectives in Science 2 Series).
- Julie Stanfel (Producer).
- Review by David Colborne.
- Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 - 18.
- Forgotten Warriors: The Story of Canada's Aboriginal War Veterans.
- Loretta Todd (Director), Carol Geddes, Michael Doxtater, Jerry
Krepakevich (Producers).
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-18+.
- Freedom Had a Price.
- Producer/Director: Yurij Luhovy.
- Review by Patricia Maruschak.
- Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
- Ghosts 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.
- Glimmer of Hope.
- Charles Konowal (Director). Joe MacDonald (Producer).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up.
- Great Northern Forest.
- Review by Lorrie Andersen.
- Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 12 - 18.
- Hands of History.
- Directed by Loretta Todd.
- Review by Adele Case.
- Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
- Hi-Tech Culture.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 10-12 / Ages 15 - Adult.
- If Only I were an Indian.
- John Paskievich.
- Review by Charmagne de Veer.
- Grades 7 and Up / Ages 11 - Adult.
- Jane Rule...writing.
- Lynne Fernie (Coordinating Director). Rina Fraticelli (Producer).
- Review by Pat Sadowy.
- Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
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Keyeye: Making Kids Safe.
- Review by Theresa Yauk.
- Grades 3 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.
- Land of Hope.
- National Film Board 1997.
- Review by Tom Dercola.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up
- The Last Harvest.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- Grades 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult.
- Leonard Maltin's Animated Favorites from the National Film Board of Canada.
- Review by Duncan Thornton.
- All ages.
- Letters, Words and Stories: Films for Early Readers.
- National Film Board of Canada.
- Review by Dave Jenkinson.
- Grades Preschool - 3 / Ages 4 - 8.
- Life in Early Canada.
- National Film Board of Canada.
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-12.
- The Living Beach.
- Review by Lorrie Andersen.
- Grades 7 - 13 / Ages 11 - Adult.
- Logging By Rail In Algonquin Park. The Fassett Lumber
Corporation's Fossmill, Ontario Operation. Circa 1930.
- Review by Tom Chambers.
- Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
- Louisbourg Under Siege.
- National Film Board.
- Review by Tom Dercola.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- Moments of History: Canada
Vignettes.
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- Grade 2 and up / Ages 7 and up.
- Mountain Splendour.
- Douglas Steele (Director). Albert Karvonen & Jerry Krepakevich
(Producers).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 7 and up / Ages 11 and up.
- No Turning Back: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
- Greg Coyes (Director), Carol Geddes, Michael Doxtater, Jerry Krepakevich (Producers).
- National Film Board.
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- Okimah.
- Paul M. Rickard (Director). Germaine Ying Gee Wong (Producer).
- Review by Luella Sumner.
- Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
- Pandas. (Champions of the Wild: Part 6).
- Chris Aikenhead (Director). Christian Bruyere and Ian Herring (Producers).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 4 - 9 / Ages 8 - 14.
- Personal Alarm.
- Paula Kelly (Director). Liz Jarvis, Paula Kelly & Joe MacDonald (Producers).
- Review by Stephanie Yamniuk.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- Place of the Boss - Utshimassits.
- John Walker (Director). Mike Mahoney, Peter d'Entremont and John Walker (Producers).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
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Planet Earth: Caring for Our Environment.
- Review by Lorrie Andersen.
- Grades 1 - 5 / Ages 5 - 10.
- Plumbum Conundrum: Weighing the Health Risks of Toxic Substances in the Environment.
- Michael Fukushima (Director). David Verrall (Producer).
- Review by Liz Greenaway.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 - 18.
- Polar Bears. (Champions of the Wild: Part 9).
- Ian Herring (Director and Producer). Christian Bruyere (Producer).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 9 - 14.
- Project Grizzly (Short Version)
- Directed by Peter Lynch. Produced by Michael Allder.
- Review by Dave Jenkinson.
- Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
- Referendum: Take Two / Prise 2.
- Stéphan Drolet (Director); Adam Symansky & Jacques Vallée (Producers).
- Review by Tom Dercola.
- Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
- The Reluctant Deckhand.
- Written and Directed by Jan Padgett.
- Review by Leslie Millar.
- Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 - 12.
- Resolving Conflict Creatively.
- Negotiation, Conflict Mediation.
- Review by Gary Sova.
- Grades 7 - 12 / Ages 12 - 17.
- Round The Twist (Series 1) Cabbage Patch Fib.
- Australian Childrens Television Foundation.
- Review by A. Edwardsson.
- Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 11 - 14.
- Run, Sockeye, Run: The Life Cycle of the Sockeye Salmon.
- Diana French.
- Review by Janice Foster.
- Grades 4 - 10 / Ages 9 - 14.
- School's OUT! Confronting Homophobia in High Schools.
- Directed by Lynne Fernie. Produced by Rina Fraticelli.
- Review by Dave Jenkinson.
- Grades 7 - 12 / Ages 12 - 18.
- Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man.
- Alanis Obomsawin (Director & Producer).
- Review by Joanne Peters.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- The Story of Rosy Dock.
- Written and Directed by Jeannie Baker.
- Review by Diane Fitzgerald.
- All ages.
- Storyteller: Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak.
- Written and Directed by Joanne Culley.
- Review by Gail Lennon.
- All ages.
- Strangers in the House:
Television and Our Children.
- Marke Slipp and Penny Ritco (Directors). Penny Ritco and Jerry
Krepakevich (Producers).
- Review by Elizabeth Greenaway.
- Grade 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
- Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square.
- Shui-Bo Wang (Director). Donald McWilliams and Barrie Angus McLean
(Producers).
- Review by Dave Jenkinson.
- Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
- Superior: Under the Shadow of the Gods.
- Barbara Chisholm & Andrea Gutsche (Directors). Russell Floren & Barbara Chisholm
(Producers).
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- Grades 8 and up / Ages 14 and up.
- Through Wolf Eyes: The Story of a Gray Wolf.
- Review group led by Brian Rountree.
- Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.
- The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
- National Film Board.
- Review by Ian Stewart.
- International Baccalaureate / Ages 18 and Up.
- Toronto: Stories from the Life of a City.
- Review by Kathleen Kellet-Betsos.
- Grades 8 - 13 / Ages 12 - Adult
- Totem Talk.
- Anne Frazier Henry (Director). Anne Frazier Henry & George Johnson (Producers).
- Review by Joanne Peters.
- Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 14.
- Twixt Heaven and Earth.
- Donna Caruso (Director & Producer). Joe MacDonald (Producer).
- Review by Betsy Fraser.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
- The Un-Canadians.
- Len Scher (Director). Joanne Muroff Smale and Michael Allder (Producers).
- Review by Katie Cook.
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
- Under the Willow Tree: Pioneer Chinese Women in Canada.
- Dora Nipp (Director), Margaret Wong (Producer).
- Review by Valerie Nielsen.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
- Under Wraps. A Film About Going With the Flow.
- Teresa MacInnes (Director/Producer), Penny Wheelwright (Producer/Writer), Jennifer Torrance (NFB Producer).
- Review by Valerie Nielsen.
- Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
- Urban Elder.
- Robert S. Adams (Director). Robert S. Adams & Peter Starr
(Producers).
- Review by Joanne Peters.
- Grades 9 and up / Ages 13 and up.
- Voices of Change.
- Lyn Wright & Barbara Doran (Directors). Keith Clarkson & Silva Basmajian (Producers).
- Review by Stephanie Yamniuk.
- Grades 11 and up / Ages 17 and up.
- The Washing of Tears.
- Written and directed by Hugh Brody.
- Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
- Grades 11 and Up / Ages 16 to Adult.
- When the Dust Settles/Et la Poussière Retombe.
- Louise Johnson (Director), Barrie Angus McLean (Producer).
- Reviews by Deborah L. Begoray and Katie Cook.
- All grades / All ages.
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