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84: Best Canadian Stories
David Helwig (Edited by)
Reviewed by Pamela Black
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

Afriad to Ask: A Book About Cancer
Judylaine Fine
Reviewed by VanSickle Heaton
Grades 9 and up
1985 March

Albertans: Past, Present, Future
Kathryn G. Dueck and Kathryn E. Galvin
Reviewed by Barbara Conquest
Grades 4-6
1985 March

All Kinds of Magic
Florence McNeil
Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up
1985 March

An American Spy Story
David Gurr
Reviewed by Ellen Robson
Adult
1985 March

Angel Square
Brian Doyal
Reviewed by Joan Weller
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14
1985 March

The Anthology Anthology
Robert Weaver (Edited by)
Reviewed by Pia Christiansen
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Arctic Wildlife
Monte Hummel
Reviewed by Robin Lewis
Grades 8 and up
1985 March

The Art of Darkness
David McFadden
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

The Bequest and Other Stories
Jerry Wexler
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Best Canadian Political Cartoons 1984
N.M. Stahl (Edited by)
Reviewed by Louise Dick
Grades 9 and up
1985 March

The Big Secret
Jed Mackay
Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett
Pre-School-Grade 3
1985 March

A Bolt of White Cloth
Leon Rooke
Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan
Adult
1985 March

Canadian Fairy Tales
Eva Martin
Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 3-9
1985 March

Cedar
Hilary Stewart
Reviewed by Grace E. Funk
Grades 6 and up
1985 March

Chippy's Computer Numbers
Kathlene R. Willing and Suzanne Girard
Reviewed by William F. Benson
Pre-School-Grade 2
1985 March

Chippy's Computer Words
Kathlene R. Willing and Suzanne Girard
Reviewed by William F. Benson
Pre-School-Grade 2
1985 March

Christopher Cartier of Hazelnut, Also Known as Bear
Antonine Maillet
Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Chuckwagon Racing...Calgary Stampede's Half Mile of Hell!
Reviewed by Elaine Blakey
Grades 6 and up
1985 March

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe
Roger Lemelin
Reviewed by Anne Locatelli
Post-Secondary
1985 March

The Dance of Shiva
William Deverell
Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
Adult
1985 March

Dazzled
John Gray
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Debunk's Illustrated Guide to the Canadian Establishment
Don Harron
Reviewed by Jean Farquharson
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

Dinner Along the Amazon
Timothy Findley
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Adult
1985 March

The Dinner Party
Sean O'Huigin
Reviewed by Fran Newman
Preschool-grade 5 / Ages 4-10
1985 March

Double Visions
Thelma Poirer and Jean Hillabold
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

E.J. Pratt: The Truant Years 1882-1927
David G. Pitt
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

Elizabeth Baird's Favourites: 150 Great Canadian Recipes
Elizabeth Baird
Reviewed by Joyce Brown
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Embassy Row: Passport to International Cuisine
Reviewed by Marilyn H. Kogon
Grades 9 and up
1985 March

Emma Albani: Victoria Diva
Cheryl MacDonald
Reviewed by Louise Griffith
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Everyday Canadian English Dictionary
Reviewed by Jo-Anne Nasland
Grades 5 and up
1985 March

A Fair Shake: Autobiographical Essays by McGill Women
Margaret Gillett and kay Sibbald (Edited by)
Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

The Far Island and Other Tales of Fantasy
John Buchan
Reviewed by Chris Kempling
Adult
1985 March

The Farm
Reuben Sallows and John de Visser
Reviewed by Jack Brown
Grades 7 and up
1985 March

Forced March to Freedom: An Illustrated Diary of Two Forced Marches and the Interval Between January to May 1945
Robert Buckham
Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood
Grades 9 and up
1985 March

Foreigners
Barbara Sapergia
Reviewed by George Hoffman
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Foul Balls: Five Years in the American League
Alison Gordon
Reviewed by Michael Freeman
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Fury
David Watmough
Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada
Michael Czerny and Jamie Swift
Reviewed by Ruth Rausa
Post-Secondary
1985 March

Granny's Gang: Life With a Most Unusual Family
Katherine McKeever
Reviewed by Anna L. Holman
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up
1985 March

Hailstones and Hoopsnakes: Tall Tales From the General Store
Ted Stone
Reviewed by Janet Goldack
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1985 March

The Harrowsmith Reader, Volume III
Reviewed by Dianne Clipsham
Grades 9 and up
1985 March

Heartlands
Philip Kreiner
Reviewed by Vivienne Denton
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

History on the Run: The Trenchcoat Memoirs of a Foreign Correspondent
Knowlton Nash
Reviewed by John Mitchell
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Hockeybat Harris
Geoffrey Bilson
Reviewed by Brenda Watson
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11
1985 March

The Hockey Sweater
Roch Carrier
Reviewed by Jo Anna Burns Patton
Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up
1985 March

Home Sweet Home: My Canadian Album
Mordecai Richler
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

The Horses of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: A Pictorial History
William Kelly and Nora Kelly
Reviewed by Ingrid vonHausen
Grades 6 and up
1985 March

The House That Ryerson Built: Essays in Education to Mark Ontario's Bicentennial
Hugh Oliver (Edited by)
Reviewed by P.J. Hammel
Professional and Adult
1985 March

Hugh Hambleton, Spy: Thirty Years with the KGB
Leo Heaps
Reviewed by J.D. Ingram
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Ice Palaces
Fred Andares and Ann Agranoff
Reviewed by Robin Lewis
Grades 8 and up
1985 March

The Independence Movement in Quebec 1945-1980
William D. Coleman
Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott
Post-Secondary
1985 March

The Junior Computer Dictionary
Kathlene R. Willing and Suzanna Girard
Reviewed by William Benson
Grades 4 and up
1985 March

Kid's Book of Fun & Games
Rudi McToots
Reviewed by Carol Steedman
Grades 4 and up
1985 March

A Killing Rain: The Global THreat of Acid Precipitation
Thomas Pawlick
Reviewed by John D. Crawford
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Laugh and Tell
Odo Waldstein
Reviewed by Elaine Blakey
Grades 5 and up
1985 March

Laughter-Silvered Wings: Remembering the Air Force II
Douglas J. Harvey
Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood
Grades 8 and up
1985 March

The Leopard & the Lily
Joan Clark
Reviewed by Maureen Pammett
Grades 1 and up
1985 March

The Lie
Marion Mineau
Reviewed by Enid Dorward
Grades k-3
1985 March

Life's Odd Moments
Stuart Trueman
Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

Lizzy's Lion
Dennis Lee
Reviewed by Adele M. Fasick
Pre-School-Grade 2
1985 March

Love-15
Dennis McCloskey
Reviewed by Nancy Black
Grades 7-8 / Ages 12-13
1985 March

The Make Your Own Creepy Spooky Horrors Book
John Dinneen
Reviewed by Janice Foster
Grades 2-6
1985 March

Making It: Getting What You Want
Micki Moore
Reviewed by Diane Ikonen
Post-Secondary
1985 March

Maxwell's Train
Christopher Hyde
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Memories of the Old Home Place, Prince Edward Island
Francis W.P. Bolger
Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
Grades 4 and up
1985 March

Millicent and the Wind
Robert Munsch
Reviewed by Patricia Fry
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9
1985 March

M. Mabel Bell: Alexander's Silent Partner
Lilias Toward
Reviewed by Marion Mintis
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Mr. Chairman: A Guide to Basic Rules of Procedure
Mary Segall
Reviewed by John D. Crawford
Grades 8 and up
1985 March

Mulroney: The Making of the Prime Minister
L. Ian MacDonald
Reviewed by John H. Harkness
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

My House
Stéphane Anastasiu
Reviewed by Maryleah Otto
Pre-School
1985 March

My Present Age: A Novel
Guy Vanderhaeghe
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

My Street
Marie-Josée Coté
Reviewed by Maryleah Otto
Pre-School
1985 March

Northbound
Leona Gom
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Orca: The Whale Called Killer
Erich Hoyt
Reviewed by Hugh Cook
Grades 6 and up
1985 March

The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Drama
Richard Plant (Edited by)
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Piling Blood
Al Purdy
Reviewed by Pamela Black
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Plain Talk!: Memoirs of an Auditor General
Maxwell Henderson
Reviewed by Thomas Chambers
Post-Secondary
1985 March

Playing With Fire
Tom Marshall
Reviewed by Sister Anne Leonard
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Pope John Paul II: Canada 1984
Paul Russel and Robert Jeffrey
Reviewed by Jane Robinson
Grades 3 and up
1985 March

The Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of MacDonald and Laurier
Sandra Gwyn
Reviewed by Allan S. Evans
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Quincy Rumpel
Betty Waterton
Reviewed by Diane Harke
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13
1985 March

Race for the Rose: Election 1984
Charles Lynch
Reviewed by J.D. Ingram
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Recipes from Whats Cooking, Book 5
Ruth Fremes
Reviewed by Marilyn H. Kogan
Grades 9 and up
1985 March

Rosalyn Rabbit Returns
Elizabeth Crocker
Reviewed by Wilma D.K. Scott
Pre-School-Grade 2
1985 March

Safari Ride
Cecilia Mavrow
Reviewed by Enid Dorward
Grades 3-5
1985 March

Saint John: Scenes from a Popular History
George W. Schuyler
Reviewed by Pauline Henaut
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

The Scenic Art: A Novel
Hugh Hood
Reviewed by Barbara J. Graham
Adult
1985 March

Sea of Slaughter
Farley Mowat
Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky
Grades 11 and up
1985 March

The Secret of Willow Castle
Lyn Cook
Reviewed by Barbara Conquest
Grades 4-7
1985 March

Singing Our History
Edith Fowke and Alan Mills
Reviewed by Bessie Condos Egan
All Ages
1985 March

Sudbury Time Twist
Wence Horai
Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine
Grades 7 and up
1985 March

Survival of the Fattest: An Irreverent View of the Senate
Larry Zolf
Reviewed by Paul E. Blower
Grades 10 and up
1985 March

Swim For Your Life
Don Bailey
Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Taking Care of Crumley
Ted Staunton
Reviewed by Eunice C. Wesley
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 3-9
1985 March

Tender Only to One
Richard Taylor
Reviewed by James Kingstone
Grades 12 and up
1985 March

Territories
Elizabeth Alien
Reviewed by Vivienne Denton
Post-Secondary
1985 March

There's An Alligator Under My Bed!
Gail E. Gill
Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett
Pre-School-Grade 3
1985 March

Thirty-Six Exposures
Kevin Major
Reviewed by Gudrun Sight
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
1985 March

Time is Flies: Poems for Children
George Swede
Reviewed by Sally Davis
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up
1985 March

Tootle
Johan Sarrazin
Reviewed by Sue Easun
Pre-School-Grade 2
1985 March

The Train
Mireille Levert
Reviewed by Maryleah Otto
Pre-School
1985 March

The Tree
Béha Philippe
Reviewed by Maryleah Otto
Pre-School
1985 March

Uncle Jacob's Ghost Story
Don Kushner
Reviewed by Dianne Harke
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up
1985 March

Victorious in Defeat
Wallace Brown and Hereward Senior
Reviewed by Jack Brown
Grades 7 and up
1985 March

Voice of the Pioneer, Volume Two
Bill McNeil
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Grades 7 and up
1985 March

When an Osprey Sails
Patricia McKenzie-Porter
Reviewed by Barbara Egerer Walker
Grades 6 and up
1985 March

Wildlife Review
Reviewed by Sue Miyake
Grades 5 and up
1985 March

Winners & Losers, Gamblers All: Memories of Historic British Columbia
Rosemary Neering
Reviewed by Adele Case
Grades 6 and up
1985 March

Witchery Hill
Welwyn Katz
Reviewed by Susan Radcliffe
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
1985 March

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