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Book Reviews by DATE (1986 January)
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1885: MÉtis Rebellion or Government Conspiracy?
- Don McLean
- Reviewed by J.D. Ingram
- Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up
- 1986 January
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ABC-DABRA: Stories and Other Poems 3
- Hugh Oliver and others
- Reviewed by E.C. Blakey
- Grades 2-3
- 1986 January
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ABC-DABRA: Teacher's Guide/Worksheets 3
- Hugh Oliver, Ann Nicholson and Joyce Scane
- Reviewed by E.C. Blakey
- Grades 2-3
- 1986 January
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An Atlantic Album: Photographs of the Atlantic Provinces, Before 1920
- Scott Robson and Shelagh Mackenzie
- Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox
- Grades 7 and up
- 1986 January
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Atmosfear
- Sean O'Huigin
- Reviewed by Patricia Fry
- Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10
- 1986 January
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Aunt Armadillo
- Robin Lewis
- Reviewed by Christine Buchanan
- Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7
- 1986 January
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Back the Attack!: Canadian Women During the Second World War-At Home and Abroad
- Jean Bruce
- Reviewed by Louise Dick
- Grades 7 and up
- 1986 January
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Bicycle Camping in Canada
- Bruce W. Leaden
- Reviewed byC.J. Sulkowski
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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A Breed Apart
- Tony German
- Reviewed by Susan Ratcliffe
- Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14
- 1986 January
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Bridges: Explorations in Science, Technology & Social Sciences
- Reviewed by Yoskyl Webb
- Professional
- 1986 January
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The Bright and the Gifted
- F.M. Speed and D. Appleyard
- Reviewed by Joan McGrath
- Professional
- 1986 January
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Camels Can Make You Homesick and Other Stories
- Nazneen Sadiq
- Reviewed by Joanne Peters
- Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13
- 1986 January
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Canadian Churches and Social Justice
- John R. Williams (Edited by)
- Reviewed by John Crawford
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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The Canadian Writer's Guide
- Reviewed by Phyllis James
- Post-Secondary
- 1986 January
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Captured Heritage: The Scramble for Northwest Coast Artifacts
- Douglas Cole
- Reviewed by Lois Hird
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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The Changing Economic Status of Women
- Jac-André Boulet and Laval Lavallée
- Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Company's Coming: Appetizers
- Jean Paré
- Reviewed by Mollie Hooper
- Grades 10 and up
- 1986 January
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Contemporary Canadian Theatre: New World Visions
- Anton Wagner (Edited by)
- Reviewed by Thea Todd
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Continuous Journey: A Social History of South Asians in Canada
- Norman Buchignani; Doreen M. Indra with Ram Srivastiva
- Reviewed by K. Phyllis James
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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Courtship in Canada: The New Frontier
- Lili R. Bartoetti and Mario D. Bartoletti
- Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott
- Post-Secondary
- 1986 January
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The Curse of the Montrolfes
- Rohan O'Grady
- Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick
- Grades 5 and up
- 1986 January
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Darkness
- Baharati Mukherjee
- Reviewed by Barbara Egerer Walker
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Dinosaur Country: Unearthing the badlands' Prehistoric Past
- Renie Gross
- Reviewed by Janice Foster
- Grades 6 and up
- 1986 January
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Duet for Three
- Joan Barfoot
- Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue
- Adult
- 1986 January
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Elders of the Island
- Mary O'Brian, Lionel Stevenson, and Terry Dunton Stevenson
- Reviewed by Pauline Henaut
- Grades 7 and up
- 1986 January
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Export Canada: Opportunities and Challenges in the World Economy
- Gary Rabbior
- Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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Feeling the Worlds: New Poems
- Dorothy Livesay
- Reviewed by Pat Bolger
- Adult
- 1986 January
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In Flanders Fields: The Story of John McCrae
- John Prescott
- Reviewed by Bohdan Kinezyk
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
- 1986 January
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From Bourassa to Bourassa
- L. Ian MacDonald
- Reviewed by Robert Nicholas Bérard
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Glass Houses
- Tom Marshall
- Reviewed by Chris Kempling
- Adult
- 1986 January
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The Glass Mountain
- S.L. Sparling
- Reviewed by Jean Farquharson
- Adult
- 1986 January
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The Handmaid's Tale
- Margaret Atwood
- Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick
- Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up
- 1986 January
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Harvest of Stones: The German Settlement in Renfrew County
- Brenda Lee-Whiting
- Reviewed by Jack Brown
- Grades 7 and up
- 1986 January
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Heart of the Rockies
- Carole Harmon (Edited by)
- Reviewed by Joanne Robertson
- Grades 10 and up
- 1986 January
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Hidden Profits in Your Mortgage: The Smart Money Guide to Canadian Home Ownership
- Alan Silverstein
- Reviewed by John D. Crawford
- Grades 10 and up
- 1986 January
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Hockey: The Illustrated History
- Charles Wilkins
- Reviewed by Michael Freeman
- Grades 3 and up
- 1986 January
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Hold the Rain in Your Hands: Poems New and Selected
- Glen Sorestad
- Reviewed by Warner Winter
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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Horizons: Contemporary Canadian Landscapes
- Marci Lipman and Louise Lipman (Selected by)
- Reviewed by J.E. Simpson
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Ice Swords: An Undersea Adventure
- James Houston
- Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine
- Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Index to Donald Jones' "Historical Toronto," Toronto Star, 1973-1984
- Lynda Moon, Barbara Myrvold and Lorraine Hughes Vicente
- Reviewed by Louise Dick
- Grades 10 and up
- 1986 January
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The Infested Blanket: Canada's Constitution-Genocide of Indian Nations
- Eric Robinson and Henry Bird Quinney
- Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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In Search of Your British & Irish Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Ancestors
- Angus Baxter
- Reviewed by Marian Press
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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In Search of Your European Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in Every Country in Europe
- Angus Baxter
- Reviewed by Marian Press
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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Insect Zoo
- Lee Taylor
- Reviewed by Joan Weller
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- 1986 January
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Irving Layton: A Portrait
- Elspeth Cameron
- Reviewed by Bohdan Kinczyk
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Keegstra the Trial, the Issues, the Consequences
- Steve Mertl and John Ward
- Reviewed by R. Wieler
- Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up
- 1986 January
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The King's Yard: An Illustrated History of the Halifax Dockyard
- Marilyn Gurney Smith
- Reviewed by Neil Payne
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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Learning Strategies and Examination Preparation
- Joe J. Danyluk
- Reviewed by JoAnna B. Patton
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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Let Us Rise!: A History of the Manitoba Labour Movement
- Doug Smith
- Reviewed by Ron Rennie
- Grades 10 and up
- 1986 January
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Lies My Father Told Me: A Play With Music
- Ted Allan
- Reviewed by Louise Griffith
- Grades 7 and up
- 1986 January
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Life Career Planning: Reaching for Your Future
- David Studd
- Reviewed by Alma Webster
- Grades 9-12
- 1986 January
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The Life of Hope
- Paul Quarrington
- Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Looking at Plants
- David Suzuki with Barbara Hehner
- Reviewed by Eve Williams
- Grades 4-6
- 1986 January
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Lost and Found
- Jean Little
- Reviewed by Janice Foster
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- 1986 January
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Louis Dudek: A Biographical Introduction to His Poetry
- Susan Stromberg-Stein
- Reviewed by Alan Thomas
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Mainstreaming: Some Issues for School Boards
- Reviewed by Joan McGrath
- Professional
- 1986 January
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Mario
- Claude Jasmin
- Reviewed by Frank Loreto
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Master and Maid: The Charles Massey Murder
- Frank Jones
- Reviewed by Brenda Watson
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Matinee Idol
- Ron Base
- Reviewed by Ellen Robson
- Adult
- 1986 January
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Matters of the Heart
- Charlotte Vale Allen
- Reviewed by Leslie McGrath
- Adult
- 1986 January
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Midnight Matinees
- Jay Scott
- Reviewed by Caroline E. Young
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Money and Exchange in Canadato 1900
- A.B. McCullough
- Reviewed by John Crawford
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Money Rustlers: Self-Made Millionaires of the New West
- Paul Grescoe and David Cruise
- Reviewed by John H. Harkness
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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The Mulberry Tree
- Anna Friesen and Victor Carl Frieson
- Reviewed by Brenda Watson
- Grades 7 and up
- 1986 January
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Murdo's Story
- Murdo Scribe
- Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue
- Kindergarten-grade 5 / Ages 5-10
- 1986 January
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"My Dear Legs...": Letters to a Young Social Democrat
- Alex Macdonald
- Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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My Orange Gorange
- Judith Fitzgerald
- Reviewed by Maryleah Otto
- Pre-School-Grade 2
- 1986 January
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The Neglected Majority: Essays in Canadian Women's History, Volume 2
- Alison Prentice and Susan Mann Trofimenkoff (Edited by)
- Reviewed by Catherine Creede
- Post-Secondary
- 1986 January
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Night Studies
- Constance Beresford-Howe
- Reviewed by Barbara Egerer Walker
- Grades 10 and up
- 1986 January
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Not Our Baby
- Sharon Clark
- Reviewed by Elizabeth Woodger
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Nutrition: Making Choices About What We Eat
- Tamara Shuttleworth
- Reviewed by Alma Webster
- Grades 9-12
- 1986 January
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Our Brother Has Down's Syndrome: An Introduction for Children
- Shelley Cairo; Jasmine Cairo and Tara Cairo
- Reviewed by Maryleah Otto
- Pre-School-Grade 2
- 1986 January
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Overhead in a Balloon: Stories of Paris
- Mavis Gallant
- Reviewed by Vivienne Denton
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Parenting: Shaping the Future
- Beverley Cowan
- Reviewed by Alma Webster
- Grades 9-12
- 1986 January
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Party Politics in Canada
- Hugh G. Thorburn
- Reviewed by Vic Stecyk
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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PQ: Réne Lévesque & the Parti Québecois in Power
- Graham Fraser
- Reviewed by George Hoffman
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Prairie Lives: The Changing Face of Farming
- Lois L. Ross
- Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown
- Adult
- 1986 January
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The Promoters' City: Building the Industrial Town of Maisonneuve, 1883-1918
- Paul-Andre Linteau
- Reviewed by Fred May
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Rocky Mountain House: National Historic Park
- Fred Stenson
- Reviewed by Robin Lewis
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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Rodeo Cowboys: The Last Heroes
- Ted Barris
- Reviewed by Ingrid vonHausen
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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Software Evaluation: Criteria for Educational Computer Software Evaluation
- Reviewed by Don Precosky
- Professional
- 1986 January
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Spirit of the White Bison
- Beatrice Culleton
- Reviewed by Janet E. Goldack
- Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up
- 1986 January
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The Stanley Park Explorer
- Richard Steele
- Reviewed by Adele Case
- Grades 8 and up
- 1986 January
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Step-Families: Making Them Work
- Erna Paris
- Reviewed by Glen DiPasquale
- Adult
- 1986 January
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The Stockyard Story, 1803-1985
- D.R. McDonald
- Reviewed by A. Tribinevicius
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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The Store
- Mike Shultz
- Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant
- Grades 7 and up
- 1986 January
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The Summer the Whales Sang
- Gloria Montero
- Reviewed by Carol Steedman
- Grades 5-8
- 1986 January
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Sybil Jacobson: Painting in the West
- Mary G. Alexander
- Reviewed by Carrie Gardner
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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The Tatooed Woman
- Marian Engel
- Reviewed by Barbara J. Graham
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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They Sought a New World: The Story of European Immigration to North America
- William Kurelek
- Reviewed by Alma Webster
- Grades 6-12
- 1986 January
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Thomas' Snowsuit
- Robert Munsch
- Reviewed by Patricia Sentance
- Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8
- 1986 January
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Those Green Things
- Kathy Stinson
- Reviewed by Grace E. Funk
- Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7
- 1986 January
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Toeing the Line: Women and Party Politics in English Canada
- Sylvia B. Bashevkin
- Reviewed by Ruth Rausa
- Post-Secondary
- 1986 January
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Unlikely Tory: The Life and Politics of Allan Grossman
- Peter Oliver
- Reviewed by Ruth Rausa
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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Various Miracles
- Carol Shields
- Reviewed by Anne Locatelli
- Grades 10 and up
- 1986 January
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Veiled Countries/Lives
- Marie-Claire Blais
- Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett
- Grades 12 and up
- 1986 January
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The Veterans' Years: Coming Home From The War
- Barry Broadfoot
- Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood
- Grades 9 and up
- 1986 January
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The Walls of India
- George Woodcock
- Reviewed by Gary Robertson
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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Wild Man of the Woods
- Joan Clark
- Reviewed by Joan Weller
- Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14
- 1986 January
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Windows and Mirrors: Short Stories, Volume 1
- Marilyn Chapman (Edited by)
- Reviewed by Clare A. Darby
- Grades 9-10
- 1986 January
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Wise-Ears
- Nancy Bauer
- Reviewed by Mary Fallis
- Adult
- 1986 January
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The Wonder of Canadian Birds
- Candace Savage
- Reviewed by Elinor Kelly
- Grades 11 and up
- 1986 January
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