TITLES AUTHORS MEDIA AGE/GRADE DATE FEATURES

Book Reviews by Age and Grade Level Grades 10 and up --B-- Bacchanalia Revisited: Western Canada's Boozy Skid to Social Disaster James H. Gray Reviewed by Jim Delaney Grades 12 and up 1983 July Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy our Traditional Skills Reviewed by Carol MacDonald Grades 9 and up 1982 September Backdoor to the Klondike Joan Weir Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 July The Bag Man Douglas C. Perry Reviewed by Jean Keenan Grades 9 and up 1984 May Baker's Dozen: Stories by Women Women's Press Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 12 and up 1985 January 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 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 Bantams: the Untold Story of World War I Sidney Allinson Reviewed by Neil Payne Grades 10 and up 1983 September Banting: a Biography Michael Bliss Reviewed by Lois Hird Grades 12 and up 1984 September The Barbados Journal 1932 J.E.H. MacDonald Reviewed by J.E. Simpson Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 September Barbarossa Red: A Novel Dennis Jones Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Grades 11 and up 1986 September The Bare Facts: My Life as a Stripper Annie Ample Reviewed by Catherine Joan MacDonnell Grades 12 and up 1989 March Barefoot on the Prairie: Memories of Life on a Prairie Homestead Ferne Nelson Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1990 March The Basement Book Harris Mitchell Reviewed by Peter Chernoff Grades 10 and up 1982 November A Basket of Apples and Other Stories Shirley Faessler Reviewed by Adele Ashby Grades 11 and up 1988 September Bat Masterson's Last Regular Job Bill Ballantyne Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 May Bats M. Brock Fenton Reviewed by Peter Croskery Grades 12 and up /Ages 17 and up 1993 September The Battle Over Biligualism: The Manitoba Language Question, 1983-85 Russell Doern Reviewed by R. Wieler Grades 11 and up 1986 May Be a Better Grocery Shopper Rhonda Windsor-Maxwell Reviewed by Olive Bowles Grades 11 and up 1982 September Be Restored to Health: How to Manage Stress, Heal Your Self & Be Whole Lou Coffey-Lewis Reviewed by Diane Ikonen Grades 11 and up 1982 November Beef and the Balanced Diet Reviewed by Joyce Brown Grades 9 and up 1982 September A Beeman's Journey Charles Sauriol Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky Grades 11 and up 1985 January Before and After Katherine Govier Reviewed by Barbara Egerer Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 September The Beginnings of the Book Trade in Canada George Parker Reviewed by Adèle Ashby Grades 12 and up 1985 November Behind Closed Doors: How the Rich Won Control of Canada's Tax System Linda McQuaig Reviewed by David Chadwick Grades 12 and up 1988 July Being Here: A Collection of Writings By Kids at the IWK Children's Hospital Compiled by Lisa Joyce Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1991 October Belmullet Jocelyn Cobb Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 11 and up 1983 May Below the Peacock Fan: First Ladies of the Raj Marian Fowler Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 10 and up 1987 September Bend & Stretch: Suppleness and Strength Exercises Bob Faulkner and Gord Stewart Reviewed by Elizabeth Woodger Grades 9 and up 1983 July Beneath the Skin of Paradise: the Piaf Judith Fitzgerald Reviewed by Donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 12 and up 1984 November Bennett II: the Decline and Stumbling of Social Credit Government in British Columbia 1979-83 Stan Persky Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 11 and up 1983 November Beowulf: A New Translation Gildas Roberts Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 9 and up 1985 May The Bequest and Other Stories Jerry Wexler Reviewed by Tony Cosier Grades 10 and up 1985 March Berlin Solstice Sylvia Fraser Reviewed by Joan McGrath Adult 1985 January Best Canadian Political Cartoons 1984 N.M. Stahl (Edited by) Reviewed by Louise Dick Grades 9 and up 1985 March Best Canadian Stories 91 David and Maggie Helwig Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1992 March The Best of Crocus Coulee Betty Kilgour Reviewed by Elizabeth Gowan Grades 12 and up 1986 July The Best Gift: A Record of the Carnegie Libraries in Ontario Margaret Beckman, Stephen Langmead and John Black Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 10 and up 1985 January The Best of Jim Endicott James G. Endicott Reviewed by John Harkness Grades 12 and up 1983 September The Better Book for Getting Hired: a Professional Approach to Writing Resumes and Marketing Yourself Robert P. Downe Reviewed by Roger Lang Grades 10 and up 1983 July Betty Mitchell Kenneth Dyba Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 11 and up 1987 May Between France and New France: Life Aboard the Tall Sailing Ships Gilles Proulx Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott Grades 11 and up 1985 May Between Worlds Maggie Goh and Craig Stephenson (Edited by) Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1990 September Beyond Courage: The Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres George Cassar Reviewed by John Harkness Grades 12 and up 1986 May Beyond Forget: Rediscovering the Praries Mark Abley Reviewed by Marc Shaw Grades 11 and up 1987 November Beyond Those Mountains: In Search of Freedom Dick Thiessen Reviewed by Esther Hutchison Grades 9 and up 1986 July 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 Bicycle Camping in Canada Bruce W. Leaden Reviewed byC.J. Sulkowski Grades 9 and up 1986 January Big Bear: The End of Freedom Hugh A. Dempsey Reviewed by R. Rennie Grades 10 and up 1985 May The Big Evasion: Abortion, The Issue That Won't Go Away Anne Collins Reviewed by Barbara Jo May Grades 12 and up 1985 November Big Time Women From Way Back When Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1994 November/December Bill Miner... Stagecoach & Train Robber Frank W. Anderson Reviewed by Sister Mechtilde Byblow Grades 10 and up 1983 May Bill Mustard, Surgical Pioneer Marilyn Dunlop Reviewed by Ruth Bainbridge Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 January Billy Bishop Goes to War John Gray Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 9 and up 1982 November Billy: The Life and Photographs of William S.A. Beal Robert Barrow and Leigh Hambly Reviewed by A.L. Florence Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up 1989 May Billy Bishop, Canadian Hero Dan McCaffey Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy Grades 10 and up 1989 March The Birch Bark Caper Stanley Burke Reviewed by Jim Delaney Grades 11 and up 1982 September A Bird in the House Margaret Laurence Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 May Birding, or Desire: Poems Don McKay Reviewed by Tony Cosier Grades 10 and up 1984 January Birds of the Cottage Country William C. Mansell Reviewed by Elinor Kelly Grades 11 and up 1986 May Birds of a Feather Catholyn K. Jansen Reviewed by Grace Shaw Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1991 September Birds of the Canadian Rockies George W. Scotter et al. Reviewed by Elinor Kelly Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 September The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta Leon Rooke Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk Grades 12 and up 1983 May Birthright Robert E. Wall Reviewed by Jean Henderson Grades 11 and up 1982 September The Bishop's Candlesticks Norman McCinnel Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 10 and up 1983 March Black Blood F.G. Paci Reviewed by Janice Vaudry Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up 1992 May Black Madonna: a Novel F. G. Paci Reviewed by Boh Kinczek Grades 11 and up 1982 September Black Powder: Estevan 1931 Rex Deverell Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 12 and up 1982 November Black Swan Gertrude Story Reviewed by Dianne Clipsham Grades 12 and up 1987 March Black Wolf: The Life of Ernest Thompson Seton Betty Keller Reviewed by Ellen Robson Grades 12 and up 1985 May Blind Date Susan Kerslake Reviewed by Margaret Maclean Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1989 September Blind Trust: Inside the Sinclair Stevens Affair Rod McQueen Reviewed by Vic Stecyk Grades 10 and up 1988 May Bloodsong and Other Stories of South Africa Ernst Havemann Reviewed by Esther Hutchison Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1989 November Blood Ties and Other Stories Robin Mathews Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick Grades 11 and up 1985 May Bloody Victory: Canadians and the D-Day Campaign 1944 J. L. Granatstein and Desmond Morton Reviewed by J. D. Ingram Grades 12 and up 1984 November Bluebeard's Egg Margaret Atwood Reviewed by James Kingstone Grades 12 and up 1984 September Bluebeard's Egg Margaret Atwood Reviewed by Joan VanSickle Grades 12 and up 1985 July The Blue Jar Anne Konrad Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick Grades 10 and up 1985 November The Blue Jean Collection Edited by Peter Carver Joyce Brown Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15 1992 October Blue Light Bay and College Kathleen McCracken Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1992 September A Body Surrounded by Water: An Inspector Charlie Salter Novel Eric Wright Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 9 and up 1987 November Bonds of Wire: A Memoir Kingsley Brown Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 July Bone Bird Darlene Barry Quaife Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 September Boogie, Pete, and the Senator Mark Miller Reviewed by Bessie Egan Grades 11 and up 1988 September Boogie's Book on Fitness David Bogoch Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 9 and up 1982 September The Book of ICON John Herriot Reviewed by Don Precosky Grades 12 and up 1985 November The Book of Matthew: The Story of a Learning Disabled Child Betty Jane Wylie Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 9 and up 1985 July Book of Mercy Leonard Cohen Reviewed by Tony Cosier Grades 10 and up 1984 September Booze James R. Swallows Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 9 and up 1984 May Booze, Boats and Billions: Smuggling Liquid Gold! C.W. Hunt Reviewed by Donna J. Adrian Grades 10 and up 1989 May Booze. Director's Copy James R. Swallows Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 9 and up 1984 May Borderline Janette Turner Hospital Reviewed by Pamela Black Grades 12 and up 1986 March Border/Lines: Cultures. Constexts. Canadas Border/Lines Magazine Society Reviewed by Vivienne Denton Grades 12 and up 1986 March Born to be Hung H. "Dude" Lavington Reviewed by Mary Fallis Grades 10 and up 1984 March Borrowed Beauty Maxine Tynes Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grades 9 and up 1988 March Boston: the Canadian Story David Blaikie Reviewed by Ron Jaques Grades 10 and up 1984 September Both Sides of the Street: One Man's Life in Business and the Arts in Canada Floyd D. Chalmers Reviewed by A. Louise Nordin Grades 11 and up 1984 March Bottled Roses Darlene Madott Reviewed by Margarent MacLean Grades 12 and up 1985 September The Boundary Hunters: Surveying the 141st Meridian and the Alaska Panhandle Lewis Green Reviewed by Gerri Young Grade 11 and up 1982 November The Bountiful Baron of Buffalo: the Life and Times of Jesse Ketchum Herman Sass Reviewed by Elle Robson Grades 9 and up 1983 November Bourassa Michel Vastel Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1992 March Bourgeois Blues Lisa Herman Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 September BP Nichol: What History Teaches Stephen Scobie Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 12 and up 1985 September Breakaway Paul Yee Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1994 September Breaking the Banks Arthur Johnson Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 11 and up 1988 September Breaking Smith's Quarterhorse Paul St. Pierre Reviewed by Mary Fallis Grades 10 and up 1984 September Breaking Up Ontario Hydro's Monopoly Laurence Solomon Reviewed by Barbara A. Macrae Grades 12 and up 1983 January The Bremen Fred W. Hotson Reviewed by Alfred F.F. Greenwood Grades 9 and up 1989 January The Bridge Out of Town Jake MacDonald Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 10 and up 1987 January Bridges 4 S.D. Robinson and others Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters Grade 10 1987 May British Columbia: a Celebration Edited by George Woodcock Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 11 and up 1984 March British Columbia Heritage Cookbook; A Treasury of British Columbia Treats Mary Evaas-Atkinson Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 11 and up 1985 May British Columbia: An Illustrated History Geoffrey Molyneux Reviewed by Howard Hurt Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1993 November British Columbia: Visions of the Promised Land Brenda Lea White (Edited by) Reviewed by Don Precosky Grades 11 and up 1987 May British Columbia: Its Resources and People Charles N. Forward (Edited by) Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 12 and up 1988 May The Broadview Book of Sports Anecdotes Edited by Brendan Connor Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 March Broken Silence: Dialogues from the Edge Andre Stein Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 12 and up 1985 January Brothers and Strangers Marilyn Halvorson Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 8-11 / Ages 13-16 D 1991 September Brown's Weir Gwendolyn Drew and Wayland Drew Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 9 and up 1983 November Buckskin Pimpernel: the Exploits of Justus Sherwood, Loyalist Spy Mary Beacock Fryer Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 9 and up 1982 September Builders of British Columbia: an Industrial History G. W. Taylor Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 10 and up 1983 January Building Global Security: Agenda for the 1990's Douglas Roche Reviewed by Charles Ottosen Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 May Building the Rideau Canal: a Pictorial History Robert W. Passfield Reviewed by Jack Brown Grade 9 and up 1982 November The Bumper Book John Metcalf (Edited by) Reviewed by Bohdan Kinczyk Grades 12 and up 1987 May Burial Ground Pauline Holdstock Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up 1992 May The Burning of the Rose Ruth Nichols Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1990 May Bush Workers and Bosses Ian Radforth Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 12 and up 1988 September By-Pass Tony Foster Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 11 and up 1983 September By Persons Unknown Barbara Amiel and George Jonas Reviewed by Jean Keenan Grades 12 and up 1983 September By Steam Boat and Steam Train: the Story of the Huntsville and Lake of Bays Railway and Navigation Companies Niall MacKay Reviewed by Albert P. Calame Grades 9 and up 1983 May A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |