TITLES AUTHORS MEDIA AGE/GRADE DATE FEATURES

Book Reviews by Age and Grade Level Grades 10 and up --P-- The Pacaa Nova: Clash of Cultures on the Brazilian Frontier Bernard von Graeve Reviewed by Graham Draper Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1990 May Pacific Challenge: Canada's Future in the New Asia Eric Downton Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 9 and up 1986 September Pal Worksheet No. 1 & 2(Daily Assignment Sheet) Willis M.L. Newton and Bob Ireland Reviewed by JoAnna B. Patton Grades 9 and up 1985 November The Panic Field: Prose Poems Douglas Lochhead Reviewed by Tony Cosier Grades 10 and up 1984 November Paper Boy: Memoirs Stuart Keate Reviewed by Mary Fallis Grades 10 and up 1982 November Paper Wheat Twenty-Fifth Street Theatre Reviewed by Jo-Anne Naslund Grades 11 and up 1982 November Paradise Cafe Martha Brooks Reviewed by Gail Lennon Adult 1989 March The Paradise Motel Eric McCormack Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1989 May Paradise Siding Allan Donaldson Reviewed by Clare Darby Grades 9 and up 1984 November Parcel of Rogues: How Free Trade is Failing Canada Maude Barlow Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September Parenting: Shaping the Future Beverley Cowan Reviewed by Alma Webster Grades 9-12 1986 January Paris Notebooks: Essays & Reviews Mavis Gallant Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 12 and up 1987 March Parliment vs. People: An Essay on Democracy and Canadian Political Culture Philip Resnick Reviewed by Donald M. Santor Grades 9 and up 1985 May Part of the Land, Part of the Water Catharine McClellan Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot Grades 7 to 11 1988 September Partners in Furs: a History of the Fur Trade in Eastern James Bay 1600-1870 Daniel Francis and Toby Morantz Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 11 and up 1983 July The Party that Changed Canada: The New Democratic Party Then and Now Lynn McDonald Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up 1987 July Party Politics in Canada Hugh G. Thorburn Reviewed by Vic Stecyk Grades 12 and up 1986 January Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration Pierre Dufour and Michell Guitard Reviewed by Janice (Vaudry) Carey Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1992 November A Passion for Narrative: A Guide for Writing Fiction Jack Hodgins Reviewed by Janet McKinlay Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1994 Jan/Feb A Passion Observed: A True Story of a Motorcycle Racer George Jonas Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 10-13 / Ages 15-18 1989 September Patches Robert More Reviewed by Gina Varty Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1992 May Patriots Robert Wall Reviewed by Patricia Thorn Grades 12 and up 1983 January Patterns of the Past: Interpreting Ontario's History Edited by Roger Hall, William Westfall and Laurel Sefton MacDowell Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 September Pattison: Portrait of a Capitalist Superstar Russell Kelly Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 10 and up 1986 September Paula Lake George McWhirter Reviewed by Phyllis James Grades 12 and up 1985 January Peace: In Pursuit of Security, Prosperity, and Justice Association for Values Education and Research Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 7 and up/Ages 12 and up 1992 May Peasants in th Promised Land: canada and the Ukranians Jaroslav Petryshyn Reviewed by Iyvan Michalchyshyn Grades 10 and up 1986 May Pebbles to Computers: The Thread Hans Blohm, Stafford Beer and David Suzuki Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 11 and up 1987 January A Peculiar Kind of Politics: Canada's Overseas Ministry in the First World War Desmond Morton Reviewed by Allan S. Evans Grades 12 and up 1983 January The Pegnitz Junction Mavis Gallant Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 12 and up 1982 November Pelagie: the Return to a Homeland Antonine Maillet Reviewed by Philip K. Harber Grades 11 and up 1982 September The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse Ralph Gustafson (ed.) Reviewed by Warner Winter Grades 10 and up 1985 January The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Drama Richard Plant (Edited by) Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 12 and up 1985 March People Like Us in a Place Like This Philip Kreiner Reviewed by James Kingstone Grades 12 and up 1983 September Perdue or How the West Was Lost Geoffrey Ursell Reviewed by Joan VanSickle Grades 12 and up 1984 September The Perfect Piece: Monologues From Canadian Plays Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September Perfect Pies: A Complete Savory & Sweet Fare of Unique, Wholesome Pies Diane Fine Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 10 and up 1986 May Persephone: A Sequence of Sonnets Kenneth Banks Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 12 and up 1986 July Personal Development: Self-Instruction for Personal Agency Jack Martin and Wyn Martin Reviewed by Diane Ikonen Grades 12 and up 1984 May Personal Letters of a Public Man: The Family Letters of John G. Diefenbaker John G. Diefenbaker Reviewed by Rita Sinihelmi Grades 11 and up 1986 March Perspectives on Modecai Richler Michael Darling (Edited by) Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 11 and up 1987 July Petticoat Doctors: The First Forty Years of Women in Medicine at Dalhousie University Enid Johnson MacLeod Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 November Phoebs Alice Story Reviewed by Linda Holeman Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 May Photographs that Changed the World Lorraine Monk Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 January Photography of Natural Things Freeman Patterson Reviewed by Maurice G. Black Grades 11 and up 1983 March Pieces Manitoba Multicultural Anthology Committee Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades K-Grade 12 1987 May Pieces of Dreams Charlotte Vale Allen Reviewed by Brenda Watson Adult 1984 November Pierre Elliott Treaudeau: Reason Before Passion Kevin J. Christiano Reviewed Val K. Lem Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1994 November/December The Pie's the Limit!: Savoury Pies for All Occasions Rick Johnson and Judy Wells Reviewed by Jackie Black Grades 9 and up 1984 May Piling Blood Al Purdy Reviewed by Pamela Black Grades 12 and up 1985 March Pilots: Canadian Stories from the Cockpit - From First Flight to the Jet Age John Melady Reviewed by Neil V. Payne Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 January A Pinch of This, a Grain of That: the Creative Guide to Herbs & Spices Géraldine Lacerte-Neumann Reviewed by Marilyn H. Kogon Grades 12 and up 1984 May Pirouette: Pierre Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy J.L. Granatstein and Robert Bothwell Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September A Place to Die George Bowering Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk Grades 12 and up 1983 September Plague Michael Bliss Reviewed by Janice Vaudry Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1992 March Plan, Analyse, Learn: A Home Study Companion Willis M.L. Newton and Bob Ireland Reviewed by JoAnna B. Patton Grades 9 and up 1985 November The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World A. K. Dewdney Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 11 and up 1984 November Planning Now for an Information Society: Tomorrow is Too Late Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 9 and up 1983 May Planning for Seven Generations: Guideposts for a Sustainable Future Mike Nickerson Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1994 May/June Playing With Fire Tom Marshall Reviewed by Sister Anne Leonard Grades 10 and up 1985 March Playing for Keeps: The Making of the Prime Minister, 1988 Graham Fraser Reviewed by Violet Williams Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1990 March Pluck Jonathan Webb Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 12 and up 1984 March Pocket Criminal Code and Miscellaneous Statutes Reviewed by Allan Kogan Grades 12 and up 1985 January Poems About Me R.G. Everson Reviewed by Ian Dempsey Grades 9 and up / Ages 13 and up 1991 March Poetry by Canadian Women Rosemary Sullivan Reviewed by Donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 July Poetry in Focus Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 9-11 1983 March Point Blank Lyn Cockburn Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 10 and up 1987 May Polar Passage: The Historic First Sail Through the Northwest Passage Jeff Maclnnis with Wade Rowland Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 November The Polar Passion: The Quest for the North Pole Farley Mowat Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 January The Police Chronicles Peter Goddard and Philip Kamin Reviewed by Frank Lorento Grades 10 and up 1984 September Police: Urban Policing in Canada John Sewell Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 11 and up 1985 September Political Life in Canada Reviewed by Dennis Nosyk Grades 9 and up 1983 September Political Wives: Wifestyles of the Rich and Infamous Susan Riley Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up 1989 May The Political Refugees: A History of the Estonians in Canada Karl Aunn Reviewed by Algis Tribinevicius Grades 12 and up 1985 November Politics in Canada: Culture, Institutions, Behaviour and Public Policy Robert Jackson, Doreen Jackson and Nicolas Baxter-Moore Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 12 and up 1986 September Politics of Water: Canada and the United States Ernest Baydock and others Reviewed by R. Rennie Grades 9-12 1986 March The Pool in the Desert Sara Jeanette Duncan Reviewed by Anne Locatelli Grades 12 and up 1985 January Population and Canada Michael Barrett Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 11 and up 1982 November Pork, Perfect Pork Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Grades 10 and up 1984 September Portfoolio: 1989 in Canadian Caricature Edited by Guy Badeaux Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 March Portrait of an Anorexic: A Mother and Daughter's Story Maureen Ardell and Cory-Ann Ardell Reviewed by Brenda Watson Grades 11 and up 1985 September Portrait of Angelica/A Letter to My Son George Ryga Reviewed by Pamela Black Grades 11 and up 1985 November A Portrait of War 1939-1943 Richard S. Malone Reviewed by J. D. Ingram Grades 11 and up 1984 January Post Mortem David Stewart-Patterson Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up 1988 January The Pottersfield Portfolio Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick Grades 10 and up 1987 July Pourin' Down Rain Chery Foggo Reviewed by Irene Gordon Grades 9 and up / Ages 13 and up 1991 March Powers of Observation George Woodcock Reviewed by John Bainbridge Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 September PQ: Réne Lévesque & the Parti Québecois in Power Graham Fraser Reviewed by George Hoffman Grades 12 and up 1986 January Prague John Krizanc Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 11 and up 1987 July Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion Bob Beal and Rod Macleod Reviewed by J.D. Ingram Grades 11 and up 1985 July Prayers of a Very Wise Child Roch Carrier Reviewed by Theo Hersh Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1992 March Pregnancy and Lifestyle Habits Peter A. Fried Reviewed by ELizabeth Woodger Grades 12 and up 1983 November The Pregnant Male or Eight Steps to a Flat Stomach Jack H. McQuaig Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 12 and up 1983 January Preparing for the Job John Nixon and Karen Kokoski Reviewed by Elaine Blakey Grades 7 and up 1986 July Preserving Our World: A Consumer's Guide to the Brundtland Report Warner Troyer Reviewed by Peter Freeman Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 March The Presients and the Prime Ministers: Washington and Ottawa Face to Face; the Myth of Bilateral Bliss 1867-1982 Lawrence Martin Reviewed by Allan S. Evans Grades 12 and up 1983 January Preston Manning and the Reform Party Murray Dobbin Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1992 May The Prime Ministers of Canada Gordon Donaldson Reviewed by Brenda Reed Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1994 November/December Prime Ten at Ten Knowlton, Nash Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 10 and up 1988 May The Prism Moon Martine Bates Reviewed by Alison Mews Grades 8-10 / Ages 13-15 1994 Jan/Feb Prisoners of Isolation: Solitary Confinenent in Canada Michael Jackson Reviewed by Donald S. Santor Grades 11 and up 1984 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 The Private Voice: A Journal of Reflections Peter Gzowski Reviewed by Marlene Wylychenko Grades 11 and up 1989 March Probable Fictions Louis K. MacKendrich (Edited by) Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 12 and up 1984 May Problem Bilong Yu: An Adventure in Development Reginald Kendall Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 10 and up 1987 September Proem Canada Volume 1, Number 1. Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 July Profiles in Canadian Literature 3 Jeffrey M. Heath Reviewed by Elizabeth Woodger Grades 9 and up 1983 September Profiles in Canadian Literature 4 Jeffrey M. Heath Reviewed by Dianne Clipsham Grades 9 and up 1983 September Profiles in Canadian Literature 7 Jeffrey M. Heath (Series Editor) Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1992 September Profiles in Canadian Literature 8 Jeffrey M. Heath (Series Editor) Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1992 September Programming in Basic. The First Steps Robert G. Bell Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 11 and up 1984 May The Progress of Love Alice Munro Reviewed by Barbara J. Harris Grades 12 and up 1987 January The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914 Pierre Berton Reviewed by Allan S. Evans Grades 10 and up 1985 January The Promoters' City: Building the Industrial Town of Maisonneuve, 1883-1918 Paul-Andre Linteau Reviewed by Fred May Grades 12 and up 1986 January The Prose of Life: Sketches from Victorian Canada Carole Gerson and Kathy Mezei (Edited by) Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 10 and up 1982 September Provincial Politics in Canada Rand Dyck Reviewed by Grace Shaw Grades 12 and up 1986 September The Proving Ground Rhea Tregebov Reviewed by Ian Dempsey Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September Public Violence in Canada, 1867-1982 Judy M. Torrance Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 12 and up 1986 November Puffin Cove Neil G. Carey Reviewed by Yoskyl Webb Grades 10 and up 1983 July The Pundits: Power, Politics and the Press Lloyd Tataryn Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 12 and up 1986 May Purple Iron Weed: A Canadian Legacy of Tales and Legends Sylvia Raff Reviewed by Jo Anna Burns Patton Grades 9 and up 1985 July Put the World Together: South Africa 1948-1993 John Fielding, series editor Reviewed by Brenda Reed Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1994 October Putting the Charter to Work David M. Beatty Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grade 12 1987 November Puzzle Manitoba Multicultural Anthology Committee Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades K-Grade 12 1987 May Puzzling on the Rim: Cross Word Puzzles on the Pacific Ocean and the Countries that Border It Naomi Wakan Reviewed by Howard Hurt Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1994 September Pyramus and Thisbe William Shakespeare Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 10 and up 1983 March 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 |