TITLES AUTHORS MEDIA AGE/GRADE DATE FEATURES

Book Reviews by Age and Grade Level Grades 10 and up --R-- R100 in Canada Barry Countryman Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood Grades 9 and up 1983 January The Race and Other Stories Sinclair Ross Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 11 and up 1983 March Race for the Rose: Election 1984 Charles Lynch Reviewed by J.D. Ingram Grades 10 and up 1985 March Rachel's Children: Margaret Laurence's A Jest of God Nora Stovel Reviewed by S.A. McLennan McCue Grades 12 and up/ Ages 17 and up 1993 October Racing Tides: a Novel Martin Kevan Reviewed by Patrick Dunn Grades 12 and up 1983 July The Radiant Inventory Christopher Dewdney Reviewed by Sandy Atwal Grades 11 and up/Ages 16 and up 1989 May The Raffi Singable Songbook: A Collection of 51 Songs From Raffi'S First Three Records For Young Children Raffi Reviewed by Bessie Condos Egan All Ages 1984 May Rain of Death: Acid Rain in Western Canada Caroline Brown, et al Reviewed by A. Louise Nordin Grades 12 and up 1982 September The Rainbow Chasers Ervin Austin MacDonald Reviewed by David J. Young Grades 9 and up 1983 March Rainbow Warehouse Ann Knight and W.P. Kinsella Reviewed by Don Precosky Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1990 January Raincoast Chronicles Six/Ten: Stories and History of the B.C. Coast Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 12 and up 1984 November Raincoast Chronicles Twelve Edited by Howard White Reviewed by Donna J. Adrian Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1991 March The Rainmaker Keith Davey Reviewed by Allan S. Evans Grades 12 and up 1987 January Ranch: Portrait of a Surviving Dream Dudley Witney Reviewed by Gudrun Wright All Ages 1984 November Rancher's Legacy: Alberta Essays Lewis G. Thomas Reviewed by R. Wieler Grades 11 and up 1987 May Rapunzel, Rapunzel Let Down Your Hair Jancis M. Andrews Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1992 September Raspberry Vinegar Joan Fern Shaw Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick Grades 12 and up 1985 November Raven and Snipe Anne Cameron Reviewed by Anne Kelly Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1991 September The RCN in Retrospect 1910-1968 James A. Boutilier (Edited by) Reviewed by Neil Payne Grades 12 and up 1982 November Reader's Choice: Canada's Short Story Magazine Reviewed by Charles Mountford Grades 9 and up 1983 July A Reader's Guide to the Canadian Novel, 2nd Edition John Moss Reviewed by Bohdan Kinczyk Grades 11 and up 1987 November Reaching for the Beaufort Sea: An Autobiography Al Purdy Reviewed by Val K. Lem Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1994 May/June Read-Aloud Poems Susan Ioannou Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grades 1-12/Ages 6-17 1993 September A Reader's Guide to the Canadian Novel John Moss Reviewed by Steven Wells Grades 12 and up 1982 November Real Mothers Audrey Thomas Reviewed by Betty A. Befus Grades 10 and up 1982 September Real Places and Imaginary Men Barry Dempster Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk Grades 11 and up 1984 November The Rebel in the House: The Life and Times of A.A. Heaps, M.P. Leo Heaps Reviewed by Allan S. Evans Grades 10 and up 1985 September Rebels in Time Ken Mitchell Reviewed by Raymond Stoyko Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1992 May Rebel Youth Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott Grades 10 and up 1985 November Rebels, Rascals & Royalty: the Colourful North of LACO Hunt LACO Hunt Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 12 and up 1984 September Recipes from Whats Cooking, Book 5 Ruth Fremes Reviewed by Marilyn H. Kogan Grades 9 and up 1985 March Red Bay, Labrador: World Whaling Capital A.D. 1550-1600 James A. Tuck and Robert Grenier Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up 1990 January Red Coats and the Patriotes: The Rebellions in Lower Canada, 1837-38 Elinor Kyte Senior Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot Grades 12 and up 1985 November The Red Fox Anthony Hyde Reviewed by R. Edward Monkhouse Grades 10 and up 1986 March Red Wolf, Red Wolf W.P. Kinsella Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 11 and up 1988 November Reflections James B. Bell and Earl W. Buxton Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 7-11 1985 September Reflections from a Basement Window Brian Richardson Reviewed by Sister Anne Leonard Grades 9 and up 1984 November Relief from Migrane: The Essential Program for the Sufferer, Family and Friends Rosemary Dudley and Wade Rowland Reviewed by Robert B. Haxton Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 September Religions of our Neighbors Sid Bentley Reviewed by Kenneth Elliot Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1990 September Remember Me Michel Tremblay Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 12 and up 1985 July Remembering the Don: a Rare Record of Earlier Times Within the Don River Valley Charles Sauriol Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 11 and up 1982 September Reminiscences of a Bungle By One of the Bunglers: And Tow Other Northwest Rebellion Diaries Reviewed by R. Rennie Grades 12 and up 1985 July Renewal: The Prophecy of Manu Barbara Smith Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue Grades 10 and up 1986 November Rescue the Earth! Conversations with the Green Crusaders Farley Mowat Reviewed by Peter Croskery Grades 11 and up 1990 September The Research Essay: A Guide to Papers, Essays, Projects Hugh Robertson Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September Resident Alien Clark Blaise Reviewed by Grace Shaw Grades 12 and up 1986 July Retaliation Richard Rohmer Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Grades 11 and up 1983 March Revenge of the Tribes Pierre Berton Reviewed by John Bainbridge Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1992 March Reviving Main Street Deryck Holdsworth (Edited by) Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 10 and up 1985 November The Revolving Doors Jacques Savoie Reviewed by Barbara Camfield Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 July Rexene Wendy Stephenson Reviewed by Dianne Harke Grades 7 and up 1984 May Ribbons of Steel: The Story of the Northern Alberta Railways Ena Schneider Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 January The Ribs of Dragonfly Rod Willmot Reviewed by Warner Winter Grades 11 and up 1986 March Ride Off Andy Horizon: New Poetry West, Volume 1 Peter Christensen and Lorne Daniel (Edited by) Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 10 and up 1984 September Rideau Waterway Robert Legger Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 7 and up 1986 September Riel and the Rebellion 1885 Reconsidered Thomas Flanagan Reviewed by R. G. Rennie Grades 11 and up 1984 March The Riel Rebellion: A Biographical Approach Charles How and Cynthia How Reviewed by J.D. Ingram Grades 11 and up 1985 July Riffs Douglas MacLaurin Reviewed by David J. Young Grades 12 and up 1983 January Rilla of Ingleside L.M. Montgomery Reviewed by Dorothy Dodge Grades 8-12 / Ages 13-17 1990 September The Rising in Western Upper Canada 1837-8: the Duncombe Revolt and After Colin Read Reviewed by Jackie Foerter Grades 11 and up 1982 November Rising to Power: Paul Desmarais and Power Corporation Dave Greber Reviewed by David Chadwick Grades 10 and up 1988 July Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age Modris Eksteins Reviewed by John Harkness Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1989 July The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities and Meaning of Table Manners Margaret Visser Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September River Boy At War J.K. Chapman Reviewed by Alfred Greenwood Grades 9 and up 1986 May River of Now and Then: Margaret Laurence's The Diviners Susan J. Warwick Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1994 September River's of Oil: The Founding of North America's Petrolium Industry Hope Morritt Reviewed by Donna Doyle Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1994 October The Road Back J.W. Pickersgill Reviewed by Grace Shaw Grades 11 and up 1987 March The Road Past Altamont Gabrielle Roy Reviewed by Clare A. Darby Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 March Road to the Stilt House David Adams Richards Reviewed by Bohdan Kinczyk Grades 12 and up 1985 November The Roar of the Twenties James H. Gray Reviewed by Sue Doherty Grades 9 and up 1982 September Rob Nixon, the Old White Trapper W. H. G. Kingston Reviewed by David Chadwick Grades 12 and up 1984 January Robertson Davies Michael Peterman Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades11 and up 1987 March Robes of Power: Totem Poles on Cloth Doreen Jensen and Polly Sargent Reviewed by Lillian Turner Grades 11 and up 1987 May Robinette: The Dean of Canadian Lawyers Jack Batien Reviewed by Allan Kogon Grades 12 and up 1985 May Robin Ward's Vancouver Robin Ward Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1991 March The Rock Paul Kropp Reviewed by Constance Hall Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 May Rocky Mountain House: National Historic Park Fred Stenson Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 9 and up 1986 January Rodeo Cowboys: The Last Heroes Ted Barris Reviewed by Ingrid vonHausen Grades 9 and up 1986 January The Roman Cookery of Apicius: A Treasury of Gourmet Recipes & Herbal Cookery Translated and Adapted for the Modern Kitchen John Edwards Reviewed by Marilyn H. Kogan Grades 10 and up 1985 May The Roncesvalles Pass Paul Bowdring Reviewed by E. Robson Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 May Roots of Peace: The Movement Against Miltarism in Canada Eric Shragge, Ronald Babin, and Jean Guy-Vaillancourt (Edited by) Reviewed by Janet Tomkins Grades 11 and up 1987 November Rope of Time Larry Warwaruk Reviewed by Doug Watling Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September Rose Garden Kurt Palka Reviewed by George Seibel Grades 9 and up 1982 November Rose Reisman Brings Home Light Cooking Rose Reisman Reviewed by Marilyn Kogon Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1993 September Rough Passage Paddy Webb Reviewed by Marion Mintis Grades 12 and up 1986 May Rough to Ready: Formatting From Rough Draft Ian Aitken, Julie Coleman and Eileen Laker Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 10 and up 1985 May Royal View Michael Duncan Reviewed by Phyllis James Grades 9 and up 1983 July Rubicon One Dennis Jones Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 11 and up 1984 January Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid Evelyn Lau Reviewed by Susan E. Fowler Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 January Running Out the Clock Raymond Souster Reviewed by Ian Dempsey Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1991 October Running Risks Angella Issajenko Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1991 January Running West James Houston Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 March Running to Beat Hell Betty L. Dyck Reviewed by Charles Ottosen Grades 11 and up/Ages 16 and up 1989 May The Run of the River: Portraits of Eleven British Columbia Rivers Mark Hume Reviewed by Hugh Cook Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1992 November A Rurual Life Ken Tolmie Reviewed by Gary Robertson Grades 9 and up 1987 March The Russian Album Michael Ignatieff Reviewed by Adele M. Fasik Grades 12 and up 1988 January Russian Poetry: A Personal Anthology Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 11 and up 1985 July Russian Spring Dennis Jones Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Grades 11 and up 1985 January 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 |