TITLES AUTHORS MEDIA AGE/GRADE DATE FEATURES

Book Reviews by Age and Grade Level Grades 7 to 9 --S-- Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree Leonard Bloomfield Reviewed by Brenda Reed Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1994 May/June Safari: Journey to the End Dave Taylor Reviewed by Elinor Kelly Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 November Saint John: A Sporting Tradition Brian Flood Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 7 and up 1986 May Salt and Braided Bread: Ukrainian Life in Canada Jars Balam Reviewed by Iyvan Michalchyshyn Grades 9 and up 1985 May The Same Place But Different Perry Nodelman Reviewed by Gillian Martin Noonan Grades 5-8/Ages 10-13 1993 September Samuel de Champlain Stan Garrod Reviewed by Margaret Marsh Grades 6-9 1982 September Sans Queue Ni Tete Jacques Pasquet Reviewed by Doris Lemoine Grades 7 and up/Ages 12 and up 1992 May Sarah Jane of Silver Islet Elizabeth Kouhi Reviewed by Robert W. Bruinsma Grades 5-8 1984 September Saskatchewan J. E. Jones Reviewed by Walter Kalyn All Grades 1984 May Save the World For Me Maxine Tynes Reviewed by donalee Moulton Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1992 March Sawpower: Making Lumber in the Sawmills of Nova Scotia Barbara R. Robertson Reviewed by Pauline Henaut Grades 6 and up 1987 May Say Yes Joan Weir Reviewed by Anne Louise Mahoney Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1992 March School on Wheels Karl and Mary Schuessler Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 6 and up 1987 March School Stinks! Frank O'Keefe Reviewed by Theo Hersh Grades 7-8 / Ages 12-13 1991 September Schooner: Bluenose and Bluenose II Silver Donald Cameron Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 9 and up 1984 November Science Activities for Young People Monica Schwalbe (Edited by) Reviewed by Anna L. Holman Grades 7-9 1984 November The Science Book Girls and Other Intelligent Beings Valerie Wyatt Reviewed by Pat Steenbergen Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12 1994 March/April Science Explorations 9 Alan Hirsch and others Reviewed by Eve Williams Grade 9 1986 November Science Express Carol Gold Reviewed by Stan R. Kozak Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1992 January Science in Social Issues: Implications for Teaching Glen S. Aikenhead Reviewed by Ian Johnston Grades 9 and up 1982 September Science Is... Susan V. Bosak Reviewed by Anna L. Holman Grades 4-12 1987 March Science Networks: Physical Science Reviewed by Chris Kempling Grades 9 and 10 1983 March Scoop Jones Katie Gillmore Ellis Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14 1990 January The Scotch John Kenneth Galbraith Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 9 and up 1985 September Scrubs on Skates Scott Young Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1986 March Sculpture: A Resource Kit for Teachers Education Services, Art Gallery of Ontario Reviewed by J.E. Simpson Grades 7 and up/ Ages 12 and up 1992 May Seals of Eastern Canada Anne Bardou Reviewed by H.A. Cook Grades 1 to 7 1988 January A Season of Mourning Frances Itani Reviewed by Ian Dempsey Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1989 July Seasons in a Golfer's Life Jim Nelford Reviewed by John Mitchell Grades 7 and up 1984 November Seasons of Light: Images of Ontario William Reynolds Reviewed by C. Sulkowski Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1990 January Sea Witches Joanne Robertson Reviewed by Joan Hewer Kindergarten to Grade 8 / Ages 5-13 1992 January A Sea Within: The Gulf of St Lawrence Bruce Littlejohn and Wayland Drew Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 8 and up 1985 May The Seam Allowance: Industrial Home Sewing in Canada Laura C. Johnson Reviewed by Jacqueline Foerter Grades 9 and up 1983 January The Second Book of Insults Nancy McPhee Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 9 and up 1982 November Secret at Westwind Joan S. Weir Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Grades 5-8 1982 September The Secret Code of DNA Mary Razzell Reviewed by Eve Williams Grades 4-7 1986 September Secret of the Cards Sonia Craddock Reviewed by Ray Doiron Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12 1991 January The Secret of Sunset House Sharon Siamon Reviewed by Patricia Fry Grades 4 to 8 1988 January The Secret of the White Buffalo C.J. Taylor Reviewed by Patricia Fry Grades 4-9 / Ages 9-14 1994 March/April The Secret of Willow Castle Lyn Cook Reviewed by Barbara Conquest Grades 4-7 1985 March Seesaw Dennis Foon Reviewed by Valerie Nielsen Grades 7 to 9 / Ages 12 to 14 1993 November The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volume III: 1921-1929 Edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1993 March The Self-Awareness Workbook Brian C. Harris Reviewed by Glenn DiPasquale Grades 7 and up 1983 November Sentimental Journey: An Oral History of Train Travel in Canada Ted Ferguson Reviewed by Anne Locatelli Grades 9 and up 1986 March The Serendipity Effect Larry Verstraete Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1990 May Settling the Canadian West David Bercuson and Howard Palmer Reviewed by Ronald Rennie Grades 7 and up 1984 November Seven Mythical Creatures Celia King Reviewed by J.E Simpson Grades 4-10 / Ages 9-16 1994 November/December The Seven Natural Wonders of the World Celia King Reviewed by Irene Aubery Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12 1992 September Shadow Cat Sylvia Hahn Reviewed by Robert W. Piper Grades 6 and up 1984 May Shadow in Hawthorne Bay Janet Lunn Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1987 January Shane: A Degrassi Book Susin Nielsen Reviewed by Dorothy Dodge Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1990 March Sharing a Robin's Life Linda Johns Reviewed by Peter Croskery Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1994 Jan/Feb A Short History of Canada Desmond Morton Reviewed by Allen S. Evans Grades 9 and up 1984 January A Short History of Manitoba Ed Whitcomb Reviewed by Agnes L. Florence Grades 9 and up 1983 May A Short History of Ontario Robert Bothwell Reviewed by Louise Dick Grades 8 and up 1986 September Shrubs of Ontario Margaret L. Heimburger and James H. Soper Reviewed by Seymour B. Tobe Grades 9 and up 1982 September Shulamis: Stories from a Montreal Childhood Shulamis Yelin Reviewed by Ralph Wintrob Grades 8 and up 1984 March Sick Heart River John Buchan Reviewed by Jean Henderson Grades 9 and up 1982 September Sieges of Quebec Desmond Morton Reviewed by JoAnna Burns Patton Grades 6 and up 1984 November The Sign of the Scales Marianne Brandis Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1990 September Signal Across the Sea Dorothy Perkyns Reviewed byMargaret Mackey Grades 5 to 7 / Ages 10 to 12 1994 November/December The Silent Enemy: Canada and the Deadly Flu of 1918 Eileen Pettigrew Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 9 and up 1984 March Silent Words Ruby Slipperjack Reviewed by S.A. McLennan McCue Grades 7 to 9/Ages 12 to 14 1993 March Silversides: The Life of A Sockeye Hubert Evans Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 3 to 7 / Ages 8 to 12 1992 September Sima7: Come Join Me Lorna Williams Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue Grades 4-8/Ages 9-13 1992 May Singing Our History Edith Fowke and Alan Mills Reviewed by Bessie Condos Egan All Ages 1985 March The Singing Stone O.R. Melling Reviewed by Grace E. Funk Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up 1986 November Sinking of the Mayflower: Lost November 12, 1912 Stephen Weir Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 May Siwiti: A Whale's Story Alexandra Morton Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12 1991 September Six Micmac Stories Ruth Whitehead Reviewed by Anne Kelly Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1989 July Sixty-four, Sixty-five Norah McClintock Reviewed by Pauline Henaut Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1990 January Skateboard Shakedown Lesley Choyce Reviewed by Patricia Fry Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15 1990 May Sketches: an Introduction to Emily Carr and the Fine Art of Sketching Melrose Moillet and Silk Questo Reviewed by Pia Christensen Grades 5-8 1982 November Skin & Liars: Two Plays Dennis Foon Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 7 and up/ Ages 12 and up 1989 May Ski Stooges Paul Kropp Reviewed by Ray Doiron Grades 5-7/Ages 10-12 1992 May The Sky is Falling Kit Pearson Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1989 November The Sky's the Limit Mitzi Dale Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1991 May Small Mammals a Colouring Adventure in Canadian Themes Robert E. Wrigley Reviewed by Jeff Lawrence Grades 4-8 1982 September Smileys Circus: A Guide to the Secret World of John Le Carre David Monaghan Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 9 and up 1987 May Smoke Dawn Richardson Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner Grades 6-10 1986 September Snake Susin Neilsen Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 8-10 / Ages 13-15 1992 September Snakes Eric S. Grace Reviewed by Perter Croskery Grades 3-9 / Ages 8-14 1994 November/December Snow Ghost Paul Kropp Reviewed by Robert W. Bruinsma Grades 6-9 1983 May So This is Africa Betty Kilgour Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 7 and up 1988 September So, You Have to Go to Court! Wendy Harvey and Anne Watson-Russell Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Kindergarten to Grade 7 / Ages 5-12 1989 July So, You've Been Busted! Anne Watson-Russell and Wendy Harvey Reviewed by Kenneth Elliott Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17 1989 September Soap Science J.L. Bell Reviewed by Pat Steenbergen Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12 1994 May/June Solomon Grundy Nick Bantock (Retold and Illustrated by) Reviewed by J.E. Simpson Pre-School to Grade 7 / Ages 3 to 12 1992 September Some Kind of Hero Lesley Choyce Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 6-8/Ages 11-13 1992 May Somebody Has To Do It: Whose Work is Housework? Penney Kome Reviewed by Jackie Foerter Grades 9 and up 1982 September Someday Drew Haydon Taylor Reviewed by Darleen Golke Grades 9 and up/Ages 14 and up 1993 September Something's Fishy at Ash Lake Susan Brown Reviewed by Kenneth Field Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12 1992 November Song of the Night Fiona McHugh Reviewed by Constance Hall Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13 1991 November The Song and the Silence: Sitting Wind Peter Jonker Reviewed by Sharon. A. McLennan McCue Grades 7 and up/Ages 12 and up 1989 May Songs of the Great Land John Robert Colombo Reviewed by Joan Skogan Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1990 May Songs of the Indians, Volume 1 John Robert Colombo (Edited by) Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner Grades 9 and up 1984 May Songs of the Indians, Volume 2 John Robert Colombo (Edited by) Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner Grades 9 and up 1984 May Songs of Labrador Edited and compiled by Tim Borlase Reviewed by Christine Buchanan Kindergarten and up / Ages 5 and up 1994 May/June The Songs of Wade Hemsworth Reviewed by Lisa Blackburn Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1991 March Sooshewan: Jeune Beothuk Donald Gale Reviewed by Patricia Cooper Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12 1991 October Souldust and Pearls: Ontario Poetry Anthology 1981 Reviewed by Gudrun Wight All Ages 1983 January A Sourcebook of India: Multicultural Perspective Roxanne Madryga and David Osborne Reviewed by Algis Tribinevicius Grades 7-12 1986 September Southeasterly Andrew Wreggit Reviewed by Warner Winter Grades 9 and up 1987 November Southwestern Ontario John De Visser Reviewed by Ches Sulkowski Grades 9 and up 1983 March Soviet Journey Gary Birchall and Donna Quigley Reviewed by Eunice C. Wesley Grades 4-8 1985 September Space Christopher G. Trump Reviewed by Anna L. Holman Grades 7-10 1987 November Space Adventures for the Commodore 64 Peter Lear Reviewed by W.F. Benson Grades 5-8 1985 September Space: Stars, Planets and Spacecraft Sue Becklake Reviewed by Eve Williams Grades 6 and up 1989 January Spaceship Down Bev Spencer Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1994 March/April Speaking of Cars... Charles Whipp Reviewed by Anna Holman Grades 6 and up 1983 May Special Stories for Special Kids Rhonda Clayton Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Kindergarten to Grade 3/Ages 5 to 8 1989 May Spellbound! David Boyd Reviewed by Constance Hall Grades 5 to 7 / Ages 10 to 12 1990 September A Spider Danced A Cozy Jig Irving Layton Reviewed by Fran Newman Grades 9 and up 1985 January Spike Loretta Castellarin and Ken Roberts Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1989 March The Spirit of Africville Edited by the Africville Genealogy Society Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 9 and up/Ages 14 and up 1992 November Spirit of Place Lucy Maud Montgomery Reviewed by Sally Davis Grades 6 and up 1983 January Spirit of the Yukon June Cruickshank Lunny Reviewed by Brenda Reed Grades 9 and up/Ages 14 and up 1993 May Spirit Wrestler James Houston Reviewed by Ruth Denyer Grades 9 and up 1983 November S.P. Likes A.D. Catherine Brett Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 March Spuds! Dulse! Fiddleheads Judith Comfort Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 7 and up 1987 January Spy in the Shadows Barbara Greenwood Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1990 November The St. Andrews Werewolf Wilson, Eric Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 5 to 9 / Ages 10 to 14 1993 November St. Sam and the Nukes: a Nuclear Comedy Ted Johns Reviewed by Linda May Bell Grades 7 and up 1983 January The Stanley Park Explorer Richard Steele Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 8 and up 1986 January Star Crosser John Ibbitson Reviewed by Constance Hall Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14 1991 January The Starling Summer Eileen Cade-Edwards Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine Grades 5-8 1987 March Starring Quincy Rumpel Betty Waterton Reviewed by Grace E. Funk Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13 1987 March The Steamboat Era in the Muskokas, Volume 1: to the Golden Years Richard Tatley Reviewed by Ron Jacques Grades 6 and up 1984 May Steel Across the Plains Pierre Berton Reviewed by Irene Gordon Grades 5 to 9/Ages 10 to 14 1993 October Steamboat Days: An Illustrated History of the Steamboat Era on the St. John River, 1816-1946 George MacBeath and Donald F. Taylor Reviewed by Catherine Cox Grades 9 and up 1985 November Stencil It! Kids' Projects Sandra Buckingham Reviewed by J.E. Simpson Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1994 March/April The Stepfather Game Norah McClintock Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14 1991 September Sticky Fingers Kirsten Bevelander and Lisa Bevelander Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 2-8 1982 September Stone Dead Marion Crook Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 7 to 9 1988 May Stones, Bricks and History: The Corner of "Duke and George," 1798-1984 Sheldon Godfrey and Judy Godfrey Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 8 and up 1985 July The Store Mike Shultz Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 7 and up 1986 January Stories from the Cariboo: He Saw with Other Eyes Todd Lee Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades 7 and up/Ages 12 and up 1993 May Storm Child Brenda Bellingham Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1986 March The Story Girl Earns Her Name Gail Hamilton Reviewed by Constance Hall Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13 1991 November Story Presentations David Kehoe Reviewed by Elaine Blakey Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1990 May Straight from the Horse's Mouth...And Other Animal Expressions Teri Degler Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1989 September Strandia Susan Lynn Reynolds Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up 1992 January Stratas Harry Rasky Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 8 and up 1989 March The Street Mordecai Richler Reviewed by David J. Young Grades 7 and up 1985 November Street of Dreams Gary Hyland Reviewed by Pamela Black Grades 7 and up 1985 January The Stoddart Visual Dictionary Jean-Claude Corbeil Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters Grades 8 and up 1987 January The Story of Nellie McClung Anne Monoghan Reviewed by William Benson Grades 8 and up 1987 January Student's Dictionary of Music Wayne Gilpin Reviewed by Joan Weller Grades 8 and up 1986 May Stumped: The Forest Industry in Transition Ken Drushka Reviewed by Hugh Cook Grades 7 and up 1985 November Stung: The Incredible Obsession of Brian Molony Gary Ross Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 9 and up 1988 September Subject Index for Children and Young People to Canadian Poetry in English Esther Gorosh, Margaret Harper and Kathleen M. Snow Reviewed by Anna L. Holman Grades 1-9 1983 September Sudbury Time Twist Wence Horai Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine Grades 7 and up 1985 March Suddenly A Spy Robert Sutherland Reviewed by Irene Gordon Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14 1991 January Summer Delights: Cooking with Fresh Herbs Noël Richardson Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Grades 9 and up 1986 November The Summer the Whales Sang Gloria Montero Reviewed by Carol Steedman Grades 5-8 1986 January Sunfield Painter: the Reminiscences of John Davenall Turner John Davenall Turner Reviewed by J. E. Simpson Grades 7 and up 1983 May The Super Science Discovery Book: Easy-To-Do Experiments That Really Work! Professor Kurius Reviewed by Anna L. Holman Grades 4-8 1985 September Superbike! Jamie Brown Reviewed by George Gereben Grades 7 and up 1982 September Superior: The Haunted Shore Bruce Littlejohn Reviewed by Rita Sinihelmi Grades 6 and up 1984 January The Survival Squad Floyd Priddle Reviewed by Esther Hutchinson Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1990 November Survivor of the Edmund Fitzgerald Joan Skelton Reviewed by Margaret MacLean Grades 9 and up 1986 September Suspicion Island Jeni Mayer Reviewed by Floyd Spracklin Grades 6 to 10/Ages 11 to 15 1993 May The Suzie A Alan Haig-Brown Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up 1991 September The Swan Children David Day Reviewed by David H. Elias Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up 1990 March Sweetgrass Jan Hudson Reviewed by Robin Byrnes, assisted by Mecea Gould Grades 7-9 / Ages 11-14 1984 July Sweetgrass: The Magazine of Canada's Native Peoples Reviewed by Sharon A. McCue Grades 9 and up 1985 January Swimming Out of History: New and Selected Poems Florence McNeil Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1992 May Sworn Enemies Carol Matas Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 5-10 /Ages 10-15 1993 September Sybil Jacobson: Painting in the West Mary G. Alexander Reviewed by Carrie Gardner Grades 9 and up 1986 January Syrup Pails and Gopher Tails: Memories of the One-Room School John C. Charyk Reviewed by Elaine Atwood Grades 9 and up 1984 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 |