TITLES AUTHORS MEDIA AGE/GRADE DATE FEATURES SEARCH

Book Reviews by TITLE -- B -- Baa Baa Black Sheep Reviewed by Marilyn Aldworth Preschool to Kindergarten / Ages 0 to 5 1991 March Baba's Macedonian Socks Alex K. Gigeroff Reviewed by Catherine McInerney Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1994 March/April Baby, Baby Paul Kropp Reviewed by Robert W. Bruinsma Grades 6-9 1983 May Baby Beluga Book Raffi Reviewed by Joan Weller Pre-School-Grade 2 1983 September The Baby Project Sarah Ellis Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1987 January Bacchanalia Revisited: Western Canada's Boozy Skid to Social Disaster James H. Gray Reviewed by Jim Delaney Grades 12 and up 1983 July 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 Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy our Traditional Skills Reviewed by Carol MacDonald Grades 9 and up 1982 September Back to Black: Comic Sketches Arthur Black Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 4 and up 1988 July Backdoor to the Klondike Joan Weir Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 July The Backward Brothers See the Light: A Tale From Iceland Peter Eyvindson Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 1-3/Ages 6-8 1992 May The Bad Day Sylvie Assathiany and Louise Pelletier Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 3-5 1986 May A Bad Day to be Winning George McWhirter Reviewed by Janice Vaudry Adult / Secondary 1992 March The Bag Man Douglas C. Perry Reviewed by Jean Keenan Grades 9 and up 1984 May Bagdad: The Prince of Stars in the Cavern of Time Ian Dennis Reviewed by Clair A. Darby Adult 1986 September Baggage to London Lynn Westerhout Cutler Reviewed by Patricia Butler Preschool / Ages 3-4 1994 September The Baitchopper Silver Donald Cameron Reviewed by Pauline Henaut Grades 5-8 1983 March Baker's Dozen: Stories by Women Women's Press Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 12 and up 1985 January Baker's Heaven Wence Horai Reviewed by Sharon Young Grades K-8 1983 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 Ballad of Alice Moonchild... and Others Aleata E. Blythe Reviewed by Elaine Blakey Grades 4 and up 1982 September The Ballad of Mr. Tubs Pierre Houde Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 2 to 4/Ages 7 to 9 1989 May The Ballet Book: A Young Dancer's Guide Andrew Ptak Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 4 and up 1985 September Balloon Science Etta Kaner Reviewed by Eve Williams Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1990 March The Balloon Tree Phoebe Gilman Reviewed by Enid Dorward Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9 1985 May Ballpark Figures: The Blue Jays and the Business of Baseball Larry Millson Reviewed by John Mitchell Grades 6 and up 1987 November 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 Baraka John Ralston Saul Reviewed by Chris Kempling Adult 1984 March 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 The Bare Naked Book Kathy Stinson Reviewed by Patricia Skarzynski Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7 1987 January 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 Baritone Cat Mora Skelton Reviewed by Theo Hersh Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 4-6 1994 September Barkerville Florence McNeil Reviewed by Pamela Black Grades 7 and up 1985 January Barnaby Bear Margaret Leon Reviewed by Janice Foster Pre-School 1984 January Baseball Laurie Wark Reviewed by Pat Steenbergen Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1994 November/December Baseball Bats for Christmas Michael Kusugak Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9 1991 March Baseball Crazy Martyn Godfrey Reviewed by Floyd Spracklin Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1988 July The Basement Book Harris Mitchell Reviewed by Peter Chernoff Grades 10 and up 1982 November Basic Quilting Polly Greene Reviewed by Christine Buchanan Grades 4 and up 1985 November A Basket of Apples and Other Stories Shirley Faessler Reviewed by Adele Ashby Grades 11 and up 1988 September A Basket of Apples: Recollections of Historic Nova Scotia Harry Bruce Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 6 and up 1983 March The Bassett Report: Career Success and Canadian Women Isabel Bassett Reviewed by Brenda Watson Post Secondary 1985 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 Battle for the West: Fur Traders and the Birth of Western Canada Daniel Francis Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 7 and up 1983 May The Battle of Lake Erie Pierre Berton Reviewed by Danna J. Adrian Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1994 October The Battle Over Biligualism: The Manitoba Language Question, 1983-85 Russell Doern Reviewed by R. Wieler Grades 11 and up 1986 May Battlefields of Canada Mary Beackock Fryer Reviewed by John Harkness Grades 8 and up 1987 May Be a Better Grocery Shopper Rhonda Windsor-Maxwell Reviewed by Olive Bowles Grades 11 and up 1982 September Be a Better Pilot Alan Bramson Reviewed by Janet E. Goldack Grades 8 and up 1983 January 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 Beach Book & Bucket Karen and Neil Dawe Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson Kindergarten to Grade 5/Ages 5 to 10 1992 May The Bead Pot Thelma Poirier Reviewed by Patricia Fry Kindergarten to Grade 3/Ages 5 to 8 1993 October Beads Judy Ann Sadler Reviewed by Christine Buchanan Pre-school to Grade 3 / Ages 4-8 1994 October Bear Did It Marsha Kideckel Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick Preschool to Grade 1 / Ages 3-6 1991 September Bear in the Sky Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9 1990 November Bear Stories Hubert Evans Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 3 to 7 / Ages 8 to 12 1992 September The Bear That Had No Bump of Locality Galt Denham Reviewed by Wilma D. K. Scott Grades 2-4 1983 September Bearers of the Sun Chris Foster Reviewed by Dianne Clipshaw Grades 9 and up 1986 November Bears for Breakfast Nan Doerksen Reviewed by Enid Dorward Grades 1-4 1984 March Bears of the World Ian Sterling Reviewed by Peter Croskery Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12 1992 November The Beautiful Cassandra Jane Austen Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11 1994 May/June Beautiful Dreamer Allen Morgan Reviewed by Anne Kirkpatrick Grades 5-8 1983 May Beauty and the Beast Rap Sonja Dunn Reviewed by Catherine McInerney Grades K-3 / Ages 5-8 1994 November/December The Beauty of the Martitimes Hans Blohm Reviewed by Maurice G. Black Grades 6 and up 1985 January The Beauty of Quebec Hans Blohm Reviewed by Maurice G. Black Grades 6 and up 1985 January The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972-82 Robert Bringhurst Reviewed by Sister Anne Leonard Post-Secondary 1983 September The Beauty Who Would Not Spin Adele Mongan Fasick Reviewed by Alison Mews Grades 1 to 3/Ages 6 to 8 1989 May Beckoning Lights Monica Hughes Reviewed by Donna O'Connor Grades 6-9 1983 July Bee Hives and Bat caves: Amazing Animal Homes Edited by Katherine Farris Reviewed by Norma Charles Grades 1 to 4 / Ages 6 to 9 1990 September 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 Beethoven Lives Upstairs Barbara Nichol Reviewed by Gillian M. Noonan Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10 1994 May/June Before and After Katherine Govier Reviewed by Barbara Egerer Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 September Before I Go to Sleep: Bible Stories, Poems and Prayers for Children Ann Pilling Reviewed by Alison Mews Kindergarten and up / Ages 5 and up 1990 November Beginners' Basic Peter Lear Reviewed by W.F. Benson Grades 5-8 1985 September Beginning Again: Further Adventures of a Loyalist Family Mary Beakcock Fryer Reviewed by Anne Kelly Grades 6 to 9/Ages 10 to 14 1989 May Beginnings Dorothy Livesay Reviewed by Leslie McGrath Adult 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 Being Pregnant Daphne Morrison Reviewed Esther Hutchison Post-Secondary 1988 January Belle's Journey Marilynn Reynolds Reviewed by Catherine McInerney Grades 1 to 3/Ages 6 to 8 1993 September The Bells of Finland Street Lyn Cook Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10 1992 January 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 Benjamin Anne Matheson Reviewed by Jane Smith Jr. Kindergarden to Grade 2 / Ages 4 to 7 1993 January Benjamin and the Pillow Saga Stéphane Poulin Reviewed by Patricia Fry Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1990 January Benji Bear's Surprize Day Ingrid Shelton Reviewed by Patricia Skarzynski K-Grade 3 1987 March Benji's Daddy Was A Golfer W.J. Illerbrun Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grade 1 and up 1986 July 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 Ben's Snow Song: A Winter Picnic Hazel Hutchins Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Pre-school 1988 May The Bentwood Box: An Activity Book for Kids From Ages 9-14 Including Adult Teaching Guide Nan McNutt Reviewed by Dale Simmons Grades 1 to 4 1988 May 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 Bernstein Paul Robinson Reviewed by Robert E. Wheeler Post-Secondary 1983 January Best Bedtime Stories Amy Friedman Reviewed by Jane Smith Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11 1994 May/June 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 Helwig and Maggie Helwig Reviewed by Katheryn Broughton Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1992 March 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 Best Man Claire Martin Reviewed by Philip K. Harber Adult 1983 September The Best of Arlie Zack H.J. Hutchins Reviewed by Kathleen L. Kellett-Betsos Grades 4 to 7/Ages 9 to 12 1993 September The Best of Crocus Coulee Betty Kilgour Reviewed by Elizabeth Gowan Grades 12 and up 1986 July The Best of Grant MacEwan Grant MacEwan Reviewed by Frank Karas Grades 8 and up 1983 March The Best of Jim Endicott James G. Endicott Reviewed by John Harkness Grades 12 and up 1983 September The Best of Modern Humour Edited by Mordecai Richler Reviewed by Adele Ashby Adult 1984 March Best Recipes Under the Sun Marion Kane Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue Adult 1988 January Best Seat in the House: Memoirs of a Lucky Man Robert Fulford Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 8 and up 1989 January Better Black-and-White Darkroom Techniques Bob Casagrande Reviewed by Ken Stagg Post-Secondary 1983 May 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 Better Way to Go Cross-Country Skiing Stan Talesnick Reviewed by Al Norman Grades 7 and up 1983 May Betty Mitchell Kenneth Dyba Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 11 and up 1987 May Between Anxiety and Hope: The Poetry and Writing of Czeslaw Milosz Edited by Edward Mozejko Reviewed by Don Precosky Post-secondary/Adult 1989 July Between Europe and America: The Canadian Tradition in Fiction T.D. MacLulich Reviewed by Pat Bolger Post-Secondary 1988 November 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 Men Katherine Govier Reviewed by Margaret MacLean Adult 1988 May Between Past and Future: Quebec Education in Transition Norman Henchey Reviewed by Philip K. Harber Professional 1988 September Between the Solitudes Directed by Abbey Neidik Reviewed by Kathleen L. Kellett-Betsos Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1994 September Between Worlds Maggie Goh and Craig Stephenson (Edited by) Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1990 September Beware the Fugitora John H.C. Pippy Reviewed by David H. Elias Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14 1990 May Beyond the Boundaries 2 Ruth Sidorchuk and Brenda Willoughby Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 4-6 1987 March Beyond Boundaries 3 Ruth Sidorchuck and Brenda Willoughby Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 4-6 1987 July Beyond the Boundaries 4 Ruth Sidorchuck and Brenda Willoughby Reviewed by Irene J. Karasick Grades 4 and 5 1988 May Beyond the Boundaries: An Open Ended Approach Ruth Sidorchuck and Brenda Willoughby Reviewed by Geri Young Grades 4-6 1986 July Beyond Courage: The Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres George Cassar Reviewed by John Harkness Grades 12 and up 1986 May Beyond the Door Jacqueline Nugent Reviewed by Sue Easun Grades 5 and up 1985 January Beyond Everest: Quest for the Seven Summits Patrick Morrow Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 8 and up 1987 March Beyond Forget: Rediscovering the Praries Mark Abley Reviewed by Marc Shaw Grades 11 and up 1987 November Beyond Sambation: Selected Essays and Editorials 1928-1955 A. M. Klein Reviewed by Tony Cosier Post-Secondary 1983 January Beyond Those Mountains: In Search of Freedom Dick Thiessen Reviewed by Esther Hutchison Grades 9 and up 1986 July A Bibliography of McClelland and Stewart Imprints, 1909-1985: A Publisher's Legacy Carl Spadoni and Judith Donnelly Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Post-secondary 1994 November/December 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 The Big Bang: the Creation of the Universe Lydia Bailey Reviewed by Lorraine Douglas Grades 1-3 1983 January Big Bear: The End of Freedom Hugh A. Dempsey Reviewed by R. Rennie Grades 10 and up 1985 May A Big City ABC Allan Moak Reviewed by Jane M. Smith Kindergarten and up / Ages 5 and up 1990 January The Big Enchilada L. A. Morse Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Adult 1983 January 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 Or Little? Kathy Stinson Reviewed by Sally Davis Pre-School-Grade 1 1983 September Big Sarah's Little Boots Paulette Bourgeois Reviewed by Wendy Carter Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1988 March The Big Secret Jed Mackay Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Pre-School-Grade 3 1985 March The Big Storm Rhea Tregebov Reviewed by Catherine Mclnerney Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1992 November Big Time Women From Way Back When Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1994 November/December The Big Tree and the Little Tree Mary Tappage Reviewed by Elizabeth Crockett Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9 1987 July Bigfoot Sabotage Deirdre Kessler Reviewed by Kenneth Field Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14 1992 March The Biggest Modern Woman of the World Susan Swan Reviewed by James Kingstone Adult 1984 May Bilingualism and Multiculturalism in Canadian Education Vincent D'Oyley, Anne Lloyd and Stan M. Shapson (Edited by) Reviewed by Sue Doherty Professional 1982 November 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 at Bat Martha Henry Reviewed by Alma Webster Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9 1986 March Billy Bishop Jeff Richards Reviewed by William Benson Grades 8 and up 1987 January Billy Bishop, Canadian Hero Dan McCaffey Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy Grades 10 and up 1989 March Billy Bishop Goes to War John Gray Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 9 and up 1982 November Billy and the Bubbleship Elwy Yost Reviewed by Barbara Conquest Grades 3-6 1983 January 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 The Birch Bark Caper Stanley Burke Reviewed by Jim Delaney Grades 11 and up 1982 September A Bird-Finding Guide to Ontario Clive E. Goodwin Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 7 and up 1983 January A Bird in the House Margaret Laurence Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1989 May Bird Talk Lenore Keeshig-Tobias Reviewed by Joan Skogan Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7 1991 September Birding, or Desire: Poems Don McKay Reviewed by Tony Cosier Grades 10 and up 1984 January Birds 1: a Coloring Adventure in Canadian Themes Robert W. Nero Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 1 and up 1982 November Birds 2: a Coloring Adventure in Canadian Themes Robert W. Nero Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 1 and up 1982 November Birds at My Feeder Bobbie Kalman Reviewed by Norma Charles Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1988 November The Birds Nest Hat David Reddin Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Kindergarten to Grade 3 1988 July Birds of the Canadian Rockies George W. Scotter et al. Reviewed by Elinor Kelly Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 September 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 Nova Scotia Robie W. Tufts Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 6 and up 1987 May Birds of Ontario: Volumes I and II J. Murray Speirs Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 5 and up 1986 July Birds of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland Robin Bovey and Wayne Campbell Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 September Birds of Victoria and Vicinity Robin Bovey, Wayne Campbell and Bryan Gates Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 September Birdwatching: an Introductory Guide for Young Canadians John Rodgers Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 6 and up 1983 March Birdwise: Fascinating Facts and Amazing Activities to Make You Bird Wise Pamela Hickman Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grades 3 to 6/Ages 8 to 11 1989 May The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta Leon Rooke Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk Grades 12 and up 1983 May The Birthday Book Debi Perna Reviewed by Janice Foster Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11 1991 September The Birthday Party Michel Aubin Reviewed by Joan Weller Kindergarten to Grade 2 1988 May Birthright Robert E. Wall Reviewed by Jean Henderson Grades 11 and up 1982 September The Bishop David Helwig Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Adult 1986 September The Bishop's Candlesticks Norman McCinnel Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 10 and up 1983 March The Bison and the Great Plains Dave Taylor Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13 1991 October A Bittersweet Land: The Dutch Experience in Canada, 1890-1980 Herman Ganzevoort Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot Grades 12 and up 1988 November Black Blood F.G. Paci Reviewed by Janice Vaudry Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up 1992 May Black Diamonds: a Search for Arctic Treasure James Houston Reviewed by Joan Weller Grades 6-9 1982 September Black Forest Secret Janice Cowan Reviewed by Anne Louise Mahoney Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1991 October The Black Joke Farley Mowat Reviewed by H.A. Cook Grades 4 and up 1988 July 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 Robe Brian Moore Reviewed by Barbara J. Graham Adult 1985 November Black Swan Gertrude Story Reviewed by Dianne Clipsham Grades 12 and up 1987 March Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature Alberto Manguel Reviewed by Loys Maingon Adult 1985 September Black Wolf: The Life of Ernest Thompson Seton Betty Keller Reviewed by Ellen Robson Grades 12 and up 1985 May The Blackbird's Song Pauline Holdstock Reviewed by E. Robson Adult 1988 July Blaine's Way Monica Hughes Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12 1987 January Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned: Catholics Speak Out About Confession Quentin Donoghue and Linda Shapiro Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott 1985 September 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 Blink Sean O'Huigin Reviewed by Fran Newman Grades 1 and up / Ages 6 and up 1985 January Blood Ties David Adams Richards Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Adult 1985 November Blood Ties and Other Stories Robin Mathews Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick Grades 11 and up 1985 May Bloodsong and Other Stories of South Africa Ernst Havemann Reviewed by Esther Hutchison Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1989 November Bloody Buron: Normandy 08 July 1944 J. Allan Snowie Reviewed by Iyvan Michalchyshyn Grades 9 and up 1985 January Bloor-Dufferin in Pictures Cynthia Patterson, Carol McDougall, and George Levin. Reviewed by John Harkness Adult 1987 July BLT Catherine Dunphy Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14 1992 September Blue James Heneghan Reviewed by Ray Doiron Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12 1992 March The Blue Camaro R.P. MacIntyre Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 7 to 10 / Ages 12 to 15 1994 November/December 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 Blue Raven Ted Harrison Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13 1989 July Blue Skies Bill Olmstead Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood Grades 9 and up 1988 May The Blue Wall: Street Cops in Canada Carsten Stroud Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 12 and up 1984 January 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 Boat Ride Cecilia Mavrow Reviewed by Beatrice Russell Grades 4-6 1987 January Bobby Bluestem Rhonda O'Grady Reviewed by Janice Foster Kindergarten to Grade 2 / Ages 5-7 1994 October Bodily Harm Margaret Atwood Reviewed by E. James Kingstone Adult 1983 January A Body Surrounded by Water: An Inspector Charlie Salter Novel Eric Wright Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 9 and up 1987 November The Boggart Susan Cooper Reviewed by Alison Mews Grades 4 to 7 / Ages 9 to 12 1993 November Boid and the Bullies Robert McConnell Reviewed by Linda Holeman Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9 1991 March A Bolt of White Cloth Leon Rooke Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Adult 1985 March Bon Voyage! Maricia Vaughan and Richard Vaughan Reviewed by Alison Mews Pre-school to Grade 2 / Ages 3 to 7 1994 November/December Bon Voyage Baabee Dayal Kaur Khalsa Reviewed by M. Joan Young Preschool / Ages 2 months-1 year 1985 May Bonanza Gold Pierre Berton Reviewed by Jo Anna M. Patton Grades 5 to 7 / Ages 10 to 12 1992 September 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 The Bones Book & Skeleton Stephen L. Cumbaa Reviewed by Pat Steenbergen Grades 1-7/Ages 6-12 1992 May The Bones and Skeleton Gamebook Karen C. Anderson and Stephen Cumbaa Reviewed by Pat Steenbergen Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12 1994 May/June 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 A Book Dragon Donn Kushner Reviewed by Nancy Black Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11 1988 May The Book of Canadians: An Illustrative Guide to Who Did What Carlotta Hacker Reviewed by Elaine Atwood Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1984 July Book of Dogs Canadian Kennel Club Reviewed by Ruth MacKneson Grades 7 and up 1982 November The Book of Eve Constance Beresford-Howe Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue Secondary/Adult 1989 July Book of Grey Owl: Selected Wildlife Stories E.E. Reynolds Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up 1989 July 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 The Book of Salt Kenneth Sherman Reviewed by Doug Watling Adult/Secondary 1988 November The Bootlegger Blues James Heneghan Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Adult 1992 March 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 The Bop Irene Punt Reviewed by Howard Hurt Kindergarten to Grade 2 / Ages 5-7 1990 January The Border Police: One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years of Policing in Windsor C.H. Gervais Reviewed by John Harkness Adult 1993 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 Both Sides of the Wire Produced and Directed by Neal Livingston Reviewed by Brenda Reed Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1994 September Bottled Roses Darlene Madott Reviewed by Margarent MacLean Grades 12 and up 1985 September Bounce High, Bounce Low: My First Music Book. Songs to Sing, Notes to Draw, Games to Play, Pictures to Color Edith Lantos Reviewed by Christine Buchanan Professional 1988 November 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 Bowbo's Shade Tree Dorothy Morris Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10 1987 March Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks: Money Matters for Kids,Vol.IV Joanne Currah and Jane Felling Reviewed by Alma Webster Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11 1994 November/December The Box Closet Mary Meigs Reviewed by Joan McGrath Adult 1988 July Box Crafts: Over 50 Things to Make and Do With Boxes of Every Size Imogene Forte Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades Kindergarten to Grade 6 1988 May The Boxing Champion Roch Carrier Reviewed by Norma Charles Kindergarten-grade 5 / Ages 5-10 1991 September A Boy at the Leafs' Camp Scott Young Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1986 March A Boy Called Nam: A True Story of How One Boy Came to Canada Leo Heaps Reviewed by Margaret Marsh Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1985 May The Boy, the Dollar and the Wonderful Hat Marilyn Helmer Reviewed by Kay Kerman Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1992 October A Boy of Taché Ann Blades Reviewed by Gudrun Wight Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9 1985 May Boy on Defence Scott Young Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1986 March The Boy Who Could Make His Mother Stop Yelling Ilse Sondheimer Reviewed by Fran Newman Pre-School-Grade 1 1985 January The Boy Who Wouldn't Speak Steve Berry Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler Pre-School to Grade 2 / Ages 3 to 7 1992 September The Boy With No Reflection Terry Morrison Reviewed by Ila D. Scott Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1994 May/June Boys, Bombs, and Brussel Sprouts: a Knees-Up Wheels-Up Chronicle of WWII J. Douglas Harvey Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood Grades 8 and up 1982 November Boys Like Us Peter McGehee Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Adult 1991 September BP Nichol: What History Teaches Stephen Scobie Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 12 and up 1985 September Brain Twisters Paul Hayes Reviewed by Maureen Pammmett Grades 4 to 7 1988 July Bravery Carlotta Hacker Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13 1989 July Breakaway Paul Yee Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1994 September Breakaway '86: The Hockey Almanac Stan Fischler and Shirley Fischler Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 6-12 1987 March Breakaway 1987-1988, The Hockey Almanac Stan Fischler and Shirley Fischler Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 10 and up 1988 July The Breakaway Company: A Complete Career Readiness Program Don Campbell, et al. Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1994 November/December Breakdown Budge Wilson Reviewed by Esther Hutchinson Grades 6 to 8/ Ages 11 to 13 1989 May Breakers: Stories from Newfoundland and Labrador Paul O'Neill Reviewed by G. J. Casey Grades 7 and up 1983 March 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 Breathing Water Joan Crate Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Adult/Secondary 1990 May A Breed Apart Tony German Reviewed by Susan Ratcliffe Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1986 January Breeding Birds of Ontario: Nidology and Distribution, Volume 1, Nonpasserines Ross D. James and George K. Peck Reviewed by Elinor Kelly Post-Secondary 1983 November The Bremen Fred W. Hotson Reviewed by Alfred F.F. Greenwood Grades 9 and up 1989 January Brenda and Edward Maryann Kovalski Reviewed by Patricia Fry Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6 1985 May Brendan Morgan and the Best Ever Cloud Machine Gervem Evans Reviewed by Joan Weller Kindergarten-Grade 2 1985 July Brendon and the Wolves Allen Morgan Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler Junior Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 4-8 1991 May Brewster Rooster Berny Lucas Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1994 March/April Brian Orser Bruce Geddes and Stephanie Geddes Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 4-9 / Ages 9-14 1989 May The Bridge Out of Town Jake MacDonald Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 10 and up 1987 January Bridges Etta Kaner Reviewed by Brenda Partidge Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13 1994 September Bridges 1 S.D. Robinson et al. Reviewed by Nancy Carlman Grades 5-9 1985 July Bridges 2 S.D. Robinson et al. Reviewed by Nancy Carlman Grades 5-9 1985 July Bridges 3 Sam Robinson and others Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters Grades 7-10 1986 July Bridges 4 S.D. Robinson and others Reviewed by Joanne K.A. Peters Grade 10 1987 May Bridges: Explorations in Science, Technology & Social Sciences Reviewed by Yoskyl Webb Professional 1986 January The Bright and the Gifted F.M. Speed and D. Appleyard Reviewed by Joan McGrath Professional 1986 January Bright Sunny Days Markus Reviewed by Janice Foster Pre-school to Grade 9 / Ages 3 to 14 1992 October Bring Me Your Passion Don Bailey Reviewed by Frank Loreto Adult 1988 July 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 March British Columbia: Its Resources and People Charles N. Forward (Edited by) Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 12 and up 1988 May British Columbia: Visions of the Promised Land Brenda Lea White (Edited by) Reviewed by Don Precosky Grades 11 and up 1987 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 English David Thompson Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine Adult 1988 July Broken Silence: Dialogues from the Edge Andre Stein Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 12 and up 1985 January Brothers Debbie Bailey Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler Pre-school to Junior Kindergarten/Ages 1 to 4 1993 September Brothers in Arms Jordan Wheeler Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown Adult 1990 March Brothers and Strangers Marilyn Halvorson Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 8-11 / Ages 13-16 1991 September Brown's Weir Gwendolyn Drew and Wayland Drew Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 9 and up 1983 November Brupp on the Other Side Deidre Kessler Reviewed by Brenda Watson Grades 1-4 1986 July Brupp Rides Again Deidre Kessler Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 3-5/ Ages 8-10 1993 January Brush Them Bright Patricia Quinlan Reviewed by Donna Doyle Jr Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 3 to 10 1993 January Bryna Means Courage Mitzi Dale Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 6-9/Ages 11-14 1993 September Bubblemania Sheila Dalton Reviewed by Catherine McInerney Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 4 to 8 1992 September Buckskin Pimpernel: the Exploits of Justus Sherwood, Loyalist Spy Mary Beacock Fryer Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 9 and up 1982 September Bud the Spud Stompin' Tom Connors Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1994 October Budgeting Reviewed by Howard Hurt Professional 1986 March Budgeting For Children's services Callie Israel Reviewed by P.J. Hammel Adult 1988 March Bugs Potter Live at Nickaninny Gordon Korman Reviewed by Janet Goldack Grades 5 and up 1984 January Builders of British Columbia: an Industrial History G. W. Taylor Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 10 and up 1983 January Building Canada: A History of Public Works N.R. Ball (Edited by) Reviewed by Susan E. Fowler Post-secondary 1989 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 The Bukowski/Purdy Letters Charles Bukowski and Al Purdy Reviewed by James Kingstone Post-Secondary 1984 November The Bump Fred Penner Reviewed by Dianne Harke Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 3-8 1985 July The Bumper Book John Metcalf (Edited by) Reviewed by Bohdan Kinczyk Grades 12 and up 1987 May The Bungalo Boys John Bianchi Reviewed by Alma Webster Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10 1987 March The Bungalo Boys II: Bushmen Brouhaha John Bianchi Reviewed by Carol Steedman Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1988 July The Bungalo Boys III: Champions of Hockey John Bianchi Reviewed by Linda Holeman Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11 1990 January Burial Ground Pauline Holdstock Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up 1992 May Buried on Sunday Edward Phillips Reviewed by Frank Loreto Grades 12 and up 1986 September The Burning of the Rose Ruth Nichols Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1990 May The Bush Pilots: A Pictoral History of a Canadian Phenomenon J.A. Foster Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 September Bush Workers and Bosses Ian Radforth Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 12 and up 1988 September Business Ethics in Canada Deborah Poff and Wilfrid Waluchow Reviewed by David Chadwick Post-Secondary 1987 November Busy Nights Gail Chislett Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Pre-School 1985 September But Who Cares Now? The Traged of the Ocean Ranger Douglas House Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 7 and up 1987 July But Won't Granny Need Her Socks?: Dealing Effectively with Children's Concerns About Death and Dying Donald W. Knowles and Nancy Reeves Reviewed by Glenn DiPasquale Parents, Professional 1984 March Butterflies & Moths: Nature Stories for Children Barbara Batulla Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 4-6 1987 July The Butterfly Plague Timothy Findley Reviewed by Anne Locatelli Adult 1986 November Butterscotch Dreams: Chants for Fun and Learning Sonja Dunn with Lou Pamenter Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Pre-School-Grade 3 1987 September The Button Blanket: Northwest Coast Indian Art Activity Book Nan McNutt Reviewed by Dale Simmons Grades 1 to 4 1988 May By Canoe and Moccasin: Some Native Place Names of the Great Lakes Basil H. Johnston Reviewed by Anna L. Holman Grades 3-6 1987 July 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 the Sea: An Alphabet Book Ann Blades Reviewed by Joan Weller Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6 1986 March 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 By the Waters of Liverpool Helen Forrester Reviewed by Kathleen M. Snow Grades 7 and up 1982 September Byron and His Balloon: An English-Chipewyan Counting Book David May Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1984 September Byron Through the Seasons: A Dene-English Story Book The Children of La Loche and Friends Reviewed by Kay Kerman Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1991 September

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