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Book Reviews by TITLE -- O -- O Canada Ted Harrison Reviewed by Doris Lemoine Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up 1992 October Obasan Joy Kogawa Reviewed by Sister Anne Leonard Grades 10 and up 1982 September Obomsawin of Sioux Junction Daniel Poliquin Reviewed by Barbara Camfield Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1991 October The Ocean Between Margaret Bunel Edwards Reviewed by Anne Kelly Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1994 March/April Ochechak, the Caribou Hunter James Cass Reviewed by Helen Norrie Grades 4-6 1984 May An Odyssey in Time: The Dinosaurs of North America Dale Russell Reviewed by Peter Croskery Adult/Post-secondary 1990 January Of the Jigsaw Manitoba Multicultural Anthology Committee Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades K-Grade 12 1987 May Offering Smoke: The Sacred Pipe and Native American Religion Jordan Paper Reviewed by Anne Kelly Post-secondary/Adult 1989 September The Official Kids' Book of Baseball Godfrey P. Jordan Reviewed by Marsha Kaiserman Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13 1994 November/December Officials Reviewed by Howard Hurt Professional 1986 March Off to School! Ann Schweninger Reviewed by Maureen Pammett Grades 1 to 3 1988 July Offshore Oil: Opportunities for Industrial Development and Job Creation Roger Voyer Reviewed by Marion Mintis Grades 10 nad up 1987 May Oil and Gas: Ottawa, the Provinces and the Petroleum Industry James Laxer Reviewed by George Gereben Post-Secondary 1983 November Oil Patch Empire: A Novel John Ballem Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Adult 1986 May Ojibway Ceremonies Basil Johnston Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner Grades 7 and up 1983 November The Ojibway Dream Arthur Shilling Reviewed by Cites Sulowski Grades 9 and up 1987 March Old Coach Road Wilma Alexander Reviewed by Susan Ratcliffe Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1988 July The Old Dance: Love Stories of One Kind or Another Bonnie Burnard (edited by) Reviewed by Barbara J. Graham Grades 12 and up 1987 March The Old Dick L. A. Morse Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Adult 1983 January Old Enough Peter Eyvindson Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7 1987 September Old Mother Patrick Lane Reviewed by Steven Wells Grades 12 and up 1983 May Old Quarrels, Old Love Heather Conkie Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 6 to 9/Ages 11 to 14 1992 November Old Whores: More Aislin Cartoons Aislin Reviewed by Neil V. Payne Grades 10 and up 1988 March Old Wives Lake J.D. Fry Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 9 and up 1989 January Older than Ravens L. Douglas Reimer Reviewed by Mollie Hooper Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1990 March Ole Boy: Memories of a Canadian Labour Leader J.K. Bell Sue Calhoun Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 11 and up/Ages 16 and up 1992 November Oliver's Great Loves Jose Plourde Reviewed by Linda Holeman Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11 1994 October Oliver's Wars Budge Wilson Reviewed by Bobbie Henley Grades 4-9 / Ages 9-14 1992 October Olly on Safari Teresa Frost Reviewed by Elizabeth Locke Grades 1 to 3 1988 July On Air: Radio in Saskatchewan Wayne Schmalz Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up 1991 January On Blue Ice: the Inuvik Adventure Jane Stoneman-McNichol Reviewed by Leslie McGrath Grades 11 and up 1983 November On the Brink: Endangered Species in Canada James A. Burnett et al. Reviewed by Elaine Balpataky Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 March On the Brink: Preston Manning's Bid for Power Jim Cunningham Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1992 May On the Canadian Prairie/Dans la prairie canadienne Gaston Giscard Reviewed by Ronald G. Rennie Grades 7 and up 1982 November On Double Tracks Leslie Hall Pinder Reviewed by Jo Anna Burns Patton Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 September On the Edge of the Eastern Ocean Pam Hall Reviewed by Sue Easun Grades 1-5 1983 January On the Eighth Day Antonine Maillet Reviewed by Joan VanSickle Heaton Post-secondary/Adult 1989 September On the Endangered List: A Novel David Gurr Reviewed by Clare A. Darby Adult 1986 May On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows Neil Bissoondath Reviewed by Janice Vaudry Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1991 March On Fiji Islands Ronald Wright Reviewed by Algis Tribinevicius Grades 12 and up 1986 November On Fire: The Dramatic Rise of The Calgary Flames Eric Duhatschek and Steve Simmons Reviewed by John Mitchell Grades 6 and up 1987 May On the Frontier: Photographs by the Geological Survey of Canada/Frontières: photographies par la commission geologique du Canada Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 6 and up 1983 January On Duty: a Canadian at the Making of the United Nations, 1945-1956 Escott Reid Reviewed by Paul E. Blower Grades 12 and up 1984 May On the Homefront: a Scrapbook of Canadian World War II Memorabilia Syd Charendoff and Mary Jane Lennon Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood Grades 7 and up 1982 November On the Job: Confronting the Labour Process in Canada Craig Heron and Robert Storey (Edited by) Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Post-Secondary 1986 May On the Job: Modern Office Simulations 1 Rosemarie McCauley Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 10 and up 1985 September On the Line: Readings in the Short Fiction of Clarke Blaise, John Metcalf and Hugh Hood Robert Lecker Reviewed by Tony Cosier Post-Secondary 1982 November On the Merry-Go-Round bp Nichol Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Pre-school to Grade 2/Ages 3-7 1992 May On My Own Mitzi Dale Reviewed by Anne Louise Mahoney Grades 7 to 9 / Ages 12 to 14 1992 September On the Road Genni Gunn Reviewed by David H. Elias & donalee Moulton Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1992 March On Rustico Shore Marjorie Hooper Dalziel Reviewed by Clare A. Darby Grades 6 and up 1983 July On Stage, Please Written and Performed by Veronica Tennant Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 4 to 7 / Ages 9 to 12 1990 September On Stage With Maara Haas Maara Haas Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 11 and up 1987 March On the Shuttle: Eight Days in Space Barbara Bondar with Roberta Bondar Reviewed by Carol Carver Grades 3 to 6/Ages 8 to 13 1993 November On the Sky: Zen and the Art of International Freeloading Robert Hunter Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Adult/Secondary 1988 September On Trial Jack Batten Reviewed by Joan VanSickle Grades 11 and up 1989 January On the Triangle Run James B. Lamb Reviewed by Neil Payne Grades 9 and up 1987 January On Your Mark, Get Set: All About the Olympics then and Now Paulette Bourgeois Reviewed by Clare Darby Grades 3 to 6 1988 May Once There Was a Man Vida Jankovic (Translated by) Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine Adult 1988 March Once in a Blue Moon Nicola Morgan Reviewed by Lorrie Ann Clark Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7 1992 May Once I Was Very Small Elizabeth Ferber Reviewed by Theo Hersh Pre-school to Kindergarten/Ages 3 to 5 1993 October Once a Lullaby B.P. Nichol Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 3-5 1985 September Once Upon a Golden Apple Jean Little and Maggie de Vries Reviewed by Gwen Maguire Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7 1991 September One Chance to Win Gillian Richardson Reviewed by Grace E. Funk Grades 4-6 1987 January One Day A Stranger Came Naomi Wakan Reviewed by Linda Holeman Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1994 September One Day There Was Nothing To Do Jill Creighton Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch Preschool / Ages 3-5 1990 July One-Eyed Kings: Promise and Illusion in Canadian Politics Ron Graham Reviewed by Ruth Rausa Post-Secondary 1986 July One for the Road: a Novel Gilles Archambault Reviewed by Philip K. Harber Adult 1983 January One Gorilla Atsuko Morozumi Reviewed by Ruth Cosstick Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1991 January One Hand Clapping Jim Freedman Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1991 September One John A. Too Many Richard Wright Reviewed by Enid Dorward Grades 3-5 1984 September One Man's War Stuart Waters Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood Grades 9 and up 1982 November One of the Family: Practical Canine Cuisine Bernard Tonken Reviewed by Leslie McGrath Adult 1987 January One of the Many Stories About the King Paula FitzGerald Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grades 3 to 8/Ages 8 to 13 1993 September The One Parent Family in the 1980s: Perspectives and Annotated Bibliography, 1978-1984 Benjamin Schlesinger Reviewed by P.J. Hammel Professional 1985 November One Prickly Porcupine Odette and Bruce Johnson Reviewed by Irene Aubrey Preschool to Grade 1 / Ages 3-6 1992 January One Proud Summer Marsha Hewitt and Claire Mackay Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 7 and up 1983 January A One-Room School Bobbie Kalman Reviewed by Edith Parsons Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9 1994 September One Summer in Quebec: A.Y. Jackson in 1925, A Family View Naomi Jackson Groves Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1989 September One Thousand Cranes Colin Thomas Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14 Reviewed by Pat Bolger 1990 May One Watermelon Seed Celia Lottridge Reviewed by ane Robinson Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1987 January One Woman Army: The Life of Claire Culhane Mick Lowe Reviewed by Patricia Cooper Post-secondary 1993 March One Woman's War: A Canadian Reporter With the Free French Gladys Arnold Reviewed by Irene J. Karasick Grades 10 and up 1988 March Only Novels: Exploring a Fictional Mode David Booth and Stanley Skinner Reviewed by Louise Reimer Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 May Ontario J. A. Kraulis Reviewed by Carrie Gardner Grades 6 and up 1984 May Ontario, 1610-1985: A Political and Economic History Randall White Reviewed by Vic Stecyk Grades 9-12 1986 July Ontario: A Bicentennial Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 10 and up 1984 November Ontario Games Thomas P. Kromer and Suzanne A. Regimbal Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 4 and up 1986 May The Ontario Guide to Tenants' Rights Jeffrey Freedman Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up 1992 May Ontario: This Land Leslie Asseltine, John Kolger and Barry Preston Reviewed by George Gereben Grades 4 and up 1984 January Ontario: A Loving Look Reviewed by Louise Dick Grades 6 and up 1984 November Ontario's Wildlife Dave Taylor Reviewed by P. Fred Leicester Grades 6 and up/Ages 11 and up 1989 May Open Fires Blaine Marchand Reviewed by Don Precosky Adult/Secondary 1988 November Open Windows: Canadian Short Stories Kent Thompson Reviewed by Judith Baxter Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1989 March The Opening Eye Nancy Bauer Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell Adult/Secondary 1988 November Opening Night Norm Foster Reviewed by Raymond Stoyko Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1991 September Operation Literacy Series: Teaching Guide Reviewed by William Benson Grades 8 and up 1987 January Operation D'Education Relative a L'Environnement: Ensemble Recuperons Notre Planete Reviewed by Adele Ashby Professional 1992 January The Orange and the Black: Documents in the History of the Orange Order Ontario and the West, 1890-1940 R.S. Pennefather Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Grades 10 and up 1985 November Orca: The Whale Called Killer Erich Hoyt Reviewed by Hugh Cook Grades 6 and up 1985 March Orca's Song Anne Cameron Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up 1987 November The Orchestra Mark Rubin Reviewed by Bessie Egan Grades 1 and up 1985 May Orchestranimals Vlasta van Kampen and Irene C. Eugen Reviewed by Frances Nokes Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9 1990 January Ordeal By Ice Farley Mowat Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 September Ordinary Magic: Intervals in a Life Meeka Walsh Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up 1989 September Ordinary Russians Barry Broadfoot Reviewed by Louise Reimer Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1990 March Orff, 27 Dragons (and a Snarkel!) Betty Waterton Reviewed by Margaret Marsh Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1985 January Organizational Tips Reviewed by Howard Hurt Professional 1986 March Organizing the Whole Language Classroom Bill Moore Reviewed by Catherine MacDonnell Professional 1990 January Oriental Calligraphy and Painting: The 3 B's - Body, Breath and Brush Tomoko Kodama Reviewed by Dale Simmons Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1990 January The Orphan Boy Tololwa Mollell Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9 1991 January Orpheus on High-Beam Patrick White Reviewed by Pat Bolger Adult/Secondary 1989 January Orwell's Message: 1984 and the Present George Woodcock Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk Grades 12 and up 1985 May Oscar Cahen David Burnett Reviewed by Carrie Gardner Grades 9 and up 1985 January The Other Elizabeth Karleen Bradford Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine Grades 5-8 1983 May Other Fires: Short Fiction by Latin American Women Alberto Manguel Reviewed by Loÿs P.A. Maingon Adult 1987 January An Other I: The Fictions of Clark Blaise Robert Lecker Reviewed by Joanne Peters Post-secondary/Adult 1989 July The Other MacDonald Report Daniel Drache and Duncan Cameron (Edited by) Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 12 and up 1986 March The Other Mrs. Diefenbaker: a Biography of Edna May Brower Simma Holt Reviewed by Mary Fallis Grades 11 and up 1983 January The Other Paris Mavis Gallant Reviewed by Donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 11 and up 1986 September The Other Side of Dailiness Lorraine York Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 12 and up 1988 September The Other Side of MacLennan: Old and New Elspeth Cameron (Edited by) Reviewed by Robert E. Wheeler Grades 12 and up 1985 July The Other Side of Rebellion Margaret R. Stobie Reviewed by R. Wieler Grades 10 and up 1987 September The Other Side of Silence: A Life of Ethel Wilson Mary McAlpine Reviewed by Joan Payzant Grades 12 and up 1989 March Other Voices: Writings by Blacks in Canada Lorris Elliott Reviewed by Leslie McGrath Grades 11 and up 1986 November Ottawa Roger Boulton Reviewed by Graham Draper Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1990 November Ottawa-Hull and the National Capital Region/Ottawa-Hull et la Région de la Capitale Reviewed by Dianne Clipsham Grades 6 and up 1984 May Ottawa Unbuttoned Dave McIntosh Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up 1988 July Our Arctic Ways of Life: The Copper Inuit Doreen Bethune-Johnson Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue Grades 3-6 1987 March Our Arctic Way of Life-The Copper Inuit Doreen Bethune-Johnson Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 9-10 1987 July Our Brother Has Down's Syndrome: An Introduction for Children Shelley Cairo; Jasmine Cairo and Tara Cairo Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Pre-School-Grade 2 1986 January Our Canada Leo Heaps Reviewed by Donna J. Adrian Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1992 May Our Canada: A Social and Political History Daniel Francis and Sonia Riddoch Reviewed by Gerri Young Grade 11 1986 March Our Coast Salish Way of Life-The Squamish Daniel C.G. Conner and Doreen Bethune-Johnson Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 9-10 1987 July Our Coast Salish Way of Life: The Squamish Daniel C.G. Conner and Doreen Bethune-Johnson Reviewed by Sharon McLennan McCue Grades 3-6 1987 March Our Earth Bobbie Kalman Reviewed by Nancy Tully Grades 1 to 5 1988 September Our Heritage of Birds: Peterborough County in the Kawarthas Doug Sadler Reviewed by Elinor Kelly Grades 12 and up 1984 September Our House Reviewed by Carol Steedman Pre-School-Grade 1 1985 September Our Lady of the Snows Morley Callaghan Reviewed by James Kingstone Grades 12 and up 1985 September Our Land: Native Rights in Canada Donald Purich Reviewed by Lillian M. Turner Grades 11 and up 1987 March Our Present: Their Future Barbara Dixon and Lillian Lahe Reviewed by Gail Lennon Professional 1992 October Out and About Reviewed by Linda May Bell Grades 7 and up 1983 May Out of the Blue: The Fall of the Tory Dynasty in Ontario Rosemary Spiers Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 11 and up 1987 March Out of Character: A Memoir Maureen Forrester and Marci McDonald Reviewed by Anne Locatelli Grades 12 and up 1987 March Out On the Ice in the Middle of the Bay Peter Cumming Reviewed by Kay Kerman Pre-school to Grade 3/Ages 4 to 8 1993 September Out of Place: Stories and Poems Edited by Ven Begamudre and Judith Krause Reviewed by Esther Hutchinson Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1991 October Out of the Willow Trees Peter Stevens Reviewed by Warner Winter Grades 9 and up 1986 September Outdoor Fun Edited by Catherine Ripley Reviewed by Wendy Carter Grades 1 and up / Ages 6 and up 1989 September The Outlaw League Lance Woolaver Reviewed by Catherine McInerney Grades 2 and up/Ages 7 and up 1992 March Outlaws & Lawmen of Western Canada, Volume One Reviewed by Elaine Atwood Grades 5 and up 1984 January Outlaws & Lawmen of Western Canada, Volume Two Reviewed by Elaine Atwood Grades 5 and up 1984 January Outlaws and Lawmen of Western canada: Volume 3 Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 10 to 13 1988 March Outport: A Newfoundland Journal Eileen M. Williamson Reviewed by Floyd Spracklin Grades 9 and up 1986 March The Outport People Claire Mowat Reviewed by Jim Carter No grades given 1984 January The Outside Chance of Maximlian Glick Morley Torgov Reviewed by Ryma Kolodny Grades 9 and up 1982 November The Outsider: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Michel Vastel Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up 1990 November Outta Sight Mary Blakeslee Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades 6 to 8 1988 January Overhead in a Balloon: Stories of Paris Mavis Gallant Reviewed by Vivienne Denton Grades 11 and up 1986 January Overland to Starvation Cove Heinrich Klutschak Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot Grades 11 and up 1988 July An Overview of Canadian Education Candian Education Association Reviewed by Anna Holman Professional 1985 January An Overview of Canadian Education Margaret Gayfer Reviewed by Ed Sommerville Adult/Professional 1992 March Owl Fun Book for Spring, Summer and Fall Reviewed by Sue Easun Grades 3-8 1982 November The Owl and the Pussycat Edward Lear Reviewed by Dale Simmons Pre-School-Grade 3 1987 January The Owl and the Pussy Cat Edward Lear Reviewed by Janice Foster Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 3-8 1985 July Owls Bobbie Kalman Reviewed by Norma Charles Kindergarten to Grade 3 1988 November Owl's Amazing but True #1 Reviewed by Enid Dorward Grades 3-6 1984 January Owl's Amazing but True #2 Reviewed by Enid Dorward Grades 3-6 1984 January Owl's Jokes and Riddles Reviewed by Enid Dorward Grades 3-6 1984 January Owl's Puzzles and Puzzlers Reviewed by Enid Dorward Grades 3-6 1984 January Owl's Questions & Answer Book #1: Answers to Questions Kids Ask About Birds, Bats, UFOs, and More Reviewed by Dianne Harke Grades 3 and up 1984 March Owl's Questions & Answer Book #2: Answers to Questions Kids Ask About Dinosaurs, Horses, Snakes, Space, and More Reviewed by Dianne Harke Grades 3 and up 1984 March The Oxford Book of Canadian Ghost Stories Alberto Manguel Adult/Secondary Reviewed by Joan McGrath 1990 May The Oxford Book of Canadian Military Anecdotes Victor Suthren (Edited by) Reviewed by Iyvan Michalchyshyn Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1990 January The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English Margaret Atwood and Robert Weaver Reviewed by James Kingstone Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1987 March The Oxford Book of French Canadian Short Stories Richard Teleky (Edited by) Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott Grades 11 and up 1984 January The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature William Toye (Edited by) Reviewed by Adèle Ashby Grades 9 and up 1984 November Oyai, the Salmon Fisherman and Woodworker James Cass Reviewed by Helen Norrie Grades 4-6 1984 May

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