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Book Reviews by TITLE -- P -- P. Bear's Year New's Party Paul Lewis Reviewed by Theo Hersh Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 2-5 1991 March 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 Pack of Puzzles Lillian Marcus Reviewed by Wilma D. K. Scott Grades 4-6 1983 July Pacific Challenge: Canada's Future in the New Asia Eric Downton Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Grades 9 and up 1986 September The Pacific Rim Explorer: The Complete Guide Bruce Obee Reviewed by Eswyn Lyster Grades 9 and up 1986 November Pack Ice Frances Itani Reviewed by Alma Webster Adult 1990 March Pack Up Your Troubles: Canadian War Humour Eric Mansikka Reviewed by Iyvan Michalchyshyn Adult 1988 March Paddle to the Amazon: The 12,000 Mile Canoe Adventure Don Starkell Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1988 May Painted Devil Michael Bedard Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 5 to 9/Ages 10 to 14 1994 October The Painted Hallway Nancy Loy Patterson Reviewed by Darleen R. Golke Grades 7-9/Ages 12-14 1993 September Painted Ladies H. R. Percy Reviewed by Marion Mintis Adult 1984 May Painting Planes: the Aviation Art of Don Connolly Don Connolly Reviewed by Alfred F. Greenwood Grades 8 and up 1983 July 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 Pandora Sylvia Fraser Reviewed by Paul R. Birch Adult 1990 March The Panic Field: Prose Poems Douglas Lochhead Reviewed by Tony Cosier Grades 10 and up 1984 November Panique Au Cimetiere Bertrand Gauthier Reviewed by Patricia Cooper Grades 4 to 7 / Ages 9 to 12 1992 September The Paper Book and Paper Maker Shar Levine Reviewed by Brenda Partridge Preschool-grade 9 / Ages 4-14 1994 Jan/Feb Paper Boy: Memoirs Stuart Keate Reviewed by Mary Fallis Grades 10 and up 1982 November Paper Rain: An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction by the Students of Central Elgin Collegiate Reviewed by Grace E. Funk Grades 9 and up 1985 January Paper Treasure Anne Stephenson Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1992 March Paper Wheat Twenty-Fifth Street Theatre Reviewed by Jo-Anne Naslund Grades 11 and up 1982 November The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks Robertson Davies Reviewed by Kenneth A. Elliott Adult 1986 May Papier-mache for Kids Sheila McGraw Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up 1992 March Papier-Mache Today Sheila McGraw Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Professional 1991 March Parade of Pets Pauline Philip Reviewed by Jane Robinson Ages 8 to 10 1988 May 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 Paradise Won: The Struggle for South Moresby Elizabeth May Reviewed by Peter Croskery Adult 1990 September 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 Pardon Me, Mom Gail Chislett Reviewed by Janet E. Goldack Pre-School-Grade 2 1987 January A Parental Viewpoint of Guidance Services in Canadian Schools Reviewed by Marilyn Simpson Professional 1983 July Parenting: Shaping the Future Beverley Cowan Reviewed by Alma Webster Grades 9-12 1986 January The Paris-Napoli Express Janice Kulyk Keefer Reviewed by Dianne Clipsham Adult 1986 September Paris Notebooks: Essays & Reviews Mavis Gallant Reviewed by Alan Thomas Grades 12 and up 1987 March The Parliament of Canada C.E.S Franks Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 12 and up 1988 July Parliment vs. People: An Essay on Democracy and Canadian Political Culture Philip Resnick Reviewed by Donald M. Santor Grades 9 and up 1985 May Parry Sound: Logging Days John Macfie Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades / Ages 1988 July Part of the Land, Part of the Water Catharine McClellan Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot Grades 7 to 11 1988 September Particles: Phase One/Particules:Phase Un Sarah Jackson Reviewed by donalee Moulton-Barrett Post-Secondary 1983 March 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 Fun Edited by Catherine Ripley Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11 1990 March Party Politics in Canada Hugh G. Thorburn Reviewed by Vic Stecyk Grades 12 and up 1986 January Pas de Repit Pour Melanie Stella Goulet Reviewed by Patricia J. Cooper Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13 1991 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 Passing the Peace: A Counting Book for Children Diane Brookes Reviewed by Adele Ashby Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5 to 8 1991 May 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 Pass the Poems Please Jane Baskwill Reviewed by Ray Doiron Preschool to Grade 3 / Ages 4-8 1991 March Past and Present Vegetation of the Far Northwest of Canada J. C. Ritchie Reviewed by Gerri Young Post-Secondary 1984 November Patches Robert More Reviewed by Gina Varty Grades 10 and up/Ages 15 and up 1992 May The Pathfinder's Adventure Kit Christine Kennedy with Mark Smith and Pat Hancock Reviewed by Anna Santarossa Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-11 1993 October Patrick and the Actors Margaret Keith Reviewed by Annabelle Goodman Grades 5-8 1982 November 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 Paul-Emil Leger James Duggan Reviewed by JoAnna Burns Patton Grades 6-9 1982 September Paula Lake George McWhirter Reviewed by Phyllis James Grades 12 and up 1985 January Pauline: The Indian Poet Lorraine Devorski Reviewed by William Benson Grades 8 and up 1987 January Paul Kane: Artist Bruce Haig Reviewed by Mary Fallis Grades 6 and up 1985 May Paul's New Ears Connie Colker Steiner Reviewed by Joan Hewer Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 3-5 1992 May Pay Cheques and Picket Lines Claire Mackay Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 5 and up 1988 July Payment in Death Marion Crook Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1987 May Payuk and the Polar Bears Vita Rordam Reviewed by Dale Simmons Grades 3 and up 1983 November 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 Peanut Butter is Forever Melanie Zola Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine Grades 5-8 1984 September Peasant, Lord, and Merchant Allan Greer Reviewed by Robert Nicholas Bérard Post-Secondary 1986 September 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 Peeka-Boo! Mathew Price and Jean Claverie Reviewed by Dale Simmons Pre-School 1986 March Peepee in the Potty Sylvie Assathiany and Louise Pelletier Reviewed by Patricia Sentance Preschool / Ages 1-3 1985 July Peewee Suzanne Martel Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 4-6 1982 November Pegasus and Ooloo Mooloo Wendy Orr Reviewed by Norma Charles Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3/Ages 4 to 8 1993 September The Pegnitz Junction Mavis Gallant Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 12 and up 1982 November The Pegnitz Junction Mavis Gallant Reviewed by Judith Baxter Adult/Secondary 1988 November Pelagie: the Return to a Homeland Antonine Maillet Reviewed by Philip K. Harber Grades 11 and up 1982 September Pelly Dave Glaze Reviewed by Donna Doyle Grades 5 to 7 / Ages 10 to 12 1993 November Penelope Penguin: The Incredibly Good Baby John Bianchi Reviewed by Jane Robinson Kindergarten to Grade 2 / Ages 5 to 7 1992 September Penelope's Eyes Josee Plourde Reviewed by Edith Parsons Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9 1993 October The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs Edith Fowke Reviewed by Joan Weller Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1987 May 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 The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories Wayne Grady (Edited by) Reviewed by Philip K. Harber Adult 1982 November People In My Family Bobbie Kalman Reviewed by Patricia Sentance Pre-School-Grade 3 1985 November People Like Us in a Place Like This Philip Kreiner Reviewed by James Kingstone Grades 12 and up 1983 September People and Places Bobbie Kalman Reviewed by Gerri Young Kindergarten to Grade 6 1988 September People At Play Bobbie Kalman and Susan Hughes Reviewed by Anna L. Holman Grades K-4 1986 July People of the Longhouse: How the Iroquoian Tribes Lived Jillian Ridington and Robin Ridington Reviewed by Jeff Lawrence Grades 5-8 1983 March People of the Snow John Kendrick Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 9 and up 1988 September People At Work Bobbie Kalman and Susan Hughes Reviewed by Anna L. Holman Grades K-4 1986 July The Peoples of Canada: A Post-Confederation History J.M. Bumsted Reviewed by David Chadwick Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1993 March The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History J.M. Bumsted Reviewed by David Chadwick Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up 1993 March Perdue or How the West Was Lost Geoffrey Ursell Reviewed by Joan VanSickle Grades 12 and up 1984 September Perfect Fools Charlotte Vale Allen Reviewed by Margaret S. MacLean Adult 1983 July 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 Performance Poems James Reaney Reviewed by L. Maingon Adult 1991 March The Periwinkle Assault Charles Dennis Reviewed by John Mitchell Adult 1983 November Persephone: A Sequence of Sonnets Kenneth Banks Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 12 and up 1986 July 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 Peru: The Land Bobbie Kalman and Tammy Everts Reviewed by Howard Hurt Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up 1994 November/December Peru: The People and Culture Bobbie Kalman and Tammy Everts Reviewed by Howard Hurt Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up 1994 November/December Peter and the Wolf Retold and Illustrated by Michèle Lemieux Reviewed by Alison Mews Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1991 November 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 Pets: An Amazing Investigation Valerie Wyatt Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades 4 and up 1988 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 Piano Music/Musique Pour Piano Elaine Keillor (Edited by) Reviewed by Robert E. Wheeler Post-Secondary 1984 September Picking the Morning Colour Kevin Roberts Reviewed by Loÿs Maingon Adult 1986 November Pickles and the Dog Nappers Sean O'Huigin Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8 1987 May Pickles, Street Dog of Windsor Sean O'Huigin Reviewed by Gudrun Wight Grades 4-6 1984 May Pick-up Sticks Sarah Ellis Reviewed by Valerie Nielsen Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14 1992 March The Picky Eater: Recipes and Survival Tips for Parents of Fussy Eaters Sharon E. McKay Reviewed by Marilyn Kogon Adult 1993 September Picture Books for Children Patricia Cianciolo Reviewed by Adèle Ashby Professional 1990 November Picture It: Maps, Graphs, Charts, Time Lines, Photographs Leslie Richards and Margaret Leier Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 3 and up/Ages 8 and up 1989 May Picture Puzzles Dympna Hayes and Melanie Lehmann Reviewed by Maureen Pammett Grades 4 to 7 1988 July 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 Trudeau and His Unearthly Adventures: an Illustrated History of Trudeaumania Jude Waples Reviewed by Jim Delaney Adult 1983 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 Pies and Tarts with Schmecks Appeal Edna Staebler Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Adult 1990 November Pigs Robert Munsch Reviewed by Hazel Birt Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1989 July Pikolo's Night Voyage Pierre Filion Reviewed by Jane Smith Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7 1994 October 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 The Pinch Hitter and Other Stories Scott Young Reviewed by Walter Kalyn Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1992 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 Ping and Pong Dennis Lee Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1994 March/April Pinnochio Retold and illustrated by Gerda Neubacher Reviewed by Alison Mews Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1989 September Pip, The Adventures of a Deer Mouse Shirley E. Woods Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 1-4/Ages 6-10 1992 May Pirates and Outlaws of Canada 1610-1932 Harold Horwood and Ed Butts Reviewed by Vic Stecyk Grades 7 and up 1985 January Pirates on the Pond Jack Ricord Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Kindergarten to Grade 3 1988 July 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 for Margaret Bernice Hunter Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11 1985 July A Place to Die George Bowering Reviewed by Boh Kinczyk Grades 12 and up 1983 September Places to Go, People to See, Things to Do, All Across Canada Joan Abeles Reviewed by Marsha Kaiserman Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1994 November/December Plague Michael Bliss Reviewed by Janice Vaudry Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1992 March The Plains of Caroni Samuel Selvon Reviewed by Philip K. Harber Adult 1986 September Plain Noodles Betty Waterton Reviewed by Theo Hersh Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6 1990 March Plain Talk!: Memoirs of an Auditor General Maxwell Henderson Reviewed by Thomas Chambers Post-Secondary 1985 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 Plan B is Total Panic Martyn Godfrey Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1987 January 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 Plant Alert Deborah A. Metsger Reviewed by Peter Croskery Adult 1990 May Plantwise Pamela Hickman Reviewed by Marsha Kaiserman Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12 1991 September Play, Drama & Thought: The Intellectual Backgound to Dramatic Education Richard Courtney Reviewed by Pat Bolger Post-secondary 1990 May Playing Dead: A Contemplation Concerning the Arctic Rudy Wiebe Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot Post-secondary/Adult 1989 September Playing It Safe: Street Smart Activities For Children Barbara Hall and Doug Hall Reviewed by Glenn DiPasquale Grades 1-5 1985 November 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 Playing it Safe: Home, Summer, and Winter Street Smart Activities for Children Barbara and Doug Hall Reviewed by Donna Doyle Kindergarten to Grade 5 / Ages 5-10 1990 November Play Time Roger Pare Reviewed by Jane Smith Kindergarten to Grade 2 / Ages 5-7 1990 May Playing With Fire Tom Marshall Reviewed by Sister Anne Leonard Grades 10 and up 1985 March Playing With Plasticine Barbara Reid Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-11 1989 January Please Don't Interrupt Joanne Brisson Murphy Reviewed by Maureen Pammett Pre-School-Grade 1 1987 May Pluck Jonathan Webb Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 12 and up 1984 March Pobbles and Porridge Pots Sara Ellis and Bill Richardson (performed by) Reviewed by Christine Buchanan Grades 1-5 1987 March Pocket Brain Teasers Robert Larin Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1994 September 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 Poems Please: Sharing Poetry With Children David Booth and Bill Moore Reviewed by Fran Newman Professional 1989 January Poems Released on a Nuclear Wind Allan Cooper Reviewed by Don Precosky Adult/Secondary 1988 September Poetry by Canadian Women Rosemary Sullivan Reviewed by Donalee Moulton-Barrett Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 July Poetry Hotel: Selected Poems, 1963-85 Joe Rosenblatt Reviewed by Pamela Black Post-Secondary 1986 July Poetry in Focus Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 9-11 1983 March Poetry Plus I Zola Meguido Reviewed by Ian Dempsey Grades 4 to 6 1990 September Poetry Plus II Zola Meguido Reviewed by Ian Dempsey Grades 4 to 6 1990 September 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 Polemics on Day Care Hollis L. T. Joe Reviewed by Sharon McKay Professional 1982 September Political Life in Canada Reviewed by Dennis Nosyk Grades 9 and up 1983 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 The Pope in Canada Elizabeth Fisher Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 3 - 5 1984 November Pork, Perfect Pork Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Grades 10 and up 1984 September Port Dalhousie Dorthy Turcotte Reviewed by Jack Brown Grades 7 and up 1987 July Portraits Barker Fairley Reviewed by James E. Simpson Grades 7 and up 1982 September Portraits of Nature: Paintings by Robert Bateman Stanwyn G. Shetler Reviewed by Gary Robertson Grades 4 and up 1987 July Planting Seeds Patricia Quinlan Reviewed by Fran Newman Kindergarten to Grade 3 1988 November Podborski! Steve Podborski with Gerald Donaldson Reviewed by walter Kalyn Grades 9 to 12 1988 May Poetry of Frontiers: Comparative Studies in Quebec/Canadian Literature Clément Moisan Reviewed by Alan Thomas Post-Secondary 1984 March 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 Polar Shelf: The Saga of Canada's Artic Scientists Michael Foster and Carol Marino Reviewed by Robin Lewis Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up 1986 November 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 Policies and Guidelines Developed for Community and Technical College Librairies Frances Davidson-Arnott (Compiled by) Reviewed by John North Professional 1984 January Political Parties and Ideologies in Canada: Liberals, Conservatives, Socialists, Nationalists Colin Campbell and William Christian Reviewed by Louise Dick Post-Secondary 1983 November The Political Refugees: A History of the Estonians in Canada Karl Aunn Reviewed by Algis Tribinevicius Grades 12 and up 1985 November Political Wives: Wifestyles of the Rich and Infamous Susan Riley Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up 1989 May 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 The Politics of Canadian Public Policy Michael M. Atkinson and Marsha A. Chandler (Edited by) Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Post-Secondary 1983 November Pomp and Circumstances: A Journey into the Palaces of Europe with a Canadian Lady-in-Waiting Claire Mowat Reviewed by Catherine R. Cox Post-secondary/Adult 1989 September The Pond Book & The Pond Pail Karen and Neil Dawe Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson Kindergarten to Grade 5/Ages 5 to 10 1992 May The Pool in the Desert Sara Jeanette Duncan Reviewed by Anne Locatelli Grades 12 and up 1985 January Pop Bottles Ken Roberts Reviewed by Jo Anna Burns Patton Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10 1987 November Pope John Paul II: Canada 1984 Paul Russel and Robert Jeffrey Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades 3 and up 1985 March Popular Performance Plays of Canada, Volume 2 Marian M. Wilson (Edited by) Reviewed by Clare A. Darby Grades 4 and up 1983 May Population and Canada Michael Barrett Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 11 and up 1982 November The Porcupine Michel Quintin Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Pre-school to Grade 6 / Ages 3 to 11 1993 January The Pornography Workshop for Women: A Leader's Handbook Margaret Smith and barbara Waisberg Reviewed by Brenda Watson Adult 1985 November 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 Angelica/A Letter to My Son George Ryga Reviewed by Pamela Black Grades 11 and up 1985 November 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 A Portrait of War 1939-1943 Richard S. Malone Reviewed by J. D. Ingram Grades 11 and up 1984 January Possible Worlds & A Short History of Night John Mighton Reviewed by Gina Varty Adult 1993 March Posted to Canada Honor de Pencier Reviewed by Gary Robertson Grades 8 and up 1988 January Post Mortem David Stewart-Patterson Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grades 10 and up 1988 January The Power to Move Susan Glickman Reviewed by Pat Bolger Adult/Secondary 1988 September Power Plus Skating Larry Gazdig Reviewed by Michael Freeman Professional, Parents 1984 March The Potter Jacolyn Caton Reviewed by Maryleah Otto Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1992 November 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 Power Plays! Hockey Tips and Trivia Stephen Brunt Reviewed by Marsha Kaiserman Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11 1994 March/April 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 P.R. and Promotion Reviewed by Howard Hurt Professional 1986 March Prague John Krizanc Reviewed by Louise Griffith Grades 11 and up 1987 July Prairie Album Reviewed by the Evaluation Committee of the Board of Education for the City of North York Grades 1-6 1987 March A Prairie Alphabet Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7 1992 November A Prairie Boy's Winter William Kurelek Reviewed by Carrie Gardner Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up 1985 May The Prairie Dog Conspiracy Eric Wilson Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14 1992 September Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion Bob Beal and Rod Macleod Reviewed by J.D. Ingram Grades 11 and up 1985 July Prairie Giants Hans Dommasch Reviewed by A.L. Florence Grades 7 and up 1987 March Prairie Horizons Rosemary Neering Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grade 3 1984 September Prairie, If You're Not From the David Bouchard Reviewed by Theo Hersh Kindergarden and up / Ages 5 and up 1994 May/June The Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature #13 - Voices from Earth: Selected Poems Reviewed by Don Precosky Adult 1990 November Prairie Jungle: Songs, Poems and Stories for Children Wenda McArthur and Geoffrey Ursell Reviewed by Nancy E. Black Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11 1986 July Prairie Lives: The Changing Face of Farming Lois L. Ross Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown Adult 1986 January Prairie Pictures Shirlee Smith Matheson Reviewed by Alma Webster Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11 1989 July The Prairie West: Historical Readings R. Douglas Francis and Howard Palmer (Edited by) Reviewed by J.D. Ingram Post-Secondary 1986 May Prairie Wildlife: The Best of Doug Gilroy's Nature Photography Doug Gilroy Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 5 and up 1985 November A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving Reviewed by Roland Pagnier Secondary/Adult 1989 July Prayers of a Very Wise Child Roch Carrier Reviewed by Theo Hersh Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up 1992 March Precious & Oliver Patti Farmer Reviewed by Brenda Partridge Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1993 January PRECIS Indexing: Development of a Working Model for a School Library Cataloguing/Inforamtion Retrieval Network Brian Burnham and Audrey Taylor Reviewed by John G. Wright Professional 1984 March Precision Reading Ken Weber Reviewed by Elaine Blakely Grades 4 and up 1987 November Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82 Christopher Dewdney Reviewed by Tony Cosier Post-Secondary 1984 September The Pre-Geography of Snow Lyn King Reviewed by Don Precosky Adult/Secondary 1988 September 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 Pre-School Story-Times Ken Roberts Reviewed by P.J. Hammel Adult 1988 March Presenting Leptoceratops John Acorn with Dale Russell Reviewed by Pat Steenbergen Junior Kindergarten to Grade 6/Ages 4-12 1992 May Presenting Tyrannosaurus Rex John Acorn and Dale Russell Reviewed by Pat SteenBergen Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11 1994 September 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 Priest of God Patrick O'Flaherty Reviewed by Deborah Mervold Adult 1990 May The Primary Computer Dictionary Suzanne Girard and Kathlene Willing Reviewed by William F. Benson Grades 3 and up 1984 May The Prime Ministers of Canada Gordon Donaldson Reviewed by Brenda Reed Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1994 November/December The Prime Ministers of Canada: Macdonald to Chrétien Reviewed by Donna J. Adrian Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14 1994 September Prime Ten at Ten Knowlton, Nash Reviewed by John D. Crawford Grades 10 and up 1988 May Prince Ivan and the Firebird Lazlo Gal Reviewed by Marion Scott Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9 1992 May The Prince of Whales: A Fantasy Adventure R.L. Fisher Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 5-8 1986 November Princess Frownsalot John Bianchi Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9 1987 November Princesses Don't Wear Jeans Brenda Bellingham Reviewed by Carol Carver Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9 1991 September The Princess and the Sea-Bear and Other Tsimshian Stories Joan Skogan Reviewed by Joan McGrath Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11 1984 September The Princess of Spadina: A Tale of Toronto Ramabai Espinet Reviewed by Judy Coulman Kindergarten to Grade 3/Ages 5 to 8 1993 September Print-Outs: the Adventures of a Rebel Computer Claudia Cornwall Reviewed by Grace E. Funk Grades 4-8 1983 March Prints Judy Sadler Reviewed by Joan Payzant Pre-school to Grade 5/ Ages 3 to 10 1993 January The Prinzhorn Collection Don Coles Reviewed by Steven Wells Post-Secondary 1982 November 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 A Private Performance Kenneth Radu Reviewed by Don Precosky Adult 1991 May 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 The Proceedings of the Sir Charles G. D. Roberts Symposium, Mount Allison University Carrie MacMillan (Edited by) Reviewed by Vivienne Denton Post Secondary 1985 November Proem Canada Volume 1, Number 1. Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up 1989 July Professional Development Activities for the Reflective Consultant: A Manual Ellen M. Regan and John A. Ross Reviewed by Gail K. Lennon Professional 1992 May Profiles 2: Authors and Illustrators, Children's Literature in Canada Irma McDonough (Edited by) Reviewed by Grace E. Funk Professional 1982 November 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 Programming for School-Aged Children Melody Wood Reviewed by Adele Ashby Professional 1989 January Programming for School-Aged Children: Collection Development Lynne Bernard Reviewed by Adele Ashby Professional 1989 January Programming for School-Aged Children: Community Outreach and Publicity Kathleen Petrie Reviewed by Adele Ashby Professional 1989 January The Progress of Love Alice Munro Reviewed by Barbara J. Harris Grades 12 and up 1987 January The Project Book: An Introduction to Reasearch and Writing Hugh Robertson Reviewed by Janet McKinlay Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16 1993 November Project Disaster Sylvia McNicoll Reviewed by Anna Santarossa Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9 1991 March Projects for a Healthy Planet: Simple Environmental Experiments for Kids Shar Levine and Allison Grafton Reviewed by Fred Leicester Professional 1992 May Promise Monica Hughes Reviewed by Fran Newman Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14 1990 May The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914 Pierre Berton Reviewed by Allan S. Evans Grades 10 and up 1985 January A Promise is a Promise Robert Munsch and Michael Kusugak Reviewed by André Gagnon Preschool / Ages 3-4 1988 November Promises to Come Jim Heneghan Reviewed by Joan Weller Grades 9 and up 1989 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 Promoters, Patriots, and Partisans: Historiography in Nineteenth-Cnetury English Canada M. Brook Taylor Reviewed by John D. Crawford Post-secondary 1990 May 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 Prosperian Papers. Volume I: The Rock Candy Bandits Donald R. Gordon Reviewed by Patrick Dunn Grades 4-7 1986 May Prospero's Daughter Constance Beresford-Howe Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine Adult/Secondary 1988 November Province House: Cradle of Confederation Reviewed by Clare A. Darby Grades 4 and up 1986 November 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 Prudence Valiant, Aviatrix Extraordinaire Christopher Majka and Sheilagh Hunt Reviewed by Alison Mews Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11 1992 March A Public Purpose Tom Kent Reviewed by Louise Dick Grades 12 and up 1988 September Public Violence in Canada, 1867-1982 Judy M. Torrance Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan Grades 12 and up 1986 November Puccini and the Prowlers Adele Wiseman Reviewed by Norma Charles Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2/Ages 4-7 1993 May Puck is a Four-Letter Word Frank Orr Reviewed by Paul E. Blower Adult 1983 September Puddleman Ted Staunton Reviewed by Fran Newman Preschool-Grade 1 1984 January The Puff Adder Who Was Stuck Jackie Lewis Reviewed by Barbara Camfield Grades K to 3 / Ages 5 to 8 1992 October Puffin Cove Neil G. Carey Reviewed by Yoskyl Webb Grades 10 and up 1983 July Pull Over Please: What To Do When The Police Stop You Brian Lawrie and Ian McLean Reviewed by David Chadwick Adult 1985 November The Pumpkin Blanket Deborah Turney Zagwyn Reviewed by Adele M. Fasick Preschool to Grade 1 / Ages 3-6 1991 March The Pumpkin-Eaters Lois Braun Reviewed by Grace Shaw Adult / Secondary 1990 September Pumpkin Time Jan Andrews Reviewed by Alison Mews Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1991 January The Pundits: Power, Politics and the Press Lloyd Tataryn Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 12 and up 1986 May Puppets the Puppcorn Way Herb Walker and Lois Walker Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Grades 4 and up 1983 January Purple, Green and Yellow Robert Munsch Reviewed by Jane Robinson Grades K-3 / Ages 5-8 1993 January Purple Hair? I Don't Care! Dianne Young Reviewed by Adele M. Fasick Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1994 September Purple Iron Weed: A Canadian Legacy of Tales and Legends Sylvia Raff Reviewed by Jo Anna Burns Patton Grades 9 and up 1985 July Putting the Charter to Work David M. Beatty Reviewed by Thomas F. Chambers Grade 12 1987 November 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 Puzzle Manitoba Multicultural Anthology Committee Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades K-Grade 12 1987 May Puzzle Party Pauline Philp Reviewed by Wilma D. K. Scott Grades 4-6 1983 July The Puzzlers Book Edited by Elizabeth McLeod Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 3 to 6 / Ages 8 to 11 1990 September 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

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