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Book Reviews

	Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse.
	Lindsay Barrett George. Review by Dave Jenkinson. Preschool-Kindergarten / Ages 3-5.
	The Dog From Arf! Arf! to Zzzzzz.
	The Dog Artlist Collection. Review by Dave Jenkinson. Preschool-Kindergarten / Ages 3-5.
	Jungleville Tails: The Adventures of Bennett Bengal: Beginnings.
	Ben Herosian. Illustrated by Melanie Ford Wilson. Review by Lynne Kositsky. Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
	Secret of the Snow Leopard.
	Tenzing Norbu Lama with Stéphane Frattini. Review by Helen Norrie. Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
	Franklin the Detective. (Kids Can Read).
	Sharon Jennings. Illustrated by Céleste Gagnon and others. Review by Luella Sumner. Grades 1-2 / Ages 6-7.
	Cousins.
	Elisa Amado. Illustrated by Luis Garay. Review by Alison Mews. Grades 1-4 / Ages 5-9.
	Our Song: The Story of O Canada. (My Canada Series).
	Peter Kuitenbrouwer. Illustrated by Ashley Spires. Review by Gail Hamilton. Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
	Emily: Summer of Gold. (Our Canadian Girl).
	Julie Lawson. Reviewed by Harriet Zaidman. Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
	Play Ball!
	Carol Matas. Review by Betsy Fraser. Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
	Lizzie’s Storm. (New Beginnings).
	Sally Fitz-Gibbon. Illustrated by Muriel Wood. Review by Cora Lee. Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
	Adventures in Ancient China. (Good Times Travel Agency).
	Linda Bailey. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Review by Margaret Rodermond. Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
	Ricky.
	Eric Walters. Review by Gillian Noonan. Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13.
	The Jumbo Book of Art.
	Irene Luxbacher. Review by Margaret Rodermond. Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13.
	Rachel: An Elephant Tree Christmas. (Our Canadian Girl).
	Lynne Kositsky. Review by Harriet Zaidman. Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
	Zee’s Way. (Orca Soundings).
	Kristin Butcher. Review by Paulette Rothbauer. Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
	Flight From Big Tangle. (Orca Young Reader).
	Anita Daher. Review by Mary Thomas. Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
	The Heaven Shop.
	Deborah Ellis. Review by Joan Marshall. Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
	Oscar: The Life and Music of Oscar Peterson.
	Reva Marin. Review by Lorraine Douglas. Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
	Sea Chase.
	Curtis Parkinson. Review by Valerie Nielsen. Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
	The Flags of War.
	John Wilson. Review by Ian Stewart. Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
	Thunderbowl. (Orca Soundings).
	Lesley Choyce. Review by Paulette Rothbauer. Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
	Esther.
	Sharon E. McKay. Review by Harriet Zaidman. Grade 7-10 / Ages 12-15.
	Bobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do Everything.
	Anne Dublin. Review by J. Lynn Fraser. Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
	You Got the Part!: A Casting Director Guides Actors to Successful Auditions for Film and TV.
	Marsha Chesley. Review by Jocelyn A. Dimm. Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
	The Beckoners.
	Carrie Mac. Review by Joan Marshall. Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
	More Than a Pretty Face: The Essential Handbook for Canadian Models.
	Heather E. Young. Review by Joanne Peters. Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
	All the Way: Sex for the First Time.
	Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up plus guidance counselors and parents.

Professional Reading

	Windows and Words: A Look at Canadian Children’s Literature in English. (Reappraisals: Canadian Writers).
	Aïda Hudson and Susan-Ann Cooper, eds. Review by Sylvia Pantaleo.

Video Reviews

	Apples and Oranges.
	Lynne Fernie. (Director). Tamara Lynch. (Producer). Lynne Fernie & Laura Kosterski (Writers). Review by Harriet Zaidman. Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
	To My Birthmother.
	Beverly Shaffer. (Director). Beverly Shaffer & Mark Zannis (Producers). Review by Saache Heinrich. Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
	2D or not 2D.
	William Thijssen & Marcy Page (Producers). Review by Deborah Mervold. Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.

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