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Table of Contents

Volume XI Number 21
June 24 , 2005

Book Reviews
   
Can Penelope and the Monsters. (The Penelope series).
  Sheri Radford. Illustrated by Christine Tripp.
Review by Patricia Fay.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 3-8.
   
Can Dream Helmet: Poems by William New.
  William New. Illustrated by Vivian Bevis.
Review by Stacie Edgar.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can Rough Weather Ahead for Walter the Farting Dog.
  William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray and Elizabeth Gundy. Illustrated by Audrey Colman.
Review by Val Nielsen.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Mavis and Merna.
  Ian Wallace.
Review by Val Nielsen.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Morgan Makes a Splash. (First Novels, 28).
  Ted Staunton. Illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grade 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can The Baseball Card.
  Jack Siemiatycki and Avi Slodovnick. Illustrated by Laura Watson.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can A Song for Acadia.
  Mary Alice Downie and George Rawlyk. Illustrated by Ron Berg.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Bigbeard’s Hook. (Nathaniel McDaniel and the Magic Attic).
  Evan Solomon. Illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Review by Barb Taylor.
Grades 1-5 / Ages 6-10.
   
Can Any Pet Will Do. (Orca Young Readers).
  Nancy Shouse.
Review by Robert Groberman.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can In the Wild.
  Sofia Nordin. Translated by Maria Lundin.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Emily’s Dream. (Orca Young Readers).
  Jacqueline Pearce.
Review by Marina Cohen.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can In the Paint. (South Side Sports).
  Jeff Rud.
Review by Dana Eagles-Daley.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Naomi’s Road.
  Joy Kogawa. Illustrated by Ruth Ohi.
Review by Reesa Cohen.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Home Ice. (Sports Stories, 76).
  Beatrice Vandervelde.
Review by Rita Rebizant
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Against the Boards. (Sports Stories, 77).
  Lorna Schultz Nicholson.
Review by Rita Rebizant.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Dinosaurs. (Prehistoric Life).
  Jill Foran.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Plants. (Prehistoric Life).
  Linda Aspen-Baxter.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Fish. (Prehistoric Life).
  Christa Bedry.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Birds. (Prehistoric Life).
  Megan Lappi.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Insects. (Prehistoric Life).
  Christa Bedry.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can After Sylvia.
  Alan Cumyn.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12.
   
Int The Valley of Secrets.
  Charmian Hussey. Illustrated by Christopher Crump.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can By the Skin of His Teeth. (A Barkerville Mystery).
  Ann Walsh.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Lisa.
  Carol Matas.
Review by Patricia Fay.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can The Ghost Horse of Meadow Green.
  Anne Louise MacDonald.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Battle Stations! Fortifications Through the Ages.
  Stephen Shapiro. Illustrated by Mei Tsao and Ken Nice.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography.
  Chester Brown.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up.
   
Can The Warding of Willowmere. (Willowmere Chronicles).
  Alison Baird.
Review by Saache Heinrich.
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15.
   
Int Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood.
  Ann Brashares.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 8-11 / Ages 13-16.
   
Can Dreamspeaker.
  Anne Cameron.
Review by Ruth Latta.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last.
  Susan Juby.
Review by Jocelyn A. Dimm.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Fixed.
  Beth Goobie.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can John Grierson: Trailblazer of Documentary Film. (The Quest Library, 24).
  Gary Evans.
Review By Michael Groberman.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can White Girl.
  Sylvia Olsen.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Grey Owl: The Curious Life of Archie Belaney. (Amazing Stories).
  Irene Ternier Gordon.
Review by J. Lynn Fraser.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can Skinny.
  Ibolya Kaslik.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   
Can Resurrection Blues.
  Mike Tanner.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 10-12 / Ages 15-17.
   

Professional Materials

   
Can The Golden Woman: Dreaming as Art.
  Kay Stone.
Review by Gail de Vos.
   

Video Reviews

   
Can Wheelchair Challenge. (My Brand New Life).
  Kaveh Nabatian (Director). Ina Fichman (La Fête Producer). Pierre Lapointe (NFB Producer). Ina Fichman (La Fête Executive Producer). Sally Bochner (NFB Executive Producer).
Review by Cathy Vincent-Linderoos.
Grades 5-8 /Ages 10-13.
   
Can Hospital City.
  Rosemary House (Director). Kent Martin & Mary Sexton. (Producers).
Review by Lori Walker.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can Zero Tolerance.
  Michka Saäl (Director & Writer). Yves Bisaillon (Producer).
Review by Frank Loreto.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   

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