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Table of Contents

Volume XIII Number 19
May 11, 2007

Book Reviews
   
Can My Little Miracle.
  J. Beck & J. Croydon.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Preschool / Ages 1-3.
   
Can I Heard a Little Baa.
  Elizabeth MacLeod. Illustrated by Louise Phillips.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool / Ages 1-4.
   
Can Nanabosho & Porcupine. (Nanabosho and Friends Stories).
  Joe McLellan & Matrine McLellan. Illustrated by Ryan Gorrie.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7.
   
Can Gwynne, Fair & Shining.
  Stephanie Lisa Tara. Illustrated by Lee Edward Födi.
Review by Renée Englot.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 4-6.
   
Can Old Mother Bear.
  Victoria Miles. Illustrated by Molly Bang.
Review by Laura Dodwell-Groves.
Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can Polo’s Mother. (The Cat Pack).
  Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Illustrated by Alan Daniel.
Review by Andrea Szilagyi.
Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-11.
   
Can The Intruders.
  E.E. Richardson.
Review by Jen Waters.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can Cracked. (Orca Currents).
  Michele Martin Bossley.
Review by Maha Kumaran.
Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11.
   
Can My Worst/Best Sleepover Party.
  Anna Morgan & Rachel Turkienicz. Illustrated by Heather Castles.
Review by Ruth Sands.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Wow, Canada! Exploring This Land From Coast to Coast to Coast. 2nd. ed.
  Vivien Bowers. Illustrated by Dan Hobbs and Dianne Eastman.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Deep Alberta: Fossil Facts and Dinosaur Digs.
  John Acorn.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.
   
Can Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac: French Settlements at Detroit and Louisiana. (In the Footsteps of Explorers).
  Anders Knudsen.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Jacques Cartier: Exploring the St. Lawrence River. (In the Footsteps of Explorers).
  Jennifer Lackey.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Marquette & Jolliet: Quest for the Mississippi. (In the Footsteps of Explorers).
  Alexander Zelenyj.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Roald Amundsen: The Conquest of the South Pole. (In the Footsteps of Explorers).
  Julie Karner.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Henry the Navigator: Prince of Portuguese Exploration. (In the Footsteps of Explorers).
  Lisa Ariganello.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Hernando Cortés: Spanish Invader of Mexico. (In the Footsteps of Explorers).
  John Zronik.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Kicker. (Orca Sports).
  Michele Martin Bosley.
Review by Christina Pike.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Cobra Strike. (Orca Sports).
  Sigmund Brouwer.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 5-10 / Ages 10-15.
   
Can Great Athletes from our First Nations. (A First Nations Book for Young Readers).
  Vincent Schilling.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
   
Can Starbuck Valley Winter. (Junior Canadian Classic).
  Roderick Haig-Brown.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 6-10 / Ages 11-15.
   
Can Panther. (Junior Canadian Classic). [Original title: Ki-yu.]
  Roderick Haig-Brown.
Review by Alicia Jinkerson.
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up.
   
Can Josh & the Magic Vial.
  Craig Spence.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can I.D. (Orca Soundings).
  Vicki Grant.
Review by Shannon Ozirny.
Grades 8-12 / Ages 13-17.
   
Can Whiteoaks of Jalna.
  Mazo de la Roche.
Review by J. Lynn Fraser.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   

Professional Review

   
Can Leap Into Literacy: Teaching the Tough Stuff So It Sticks!
  Kathleen Gould Lundy.
Review by Gina Varty.
   

DVD & Videos Reviews

   
Can Tales of Sand and Snow.
  Hyacinthe Combary (Writer & Director). Yves Bisaillon (Producer).
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can The Year Before.
  Katie McKenna (Writer & Director). Adam Symansky (Producer). Sally Bochner (Exeutive Producer).
Review by Laura Ludtke.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Cottonland.
  Nance Ackerman & Eddie Buchanan (Directors). Annette Clarke (Producer).
Review by Frank Loreto.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can Dead in the Water. [Includes Moncton: A Case Study].
  Neil Docherty (Director). Neil Docherty & William Marsden (CBC Producers). Adam Symansky (NFB Producer).
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   

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