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Table of Contents

Volume XIV Number 18
May 2, 2008

Book Reviews
   
Can Toilet Tales. 20th Anniversary edition.
  Andrea Wayne von Königslöw.
Review by Bruce Dyck.
Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 3-5.
   
Can A Pocket Can Have a Treasure In It.
  Kathy Stinson. Illustrated by Deirdre Betteridge.
Review by Jessica Peterson.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4–7.
   
Can The Human Body: Look and Learn.
  Pascale Hédelin. Illustrated by Robert Barborini.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7.
   
Can Mikissuk's Secret.
  Isabelle Lafonta. Illustrated by Barroux.
Review by Shari Klassen.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can You Crack Me Up! Chick and Dee's Big Book of Fun. (You Crack Me Up Series; #1).
  Jay Stephens & Steven Charles Manale.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.
   
Can Art's Supplies.
  Chris Tougas.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 1-6 / Ages 6-11.
   
Can Changing Materials. (Working with Materials).
  Chris Oxlade.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Joining Materials. (Working with Materials).
  Chris Oxlade.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Mixing and Separating. (Working with Materials).
  Chris Oxlade.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Shaping Materials. (Working with Materials).
  Chris Oxlade.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Amazing Electricity. (Amazing Science).
  Sally Hewitt.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Amazing Forces and Movement. (Amazing Science).
  Sally Hewitt.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Amazing Light. (Amazing Science).
  Sally Hewitt.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Amazing Materials. (Amazing Science).
  Sally Hewitt.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Amazing Plants. (Amazing Science).
  Sally Hewitt.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can Amazing Sound. (Amazing Science).
  Sally Hewitt.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-3 / Ages 7-8.
   
Can On the Road Again!: More Travels With My Family.
  Marie-Louise Gay & David Homel.
Review by Jane Bridle.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Forestry A-Z.
  Kathleen Cook Waldron & Ann Walsh. Photos by Bob Warick.
Review by Ellen Heaney.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Horseback Riding. (Outdoor Adventures).
  Heather Kissock.
Review by Renée Englot.
Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10.
   
Can Naomi's Tree.
  Joy Kogawa. Illustrated by Ruth Ohi.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Amazing NASCAR Races. (NASCAR).
  Jim Gigliotti.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Famous NASCAR Tracks. (NASCAR).
  Jim Gigliotti.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Great NASCAR Champions. (NASCAR).
  Jim Francis.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Great NASCAR Teams. (NASCAR).
  Jim Gigliotti.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can The History of NASCAR. (NASCAR).
  Jim Francis.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Stock Car Secrets. (NASCAR).
  Jim Francis.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Great Women From Our First Nations. (The First Nations Series for Young Readers).
  Kelly Fournel.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Peril at the World's Biggest Hockey Tournament. (Screech Owls, #21).
  Roy MacGregor.
Review by Pam Klassen-Dueck.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Days of Toil and Tears: The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford. (Dear Canada).
  Sarah Ellis.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can To Stand and Fight Together: Richard Pierpoint and the Coloured Corps of Upper Canada.
  Steve Pitt.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
   
Can First Times.
  Marthe Jocelyn, ed.
Review by Ruth Sands.
Grades 6-10 / Ages 11-15.
   
Can The Eyes of a King.
  Catherine Banner.
Review by Bryannie Kirk.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can Dooley Takes the Fall.
  Norah McClintock.
Review by Darleen Golke.
Grades 8-12 / Ages 13-17.
   
Can Jemma7729.
  Phoebe Wray.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Darwin's Paradox.
  Nina Munteanu.
Review by Ronald Hore.
Grades 12 and up / Ages 17 and up.
   

Professional Review

   
Can Reclaiming Reluctant Writers: How to Encourage Students to Face Their Fears and Master the Essential Traits of Good Writers.
  Kellie Buis.
Review by Kristen Ferguson.
   

VHS & DVD Reviews

   
Can Acting Blind.
  Martin Duckworth (Writer & Director). Germaine Ying Gee Wong (Producer). Sally Bochner (Executive Producer).
Review by Julie Chychota.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can Mia's Big Adventure Collection: The Bugaboo Bugs.
  Review by Gregory Bryan.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Reema, There and Back.
  Paul Émile D'Entremont (Director). Murielle Rioux-Poirier (Producer). Jacques Turgeon (Executive Producer).
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   
Can Citizen Sam.
  Joe Moulins (Writer & Director). Tracey Friesen (Producer). Rina Fraticelli (Executive Producer).
Review by Helen Norrie.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   



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