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Table of Contents

Volume XV Number 1
August 29, 2008

Book Reviews
   
Can Time is When.
  Beth Gleick. Illustrated by Marthe Jocelyn.
Review by Alison Mews.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6.
   
Can The Little Toy Shop.
  Frances Wolfe.
Review by Helen Norrie.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 3-8.
   
Can Can Anybody Hear Me?
  Jessica Meserve.
Review by Tristin Burrows.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Stanley at Sea.
  Linda Bailey. Illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Review by Helen Norrie.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Oloyou.
  Teresa Cárdenas. Illustrated by Margarita Sada.
Review by Ruth McMahon.
Preschool-grade 5 / Ages 4-10.
   
Can Beaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story.
  Confederated Salish & Kootenay Tribes. Illustrated by Sam Sandoval.
Review by Gail de Vos.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Time Twister: Journal #3 of a Cardboard Genius.
  Frank Asch.
Review by Anna Swanson.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Skate Freak. (Orca Currents).
  Lesley Choyce.
Review by Maha Kumaran.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference.
  Katie Smith Milway. Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes.
Review by Danya David.
Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up.
   
Can Max the Magnificent. (Max-a-Million; Book 1).
  Trina Wiebe. Illustrated by David Okum.
Review by Shannon Ozirny.
Grades 3-4 / Ages 8-9.
   
Can Max the Business Man. (Max-a-Million; Book 4).
  Trina Wiebe. Illustrated by David Okum.
Review by Shannon Ozirny.
Grades 3-4 / Ages 8-9.
   
Can The Dirt on Dirt.
  Paulette Bourgeois with Kathy Vanderlinden. Illustrated by Martha Newbigging.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Aztecs: Dress, Eat, Write, and Play Just Like the Aztecs. (Hands-On History).
  Fiona Macdonald.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Vikings: Dress, Eat, Write, and Play Just Like the Vikings. (Hands-On History).
  Fiona Macdonald.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can The Ancient Egyptians: Dress, Eat, Write, and Play Just Like the Egyptians. (Hands-On History).
  Fiona Macdonald.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Romans: Dress, Eat, Write, and Play Just Like the Romans. (Hands-On History).
  Fiona Macdonald.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can To Share One Moon.
  Ruowen Wang. Illustrated by Wei Xu & Xiaoyan Zheng.
Review by Deanne Coombs.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Fosta: Marathon Master. (True Horse Stories).
  Judy Andrekson. Illustrated by David Parkins.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Chantel's Quest for the Golden Sword.
  Oliver Neubert.
Review by Daphne Hamilton-Nagorsen.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Science on the Loose: Amazing Activities and Science Facts You'll Never Believe.
  Helaine Becker. Illustrated by Claudia Dávila.
Review by Barbara McMillan.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Jellaby.
  Kean Soo.
Review by Sylvia Pantaleo.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Word Nerd.
  Susin Nielsen.
Review by Michelle Superle.
Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Katie Be Quiet.
  Darcy Tamayose.
Review by Jen Waters.
Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12.
   
Can X Doesn't Mark the Spot: Tales of Pirate Gold, Buried Treasure and Lost Riches.
  Ed Butts.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can In a Flash. (Orca Currents).
  Eric Walters.
Review by Devon Greyson.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can War Brothers.
  Sharon McKay.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Yum: Your Ultimate Manual for Good Nutrition.
  Daina Kalnins. Illustrated by Paula Becker.
Review by Lizanne Eastwood.
Grades 5-10 / Ages 10-15.
   
Can Off to War: Voices of Soldiers' Children.
  Deborah Ellis.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
   
Can Desperate Glory: The Story of WWI. (Stories of Canada).
  John Wilson.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13.
   
Can When Elephants Fight: The Lives of Children in Conflict in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Uganda.
  Adrian Bradbury & Eric Walters.
Review by Marilynne V. Black.
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14.
   
Can Posing as Ashley.
  Kimberly Joy Peters.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15.
   
Can Call Me Mimi.
  Francis Chalifour.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Grades 7-10 / Ages 12-15.
   
Can Withershins.
  Susan Rocan.
Review by Pam Klassen-Dueck.
Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17.
   
Can The Curse of Akkad: Climate Upheavals That Rocked Human Hisory.
  Peter Christie.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 7 and up / Ages 12 and up.
   
Can Daughter of War.
  Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 9 and up / Ages 14 and up.
   
Can Paul Goes Fishing.
  Michel Rabagliati. Translated by Helge Dascher.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 11 and up / Ages 16 and up.
   

Professional Reading

Can Orca Currents Resource Guide.
  Susan Geye, Janice Reynolds & Kate Lane Hill.
Review by Joanne Peters.
   
Can Orca Soundings Resource Guide.
  Susan Geye & Janice Reynolds.
Review by Joanne Peters.


DVD Reviews

Can Flight From Darkness.
  Trevor Grant (Writer & Director). Don Copeland & Lynne Beck Copeman (Producers). Joe MacDonald (NFB Producer).
Review by Julie Chychota.
Grades 8 and up / Ages 13 and up.
   
Can This Is My Body: A Film By High School Girls.
  Lisa Negro and others (Directors). Leanne Levy (Producer).
Review by Frank Loreto.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
   

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