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Table of Contents

Volume XV Number 18
May 1, 2009

Book Reviews
   
Can Mother Goose. Rev. Ed.
  Parent-Child Mother Goose Program.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool / Birth - Age 3.
   
Can The Bears We Know.
 

Brenda Silsbe. Illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen.
Review by Reesa Cohen.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.

   
Can My Happy Book.
  Kathy Knowles.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Jazlyn J and the Opposities.
 

Renná Bruce. Illustrated by Robin Oakes.
Review by Jonine Bergen.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.

   
Can Jazlyn J's Key.
  Renná Bruce. Illustrated by Robin Oakes.
Review by Janice Foster.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Jazlyn J's Present Problem.
 

Renná Bruce. Illustrated by Robin Oakes.
Review by Janice Foster.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.

   
Can Lilly and Lucy's Shadow.
  Christopher Aslan Kennedy. Illustrated by Stephanie Hill.
Review by Alison Mews.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Marie Curie. (Kids Can Read).
 

Elizabeth MacLeod. Illustrated by John Mantha.
Review by Rosemary Hollett.
Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8.

   
Can Penny Visits Oak Hammock Marsh.
  Carol Szuminsky. Illustrated by Kristin Szuminsky & Jack Brown.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet.
 

Susan Tooke.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-11.

   
Can Bridget's Black '47.
  Dorothy Perkyns.
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Living Stories. (This Land is Our Storybook).
 

Therese Zoe, Philip Zoe & Mindy Willett. Photographs by Tessa Macintosh.
Review by Ellen Heaney.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.

   
Can Galaxies: Immense Star Islands. (Exploring Our Solar System).
  David Jefferis.
Review by Jane Bridle.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can Space Probes: Exploring Beyond Earth. (Exploring Our Solar System).
 

David Jefferis.
Review by Jane Bridle.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.

   
Can Star Spotters: Telescopes and Observatories. (Exploring Our Solar System).
  David Jefferis.
Review by Jane Bridle.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.
   
Can The Stars: Glowing Spheres in the Sky. (Exploring Our Solar System).
 

David Jefferis.
Review by Jane Bridle.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11.

   
Can The Amazing Circulatory System: How Does My Heart Work? (Slim Goodbody's Body Buddies).
  John Burstein.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-5 / Ages 9-10.
   
Can The Astounding Nervous System: How Does My Brain Work? (Slim Goodbody's Body Buddies).
 

John Burstein.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-5 / Ages 9-10.

   
Can The Dynamic Digestive System: How Do My Lungs Work? (Slim Goodbody's Body Buddies).
  John Burstein.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-5 / Ages 9-10.
   
Can The Exciting Endocrine System: How Do My Glands Work? (Slim Goodbody's Body Buddies).
 

John Burstein.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-5 / Ages 9-10.

   
Can The Mighty Muscular and Skeletal Systems: How Do My Bones and Muscles Work? (Slim Goodbody's Body Buddies).
  John Burstein.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-5 / Ages 9-10.
   
Can The Remarkable Respiratory System: How Do My Lungs Work? (Slim Goodbody's Body Buddies).
 

John Burstein.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 4-5 / Ages 9-10.

   
Can Soccer Sabotage: A Graphic Guide Adventure.
  Liam O'Donnell. Illustrated by Mike Deas.
Review by Dana L. Coates.
Grades 4-9 / Ages 9-14.
   
Can Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter.
 

R. J. Anderson.
Review by Janet Johnson.
Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up.

   
Can Descriptive Paragraphs. (Learning to Write).
  Frances Purslow.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Expository Paragraphs. (Learning to Write).
 

Frances Purslow.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

   
Can Narrative Paragraphs. (Learning to Write).
  Frances Purslow.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Persuasive Paragraphs. (Learning to Write).
 

Frances Purslow.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

   
Can The Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables; Anne of Avonlea; Anne of the Island.
  L.M. Montgomery.
Review by Valerie Nielsen.
Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up.
   
Can The Broken Thread.
 

Linda Smith.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-15.

   
Can earthgirl.
  Jennifer Cowan.
Review by Pam Klassen-Dueck.
Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17.
   
Can My Parents Are Sex Maniacs: A High School Horror Story.
 

Robyn Harding.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 8-10 / Ages 14-16.

   
Can Pieces of Me.
  Charlotte Gingras. Translated by Susan Ouriou.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   

Professional Review

   
Can Working Together to Improve Literacy: How to Set Goals, Implement, and Assess School-Wide Reading and Writing Initiatives.
  Graham Foster.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
   

 

DVD & Videos

   
Can Entre Les Lignes = Front Lines.
  Claude Guilmain (Writer & Director). Anne-Marie Rocher (Producer). Jacques Turgeon (Executive Producer).
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up.
   

 

 



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