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Table of Contents

Volume XV Number 21
June 12, 2009

Book Reviews
   
Can A Halifax ABC.
  Yolanda Poplawska.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool / Ages1-4.
   
Can Big or Little?
  Kathy Stinson. Illustrated by Toni Goffe.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool-kindergarten / Ages 2-5.
   
Can Lom and the Gnatters.
  Kurusa. Illustrated by Isabel Ferrer. Translated by Elisa Amado.
Review by Myra Junyk
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 2-7.
   
Can Jazlyn J Expresses Herself.
  Renná Bruce. Illustrated by Robin Oakes.
Review by Lisa Hanson O'Hara.
Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 4-6.
   
Can Whose House Is This?
  Wayne Lynch.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 4-9.
   
Can Whose Teeth are These?
  Wayne Lynch.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 4-9.
   
Can Whose Nose Is This?
  Wayne Lynch.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 4-9.
   
Can Whose Feet Are These?
  Wayne Lynch.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 4-9.
   
Can Whose Baby Is This?
  Wayne Lynch.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 4-9.
   
Can Whose Bottom is This?
  Wayne Lynch.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Preschool-grade 4 / Ages 4-9.
   
Can Dracula Madness. (A Sam & Friends Mystery, Book One).
  Mary Labatt. Illustrated by Jo Rioux.
Review by Gregory Bryan.
Grades 1–3 / Ages 6–8.
   
Can Welcome to the World of Orangutans.
  PDiane Swanson.
Review by Shannnon Ratcliffe.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Welcome to the World of Kangaroos.
  Diane Swanson.
Review by Shannnon Ratcliffe.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Welcome to the World of Snakes.
  Diane Swanson.
Review by Shannnon Ratcliffe.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Welcome to the Whole World of Elephants.
  Diane Swanson.
Review by Shannnon Ratcliffe.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can It’s a Snap!: George Eastman’s First Photograph. (Great Idea Series, 1).
  Monica Kulling. Illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Review by Marilynne V. Black.
Grades 1-5 / Ages 6-10.
   
Can Bubble Homes and Fish Farts.
  Fiona Bayrock. Illustrated by Carolyn Conahan.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9.
   
Can Thumb and the Bad Guys.
  Ken Roberts. Illustrated by Leanne Franson.
Review by Todd Kyle.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can City Alphabet
  Joanne Schwartz. Photos by Matt Beam.
Review by Linda Ludke.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can Junior Jetsetters Guide to Chicago.
  Pedro F. Marcelino & Slawko Waschuk. Edited by Anna Humphrey. Illustrated by John Michael Hiscott, Tapan Gandhi and students of the After School Matters of the City of Chicago.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Junior Jetsetters Guide to Amsterdam.
  Pedro F. Marcelino & Slawko Waschuk. Edited by Anna Humphrey. Illustrated by Kim Sokol, Maurice van Tiburg & Tapan Gandhi.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Junior Jetsetters Guide to Lisbon.
  Edited by Anna Humphrey. Illustrated by John Michael Hiscott, Carlos Quiterio & Tapan Gandhi.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Junior Jetsetters Guide to Paris.
  Pedro F. Marcelino & Slawko Waschuk. Edited by Anna Humphrey. Illustrated by Kim Sokol, Miguel Vieira da Silva & Tapan Gandhi.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can How to Improve at Judo. (How to Improve at–).
  Ashley P. Martin.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-14.
   
Can How to Improve at Fishing. (How to Improve at–).
  Andrew D. Walker.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-14.
   
Can How to Improve at Gymnastics. (How to Improve at–).
  Heather E. Brown.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-14.
   
Can How to Improve at Skateboarding. (How to Improve at–).
  Andy Horsley.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-14.
   
Can Skateboarding. (Crabtree Contact).
  Andy Horsley.
Review by Philip Bravo.
Grades 3-9 / Ages 8-14.
   
Can The Gargoyle in my Yard.
  Philippa Dowding.
Review by: Daphne Hamilton-Nagorsen.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Home Free. (The Gutsy Girl series).
  Sharon Jennings.
Review by Tanya Boudreau.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Horses. (Crabtree Contact).
  Elizabeth J. Baldwin.
Review by Margaret Snow.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Parkour. (Crabtree Contact).
  Dan Edwardes.
Review by Margaret Snow.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can

Dreamfire.

  Nicole Luiken.
Review by Janet Johnson.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can Dragon Seer.
  Janet McNaughton.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can Poster Boy.
  Dede Crane.
Review by Ann Ketcheson.
Grades 7-9 / Ages 12-14.
   
Can Beat Stress! The Exam Handbook. (Really Useful Handbooks).
  Anita Naik.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Coping with Loss: The Life Changes Handbook. (Really Useful Handbooks).
  Anita Naik.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Too Fat? Too Thin? The Healthy Eating Handbook. (Really Useful Handbooks).
  Melissa Sayer.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can I’m Broke! The Money Handbook. (Really Useful Handbooks).
  Liam Croke.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Read the Signals: The Body Language Handbook. (Really Useful Handbooks).
  Anita Naik.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Making a Difference: The Changing the World Handbook. (Really Useful Handbooks).
  Ali Cronin.
Review by Joanne Peters.
Grades 7-11 / Ages 12-16.
   
Can Sophomore Switch.
  Abby McDonald.
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 7-12 / Ages 12-17.
   
Can Pohádky.
  Marek Colek & Pat Shewchuk.
Review by Sylvia Pantaleo.
Grades 7 and up / Grades 7 and up.
   
Can Waiting to Score.
  J. E. MacLeod.
Review by Darleen Golke.
Grades 8-10 / Ages 13-15.
   
Can Pax Avalon: Conflict Revolution.
  Steven "Reece" Friesen.
Review by Joanne Peters and Paul B.
Grades 8-12 / Ages 13-17.
   
Can Hell’s Hotel. (SideStreets). [Former title: Dark End of Dream Street.]
  Lesley Choyce.
Review by Philip Bravo.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can Robertson Davies: Magician of Words.
  Nicholas Maes.
Review by Val Ken Lem.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.
 

Professional Reviews

   
Can Building Info Smarts: How to Work With All Kinds of Information and Make It Your Own.
 

Carol Koechlin & Sandi Zwaan.
Review by Reesa Cohen.

   
Can The Joys of Teaching Boys: Igniting Writing Experiences That Meet the Needs of All Students.
 

Christopher M. Spence.
Review by Betty Klassen.

DVD Review

Can Up the Yangtze.
  Yung Chang (Writer & Director). Mila Aung-Thwin & Germaine Ying Gee Wong (NFB Producers). John Christou (Producer). Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Ravida Din & Sally Bochner (NFB Executive Producers).
Review by Frank Loreto.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 and up.


New Edition

   
Can Out of Slavery.
   

 



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