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Table of Contents
Volume IX Number 2
Sept. 20, 2002

Book Reviews

 
Can How Sleep Found Tabitha.
  Maggie de Vries. Illustrated by Sheena Lott.
Review by Val Nielsen.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Under a Prairie Sky.
  Anne Laurel Carter. Illustrated by Alan and Lea Daniel.
Review by Wayne Serebrin.
Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Emily's Eighteen Aunts.
  Curtis Parkinson. Illustrated by Andrea Wayne von Königslöw.
Review by Linda Ludke.
Preschoolgrade 3 / Ages 48.
   
Can Munschworks 4: The Fourth Munsch Treasury.
  Robert Munsch and Saoussan Askar. Illustrated by Michael Martchenko.
and Suzanne Duranceau.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Green Cat.
  Dayal Kaur Khalsa.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8.
   
Can Kumak's House: A Tale of the Far North.
  Michael Bania.
Review by Catherine Hoyt.
Kindergarten grade 2 / Ages 4-7.
   
Can Capturing Joy: The Story of Maud Lewis.
  Jo Ellen Bogart. Illustrated by Mark Lang.
Review by Lisa Doucet.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Anancy and the Haunted House.
  Richardo Keens-Douglas. Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch.
Review by Val Nielsen.
Kindergarten-grade 4 / Ages 5-9.
   
Can Farm Year.
  Monika Popp. Additional illustrations by Regine Frick-von Schmuck.
Review by Catherine Hoyt.
Grades 13 / Ages 5-8.
   
Can Jessica's X-Ray.
  Pat Zonta. Illustrated by Clive Dobson.
Review by Lisa O'Hara.
Grades 1-4 / Ages 6-9.
   
Can Jo's Triumph. (An Orca Young Reader).
  Nikki Tate.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10.
   
Can When the Giant Stirred: Legend of a Volcanic Island.
  Celia Godkin.
Review by Val Nielsen.
Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-1l.
   
Can The Disappearing Dinosaur. (Adventure.Net, #3).
  Andrea Spalding and David Spalding.
Review by Janet Delgatty.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can Earthquake! (Disaster).
  Cynthia Pratt Nicolson.
Review by Janice Foster.
Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12.
   
Can I'm A Vegetarian: Amazing Facts and Ideas for Healthy Vegetarians.
  Ellen Schwartz. Illustrated by Farida Zaman.
Review by Sheila Alexander.
Grades 3-10 / Ages 9-15.
   
Can Jayden's Rescue.
  Vladimir Tumanov. Illustrated by David Bordeleau.
Review by Janet Delgatty.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Amazing Women Athletes. (The Women's Hall of Fame Series).
  Jill Bryant.
Review by Julie Chychota.
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12.
   
Can Skating Superstars.
  Barb McCutcheon.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Grades 4-9 / Ages 9-14.
   
Can The Phantom Queen.
  Ven Begamudré.
Review by Joan Marshall.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
int Boys Who Rocked the World: From King Tut to Tiger Woods.
  Illustrated by Lar DeSouza.
Review by: Meredith MacKeen.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.
   
Can Make Amazing Toy and Game Gadgets. (Popular Mechanics for Kids).
  Amy Pinchuk. Illustrated by Alan Moon and Tina Holdcroft.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can Make Cool Gadgets for Your Room. (Popular Mechanics for Kids).
  Amy Pinchuk. Illustrated by Teco Rodrigues.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 9-13.
   
Can The Big Book of Canada: Exploring the Provinces and Territories.
  Christopher Moore. Illustrated by Bill Slavin.
Review by Gail Hamilton.
Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14.
   
Can The Dream Book: A Young Person's Guide to Understanding Dreams.
  Patricia Garfield.
Review by Mary Thomas.
Grades 6-10 / Ages 11-15.
   
Can The Maze.
  Monica Hughes.
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 7-9 / Ages 11-14.
   
Can Surviving Sam.
  Karen Rivers.
Review by Betsy Fraser.
Grades 9-12 / Ages 14-17.
   
Can Write Turns: New Directions in Canadian Fiction.
  Review by Joanne Peters.
Grade 12 and up / Ages 17 and up.
   

Professional Reading

Can Read for your Life: Literature as a Life Support System.
  Joseph Gold.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
   
Can Tales, Then and Now: More Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults.
  Anna E. Altmann & Gail de Vos.
Review by Sylvia Pantaleo.

Video Review

Can Science, Please!
  Part 1.
Matter and Chemicals
Force and Motion
Heat and Cold

Part 2.
Magnetism and Electricity
Sound and Light.

Review by Barbara A. McMillan.
Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.



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