CCL, no. 105-106, Spring-Summer 2002

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Editorial / Présentation

The Lives of Girls and Boys / Marie C. Davis and Benjamin Lefebvre [7-8] (Full Text)

Scènes de la vie des garçons et des jeunes filles / Daniel Chouinard [9-10] (Full Text)

Articles

Working-Class Tales for Youth in Nineteenth-Century Canada / Jean Stringam [11-30] (Abstract)

Les «Petits Hommes» du roman québécois pour lecteurs débutants / Claire Le Brun [31-47] (Abstract)

"Tennyson Would Never Approve": Reading and Performance in Kevin Sullivan's Anne of Green Gables / Eleanor Hersey [48-67] (Abstract)

Aux portes de l'horreur : le roman autobiographique de Denis Côté / Jean-Denis Côté [68-81] (Abstract)

An Interview with Marianne Brandis / Gary Draper [82-99] (Abstract)

Under the Umbrella: The Author-Heroine's Love Triangle / Dawn Sardella-Ayres [100-13] (Abstract)

Native Boy's Bluest Eye: Drew Hayden Taylor and Jordan Wheeler between Politics and Myth / Miroslawa Ziaja-Buchholtz [114-25] (Abstract)

Reviews / Comptes rendus

A Familiar Story / Roderick McGillis [127-28] (Full Text)

• Men of Stone, by Gayle Friesen

The Parts and the Whole and the Great Cosmic Dance / Hilary Turner [129-30]

• The Good Companion, by Joan Skogan
• The Great Race, by David Bouchard

Thinking About Hard Questions in Children's Holocaust Fiction / Adrienne Kertzer [130-32] (Full Text)

• Clara's War, by Kathy Kacer
• Daughter of Light, by martha attema

Of Cheeckakos and Sourdoughs: The Lure of the Klondike / Kieran Kealy [132-33]

• Destination Gold, by Julie Lawson

Female Strength: Nineteenth-Century Novels / Darlene Abreu-Ferriera [133-34]

• Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale, by Gena K. Gorrell
• Earthy Astonishments, by Marthe Jocelyn

Mystery Times Six / Karen Day [135-37]

• The Curse of Jonathan Matthew, by John F. Green
• Sky Lake Summer, by Peggy Dymond Leavey
• The Principal's Kid, by Joan Weir
• Password: MURDER, by Norah McClintock
• Over the Edge, by Norah McClintock
• Double Cross, by Norah McClintock

Strength in Community / Sarika Bose [138-39]

• The Market Wedding, by Cary Fagan
• The Kugel Valley Klezmer Band, by Joan Betty Stuchner

An Emptiness Unearthed / Eric Henderson [139-40]

• The Money Pit Mystery, by Eric Walters

Living with Animals / Gregor Campbell [140-42]

• It's Raining, It's Pouring, by Andrea Spalding
• The Chicken Cat, by Stephanie Simpson McClellan
• Julian, by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
• My Sister Gracie, by Gillian Johnson
• Leon the Chameleon, by Melanie Watt
• Edmund and Washable, by Chris Jackson

Mr. Capra's Cats / Barry Tranquada [142-43]

• Tom and Francine: A Love Story, by Sylvia Fraser

New Titles from Annick Press / lian goodall [143-45]

• Kate's Shoes, by Erica Dornbusch
• The Grandmother Doll, by Alice L. Bartels
• Bing Finds Chutney, by Andrea Wayne von Königslöw

A Story that Must Be Told / Kieran Kealy [145-46]

• Dead Reckoning, by Julie Burtinshaw

A Promising Start: Four Titles from Orca's Young Reader Series / Dinah Gough [146-47]

• Three on Three, by Eric Walters
• Full Court Press, by Eric Walters
• Jesse's Star, by Ellen Schwartz
• Ellie's New Home, by Becky Citra

"O" Canada: Four Alphabet Books and One to Count On / Anne McCambridge [148-50]

• A Seaside Alphabet, by Donna Grassby
• Play Mas'! A Carnival ABC, by Dirk McLean
• The City ABC Book, by Zoran Milich
• "C" is for Canada, by Vicki Berger Erwin
• One is Canada, by Maxine Trottier

Superbly-Illustrated Lessons in Native Awareness / Lawrence Jackson [150-51]

• The Encyclopedia of the First Peoples of North America, by Rayna Green with Melanie Fernandez

Sports Fables / Laurie Ricou [151-52]

• Shut-Out, by Camilla Reghelini Rivers
• Queen of the Court, by Michele Martin Bossley
• Offside, by Sandra Diersch
• Rookie Season, by Jacqueline Guest
• Alecia's Challenge, by Sandra Diersch
• Hockey Heroes, by John Danakas
• Brothers on Ice, by John Danakas
• Heads Up, by Dawn Hunter and Karen Hunter

Where's the Delight in Instruction? / Lissa Paul [152-54]

• Canadian Children's Books: A Critical Guide to Authors and Illustrators, by Raymond E. Jones and Jon C. Stott
• From Reader to Writer: Teaching Writing Through Classic Children's Books, by Sarah Ellis
• The Gift of Reading, by David Bouchard with Wendy Sutton

Mighty Wheels Series Grinds Gears / Susan Brown [155-56]

• Hard-Working Wheels, by Debora Pearson
• Load 'Em Up Trucks, by Debora Pearson
• Rough Tough Wheels, by Debora Pearson

Bringing History to Life / Janet Bertsch [156-57]

• A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of Harvest Celebrations in 1841, by Barbara Greenwood
• House Calls: The True Story of A Pioneer Doctor, by Ainslie Manson
• Pioneer Girl, by Maryanne Caswell

Old Folktales Reworked in Contemporary Colours / Kathryn Carter [158-59]

• Rachel Captures the Moon, by Richard Ungar
• As For the Princess?, adapted by Stéphane Jorisch
• The Frog Princess, by Rosalind Allchin

Past and Present: The Appeal of Mystery / Gabrielle Ceraldi [161-62]

• Stained Glass, by Michael Bedard

Larger than Life / Gillian Harding-Russell [159-61]

• Of Mice and Nutcrackers, by Richard Scrimger
• Frogger, by Edward B. Frank
• Benny Bensky and the Perogy Palace, by Mary Borsky

Finding Their Place / Janet Bertsch [162-63]

• The Carved Box, by Gillian Chan
• Mary Ann Alice, by Brian Doyle

Life's Meandering Twists and Turns / Susan Drain [163-64]

• Light the Way Home, by Nancy Russell
• The Twisted Road Tea Room, by Deb Loughead

How One Boy Handles "Emotional Knowledge" / Thomas M.F. Gerry [165]

• Stones, by William Bell

Mining and Maturing in Newfoundland / Thomas M.F. Gerry [165-66]

• Whose Side are You On?, by Betty Fitzpatrick Dorion

Widening Spirals: A Mennonite Girl Grows Up / Thomas M.F. Gerry [166-67]

• Willow Creek Summer, by Kathleen Wiebe

Imagining History through the Eyes of Girls / Barbara Powell [168-69]

• A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall, by Sarah Ellis
• Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope, by Jean Little

Gender Benders: Forced and Fun / Heather Kirk [169-70]

• Mommy Works, Daddy Works, by Marika Pedersen and Mikele Hall
• Fairy, by David Bouchard

Surviving the Stings / Kit Pearson [170-71]

• In Spite of Killer Bees, by Julie Johnston

The Materials of History / Jonathan F. Vance [171-72]

• Canada: Our History, by Rick Archbold
• Building Canada, by Bonnie Shemie

Two Realistic Narratives of Maritime Life / Diana Shklanka [172-74] (Full Text)

• Duncan's Way, by Ian Wallace
• Boy of the Deeps, by Ian Wallace

Mothers Helping, Children Coping / Diana Shklanka [174-76]

• Bun Bun's Birthday, by Richard Scrimger
• An Island in the Soup, by Mireille Levert

Novels Show Facts about Dinosaur Life / J.R. (Lynn) Wytenbroek [176-77]

• Time-Travel Runaway, by Jan Lister Caldwell
• Cousin Clash, by Jan Lister Caldwell

Fantasy Packed with Excitement and Poignancy / J.R. (Lynn) Wytenbroek [177-78]

• The Castle Key, by Karen Krossing

Celtic Fantasy Powerful, Touching / J.R. (Lynn) Wytenbroek [178-79]

• The Light-Bearer's Daughter, by O.R. Melling

Girls Who are Different: Three Historical Girl-Centred Texts / Jacqueline Reid-Walsh [179-80]

• My Mannequins, by Sydell Waxman
• Daughter of the Great Zandini, by Cary Fagan
• Born to be a Cowgirl, by Candace Savage

Minds on Fast Forward / Catherine Nelson-McDermott [181]

• A Meeting of Minds, by Carol Matas and Perry Nodelman

Children and Time / Gregor Campbell [182]

• From Mythic to Linear: Time in Children's Literature, by Maria Nikolajeva

Mini-Reviews [183-88]

• When I Went to the Library: Writers Celebrate Books and Reading, ed. Debora Pearson (reviewed by Jonathan F. Vance)
• Trunks All Aboard: An Elephant ABC, by Barbara Nichol (reviewed by Heather Gardiner)
• Grandpa's Snowman, by Gary Barwin (reviewed by Heather Gardiner)
• Smarty Pants: A Norah Book, by Colleen Sydor (reviewed by Heather Gardiner)
• Oma's Quilt, by Paulette Bourgeois (reviewed by Heather Gardiner)
• To Honduras with Love from Holly Drive School, by Mary-Jane Hampton (reviewed by Claudine Pope)
• Ooo-cha!, by Colleen Sydor (reviewed by Ingrid Masak Mida)
• Pussycats Everywhere, by Sheila McGraw (reviewed by Kathryn Carter)
• Why? The best ever question and answer book about nature, science and the world around you, by Catherine Ripley (reviewed by Kathryn Carter)
• Soccer: The Winning Way, by Bob Mackin (reviewed by Laurie Ricou)

Items reviewed in this issue / Ouvrages recensés [189]

Announcements / Annonces [191-92]

The cover illustration is taken from Leon the Chameleon by Melanie Watt. Reproduced by permission of Kids Can Press. This book is reviewed on page 140.

L'illustration de la couverture est tirée du livre Leon the Chameleon de Melanie Watt. Avec la permission de Kids Can Press. Cet ouvrage est recensé à la page 140.

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