Book Reviews by Age and Grade Level

Grades k to 6

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The Fabulous Chocolate Chip Cookie Machine

Michelle Illiatovich

Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler

Grades 1-3/Ages 6-8

1993 September

Facing the Nuclear Age: Parents and Children Together

Susan Goldberg

Reviewed by Patricia Fry

Grades 5 and up

1985 September

Face in the Flames

David Boyd

Reviewed by Constance Hall

Grades 6 to 9 / Ages 11 to 14

1990 September

The Falcon Bow: An Arctic Legend

James Houston

Reviewed by Adele M. Fasick

Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13

1987 March

Fall

Ann Blades

Reviewed by Marilyn Aldworth

Preschool / Ages 3-5

1990 March

Families Are People

Reviewed by Howard Hurt

Grade 2

1984 May

Families Are Special

Reviewed by Howard Hurt

Grade 2

1984 May

Families Around the World: Australia, France, China

Don Massey

Reviewed by Edith Strocen

Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9

1991 January

Families Change

Reviewed by Howard Hurt

Grade 2

1984 May

Families Have Feelings

Reviewed by Howard Hurt

Grade 2

1984 May

Families Have Needs

Reviewed by Howard Hurt

Grade 2

1984 May

Families Share

Reviewed by Howard Hurt

Grade 2

1984 May

Family Album

Stephane Poulin

Reviewed by Janice Foster

Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3/Ages 4 to 8

1992 May

Family Rivalry

Gail Hamilton

Reviewed by Margaret Mackey

Grades 6 to 9/Ages 11 to 14

1992 November

Farmer Joe Goes to the City

Nancy Wilcox Richards

Reviewed by Gwen Maguire

Preschool to Grade 2 / Ages 4-7

1990 May

The Farm Yard

Stefan Anastasiu

Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett

Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6

1986 May

Fat Charlie's Circus

Marie-Louis Gay

Reviewed by Alison Mews

Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8

1990 March

Father Athol Murray and the Hounds of Notre Dame

Tom Bonic

Reviewed by JoAnna Burns-Patton

Grades 4-7

1984 January

Feeding Wild Birds in Winter

Clive Dobson

Reviewed by Elinor Kelly

All Ages

1983 July

Feelings

Joanne Brisson Murphy

Reviewed by Fran Newman

K-Grade 2

1985 September

Felicity's Challenge

Gail Hamilton

Reviewed by Kay Kerman

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13

1992 March

The Ferryboat Ride

Robert Perry

Reviewed by Alison Mews

Pre-school to Grade 2 / Ages 2 to 7

1993 November

Festivals of Finland

Hazel Birt Lauttamus

Reviewed by Alixe Hambleton

Grades 3 to 7

1988 November

Fetons L'Action de Graces

Krys Val Lewicki

Reviewed by Patricia Cooper

Grades 2 and 3/Ages 7 and 8

1993 September

Fezwick

Brian Tremblay

Reviewed by Louise Griffith

Grades 5 and up

1985 November

Finnish Fairy Tales and Stories for Children

Reviewed by Jean E. Mabee

Grades 1 and up

1984 January

Finster Frets

Kent Baker

Reviewed by Lou-Ann Layton

Grades K-3 / Ages 5-8

1993 January

Fiona and the Flying Unicorns

Sandy Watson

Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson

Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11

1992 March

Fiona and the Prince of Wheels

Sandy Watson

Reviewed by Jane Smith

Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11

1992 October

Fire in Mouse Hamlet

R. Brian Mackey

Reviewed by Janet E. Goldack

Pre-School-Grade 3

1983 November

Fire Ship

Marianne Brandis

Reviewed by Anne Kelly

Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11

1993 January

The Fire Station

Robert Munsch

Reviewed by Patricia Fry

Grades K-3

1983 July

The Firefighter

Bernice Thurman Hunter

Reviewed by B. Henley

Grades 4-9 / Ages 9-14

1992 March

Fireweed

Margriet Ruurs

Reviewed by Patricia Skanynski

Pre-School-Grade 5

1987 July

The First Book of Bumble McBean

Mada Johnson

Reviewed by Janice Foster

Pre-School-3

1982 November

The First Family Car

Nan Doerksen

Reviewed by Fran Newman

Grades 3-6

1986 September

First Steps to Mathematics: A Guide for Parents and Teachers to Beginning Mathematics Activities

Reviewed by Joan Young

Pre-School- Kindergarten

1984 November

The First Voyage of Christopher Columbus 1492

Barry Smith

Reviewed by Jo Anna Burns Patton

Grades 1 to 3 / Ages 6 to 8

1992 October

Fish and Chops

Mary Wilson

Reviewed by Donna Adrian

Grades 4-8

1987 March

The Fisherman and His Wife: a Grimm's Fairytale

Jenni Lunn

Reviewed by Sally Davis

Grades 3-5

1983 July

The Fisherman's Revenge

Michael Cook

Reviewed by Louise Griffith

Grades 4 and up

1986 July

Fishing for Angels: The Magic of Kites

David Evans

Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant

Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up

1991 September

Fishing for Trouble

Sharon Siamon

Reviewed by Esther Hutchinson

Grades 2 to 5

1988 July

Fish: Nature Stories for Children

Kenneth Doan

Reviewed by Janice Foster

Grades 4-6

1987 July

Five Days of the Ghost

William Bell

Reviewed by Irene Gordon

Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up

1989 September

A Flask of Sea Water

P.K. Page

Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery

Grades K to 6 / Ages 3 to 11

1989 December

The Flight of the Callous Crow

Lorraine McKay

Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery

Grades 3 and up

1984 January

Flight of the Roller Coaster: Poems for Younger Readers

Raymond Souster

Reviewed by Caroline Young

Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up

1985 September

Flights of Magic

Steffler, John

Reviewed by Jane Robinson

Ages 5 to 8

1988 September

Flikka and the Magic Bear

Hazel Birt

Reviewed by Joan Payzant

Grades 1-6 / Ages 6-11

1990 May

Flip the Dolphin Saves the Day

Olena Kassian

Reviewed by Joan Young

Pre-School-Grade 3

1985 July

Flipbook Animation and Other Ways to Make Cartoons Move

Patrick Jenkins

Reviewed by J.E. Simpson

Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up

1991 November

The Flowers

Marion Mineau

Reviewed by Dale Simmons

Preschool to Grade 2 / Ages 3-7

1989 July

Flowers For Mom

Jirina Marton

Reviewed by Brenda Partridge

Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8

1991 September

Fly Fish the Trout Lakes

Jack Shaw

Reviewed by Clare A. Darby

Grades 5 and up

1988 November

The Flying Ark

Carolyn Jackson

Reviewed by Marion Scott

Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8

1990 May

The Flying Fish Kite

Lilla Stirling

Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler

Kindergarten to Grade 4/Ages 5 to 9

1993 October

The Flying Tortoise

Tololwa M. Mollel

Reviewed by Catherine McInerney

Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8

1994 September

The Food We Eat

Bobbie Kalman and Susan Hughes

Reviewed by Anna L. Holman

Grades K-4

1986 July

Foodworks: An Ontario Science Centrebook

Reviewed by Anna L. Holman

Grades Grades 3-7

1987 January

Foghorn Passage

Alison Lohans

Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson

Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14

1992 September

Folk Costumes

Peggy Tyrchniewicz

Reviewed by Lorraine Douglas

Grades 3-5

1982 November

Folk Rhymes From Around the World

Edited by Evelyn Neaman

Reviewed by Judy Coulman

Kindergarten to Grade 6/Ages 5-11

1993 September

Follow that Bus

Edited by Susan Reid

Reviewed by Catherine McInerney

Grades1-3/Ages 6-8

1993 September

Follow That Hat!

Pierre Pratt

Reviewed by Jane Robinson

Jr. Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 4 to 8

1993 January

Foo

Richard Thompson

Reviewed by Maureen Pammett

Preschool / Ages 3-4

1988 September

Food for the Settler

Bobbie Kalman

Reviewed by Wilma D. K. Scott

Grades 4-8

1983 March

Food for Thought

Paul Deir, Barbara Mansfield and Mimi Vallat

Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine

Grades 5-8

1986 November

The Foot of the River

George Lalor

Reviewed by Algis Tribinevicius

Grades 4 and up

1987 July

For the Birds

Margaret Atwood

Reviewed by Jennifer Johnson

Grades 3-7 / Ages 8-12

1991 March

For Love of Rock

Kelly Voyer

Reviewed by Patricia Butler

Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 4-6

1994 September

Forcing the Edge

Kurt Browning

Reviewed by Irene Gordon

Grades 6 and up/Ages 11 and up

1993 March

Forest Mammals

Bobbie Kalman

Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook

Grades 3 and up

1988 September

A Forest of Suspicion

Josee Plourde

Reviewed by Edith Parsons

Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9

1993 October

Forget-Me-Not

J. Schein

Reviewed by Brenda Watson

Pre-school to Grade 3

1988 November

Fort Life

Bobbie Kalman and David Schimpky

Reviewed by Edith Parsons

Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9

1994 September

Founders & Guardians: 74 Portraits

Irma Coucill

Reviewed by Maureen Pammett

Grades 6 and up

1983 January

Four Eyes and French Fries

Mary Blakeslee

Reviewed by Joanne Robertson

Grades 4-6/Ages 9-11

1991 September

Fox Song

Joseph Bruchac

Reviewed by Patricia Fry

Grades 1-6 / Ages 6-11

1993 October

Foxy and the Missing Mask

Colleen Rutherford Archer

Reviewed by Maryleah Otto

Grades 5-8

1986 September

Fraises en Deconfiture

Robert McConnell

Reviewed by Judy Coulman

Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11

1991 October

Frank and Zelda

Maryann Kovalski

Reviewed by Theo Hersh

Kindergarten-grade 2 / Ages 5-7

1991 January

Frankie Zapper and the Disappearing Teacher

Linda Rogers and Rick Van Krugel

Reviewed by Gillian Martin Noonan

Grades 4 to 6 / Ages 9 to 11

1994 November/December

Franklin is Bossy

Paulette Bourgeois

Reviewed by Linda Holeman

Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6

1994 March/April

Franklin in the Dark

Paulette Bourgeois

Reviewed by Janice Foster

Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7

1987 March

Franklin Fibs

Paulette Bourgeois

Reviewed by Constance Hall

Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 3-7

1991 May

Franklin is Lost

Paulette Bourgeois

Reviewed by Lorrie Ann Clark

Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8

1992 September

Franny and the Music Girl

Emily Hearn

Reviewed by Kay Kerman

Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8

1990 March

Fred Penner's Sing Along

Fred Penner

Reviewed by Joan McGrath

Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11

1991 March

Frederick Banting: Discoverer of Insulin

Edited by Michael Webb

Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook

Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11

1991 September

Frederick Banting and Charles Best: Discoverers of Insulin

Tom McCarthy

Reviewed by Arne Handley

Grades 3-5

1984 January

Fred's TV

Clive Dobson

Reviewed by Hazel Birt

Kindergarten to Grade 6 / Ages 5-11

1990 May

Free Stuff for Kids

Barbara Hehner (Edited by)

Reviewed by Jan Hall

Grades 1-8

1983 January

French Immersion: the Trial Balloon that Flew

Valerie Argue, Sharon Lapkin and Merrill Swain

Reviewed by Adele L. Massena

Grades 6-9

1983 July

The Fridge

Pierre Pratt

Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett

Preschool-grade 1 / Ages 3-6

1986 May

A Friend Called "Chum"

Bernelda Wheeler

Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue

Kindergarten-grade 3 / Ages 5-8

1985 November

A Friend Like You

Roger Paré

Reviewed by Nancy Black

Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8

1985 January

Friendship Bracelets

Camilla Gryski

Reviewed by Joanne Robertson

Grades 4 and up / Ages 9 and up

1992 November

Frog Lake Massacre

Reviewed by Elaine Atwood

Grades 6 and up

1984 September

The Frog Prince

Retold and illustrated by Gerda Neubacher

Reviewed by Hazel Birt

Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 4-8

1990 January

Frogs

Andrea Wayne-von Königslöw

Reviewed by Jane Robinson

Preschool-grade 2 / Ages 4-7

1994 Jan/Feb

From the Heart: Folk Art in Canada

Reviewed by J. E. Simpson

Grades 6 and up

1984 January

From the Pacific to the Atlantic, Canada's Gigantic!

Henri Robideau and Peter Day

Reviewed by William F. Benson

Grades 4 and up

1989 January

The Fun Factory

Reviewed by Jane Robinson

Grades 2-7

1986 May

Fun with Fitness

Alison Jane Roberts

Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch

Grades 1 to 4

1988 May

Fun With My Friends

Bobbie Kalman

Reviewed by Patricia Sentance

Pre-School-Grade 3

1985 November

Fun With Nature

Dympna Hayes and Melanie Lehmann

Reviewed by Barbara Egerer

Pre-School

1987 November

Fun With Opposites

Dympna Hayes and Melanie Lehmann

Reviewed by Barbara Egerer

Pre-School

1987 November

Fun With Rhymes

Dympna Hayes

Reviewed by Barbara Egerer

Pre-School

1987 November

Fun with Sizes and Shapes

Jaqueline Buddle

Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch

Junior Kindergarten to Grade 1 / Ages 4 to 6

1989 May

Fun with Things Around the House

Dympna Hayes and Melanie Lehmann

Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch

Grades 1 to 4

1988 May

Fun with Words

Jaqueline Buddle

Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch

Junior Kindergarten to Grade 1 / Ages 4 to 6

1989 May

The Fur Trade in Rupertsland: Opening up the Canadian Northwest

Colin Duquemin

Reviewed by Marsha Kaiserman

Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-1

1992 September

The Fusion Factor

Carol Matas

Reviewed by Eve Williams

Grades 6-7 / Ages 11-12

1987 March