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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

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