TITLES AUTHORS MEDIA AGE/GRADE DATE FEATURES

Book Reviews by Age and Grade Level Grades k to 6 --L-- La Bande A Felix Jean-Pierre Belanger Reviewed by Patricia Cooper Grades 5-8/Ages 10-13 1992 May Lace Them Up Lilly Barnes Reviewed by Donna Doyle Jr Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 3 to 10 1993 January La Championne Viviane Julien Reviewed by Doris Lemione Grades 5-7/Ages 10-12 1992 May The Ladybird Colette Dufresne Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Pre-school to Grade 6 / Ages 3 to 11 1993 January Language Experiences with Children's Stories: Activities for Beginning Reading and Oral Language Development Karen Clark Reviewed by Robert W. Bruinsma Pre-School-Grade 1 1985 January The Last Story, The First Story Richard Thompson Reviewed by Gail K. Lennon Grades 4 to 6 1989 January Laugh and Tell Odo Waldstein Reviewed by Elaine Blakey Grades 5 and up 1985 March Lazy Boy Anne Cameron Reviewed by Patricia Fry Grades 4 to 8 1988 November Leading the Way: Black Women in Canada Rosemary Sadlier Reviewed by Gerri Young Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up 1994 September Leanna Builds a Genie Trap Hazel J. Hutchins Reviewed by Nancy E. Black Grades 1-3 1986 July Leaping Lizard George Swede Reviewed by Fran Newman Kindergarten to Grade 2 1989 January Learning About Canada Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About the Canadian North Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About British Columbia Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About Alberta Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About Saskatchewan Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About Manitoba Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About Ontario Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About Quebec Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About New Brunswick Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About Nova Scotia Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About Prince Edward Island Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Learning About Newfoundland and Labrador Reviewed by John Jepson Grades 3-7 1985 May Le Champion des Bricoleurs Cecile Gagnon Reviewed by Patricia Cooper Grades 3 to 6/Ages 8 to 11 1992 May Left Behind in Squabble Bay Jack Hodgins Reviewed by Lynne McAvoy Grades 5-9 / Ages 10-14 1988 November Legs et Bizou/Legs and Bizou Frances Cherry Reviewed by Howard Hurt Pre-school-Grade 3 1987 September Le Mariage D'une Puce: Contes D'Haiti Mimi Barthelemy Reviewed by Doris Lemoine Grades 4 and up/Ages 9 and up 1992 May Lemonade Parade Ben Brooks Reviewed by Kay Kerman Kindergarten to Grade 4 / Ages 5-9 1991 November Lena and the Whale Deirdre Kessler Reviewed by Rebecca Raven Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5-8 1991 November Leopard in the Afternoon: An African Tenting Safari Christopher Ondaatje Reviewed by Barbara Camfield Grades 6 and up / Ages 11 and up 1990 January The Leopard & the Lily Joan Clark Reviewed by Maureen Pammett Grades 1 and up 1985 March Les Tordus Débarquent! Christiane Duchesne Reviewed by Doris Lemoine Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up (francophone) Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up (French immersion) 1992 March Let Me in the Kitchen!: a Cookbook for Kids & Other First-Timers Susan Mendelson Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Grades 4 and up 1982 November Let's Go!/Allons-y! Lesley Fairfield Reviewed by Elizabeth Lockett Grades 2 and up 1984 March Let's Celebrate! Canada's Special Days Caroline Parry Reviewed by Joanne Robertson Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13 1988 March Letting Go Mary Woodbury Reviewed by Carol Carver Grades 4 to 6 / Ages 9 to 11 1992 September Level Ice Bob Wake Reviewed by Margaret Mackey Grades 6-9 / Ages 11-14 1991 March Le Vol du Siecle Chrystine Brouillet Reviewed by Doris Lemoine Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12 1991 November The Lie Marion Mineau Reviewed by Enid Dorward Grades k-3 1985 March Life at the Seashore Helen Mason Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9 1991 March Life Through the Ages Bobbie Kalman Reviewed by Gerri Young Kindergarten to Grade 6 1988 September The Light on Chantry Island Ray Mifflin and Mary Weeks-Mifflin Reviewed by Neil V. Payne Grades 6 and up 1986 November Light Magic and Other Science Activities About Energy Trudy Rising and Peter Williams Reviewed by Brenda Partridge Grades 2-6 / Ages 7-11 1994 September Like Me and You Raffi and Debbie Pike Reviewed by Christine Buchanan Grades Pre-school to Grade 1 / Ages 3 to 6 1994 September Like a TV Hero Brenda Bellingham Reviewed by Donna Doyle Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12 1992 March The Lion and the Savannah Dave Taylor Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 3-8 / Ages 8-13 1991 October Lions in Winter Goyens, Chrys and Allan Turowetz Reviewed by John Mitchell Grades 6 and up 1987 March Lisa Makes the Headlines and Other Stories Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler with Eve Jennings Reviewed by Ronald A. Jobe Grades 2-4 1987 March Listen to Me, Grace Kelly Sandy Frances Duncan Reviewed by Patricia Cooper Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12 1990 November Little Bear Can't Sleep Sylvie Assathiany and Louise Pelletier Reviewed by Patricia Sentance Preschool / Ages 1-3 1985 July The Little Boy Who Cried Himself to Sea Eugenie Fernandes Reviewed by Margaret Montgomery Pre-School 1983 January The Little Crooked Christmas Tree Michael Cutting Reviewed by Patricia L.M. Butler Preschool to Grade 4 / Ages 4-9 1990 November Little Kiwi at the Beach May Rousseau Reviewed by Marion Scott Preschool to Kindergarten / Ages 3 to 5 1992 March Little by Little: A Writer's Eduction Jean Little Reviewed by Jean Farquharson Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1988 July The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Andersen Reviewed by Joan Weller Grades 3 and up / Ages 8 and up 1984 July The Little Seamstress Ethel Williamson Reviewed by Patrick Dunn Ages 4 to 7 1988 January Little Net Fisher: A Tale of the Gaspe Jacques de Thorenc Reviewed by Caroline Thompson Grades 3-6 / Ages 8-11 1994 October Little Red Riding Hood Retold by Dympna Hayes Reviewed by Alison Mews Preschool to Grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1989 September Little Snowshoe Ellen Bryan Obed Reviewed by Janice Foster Pre-School-Grade 2 1985 November Little Stitch Magaret Bunel Edwards Reviewed by Wendy Carter Pre-School-Grade 3 1987 July Little Water and the Gift of the Animals C.J. Taylor Reviewed by Kay Kerman Grades K-3 / Ages 5-8 1993 January A Little Wilderness: the Natural History of Toronto Bill Ivy Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook All Ages 1983 November The Live Forever Machine Kenneth Oppel Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1991 January The Living Past of Montréal Eric McLean Reviewed by Melanie Fogel Grades 5 and up / Ages 10 and up 1994 May/June Lizzy's Lion Dennis Lee Reviewed by Adele M. Fasick Pre-School-Grade 2 1985 March Lobster in my Pocket Deirdre Kessler Reviewed by Nancy Tully Grades 1-3 / Ages 6-8 1988 January Lollypop: My Clothes Helene Desputeaux Reviewed by B. Chester Preschool 1992 March Lollypop: My Food Helene Desputeaux Reviewed by B. Chester Preschool 1992 March Lollypop: My House Helene Desputeaux Reviewed by B. Chester Preschool 1992 March Lollypop: My Toys Helene Desputeaux Reviewed by B. Chester Preschool 1992 March The Lonely Seagull Rick Book Reviewed by Pearl Herscovitch Grades 1 to 3/Ages 6 to 8 1993 September The Longest Halloween Rochelle Lisa Ash Reviewed by Brenda Watson Grades 1 to 3 1988 January A Long Hard Day on the Ranch Audrey Nelson Reviewed by Jane M. Smith Kindergarten to Grade 2 / Ages 5-7 1989 July Long Nellie Deborah Turney-Zagwÿn Reviewed by Edith Strocen Grades 2-5 / Ages 7-10 1994 March/April Look! The Land is Growing Giants Joan Finnigan Reviewed by Jack Brown All Ages 1985 January Look at You!: a Fitness Approach Gail Reynolds Reviewed by Michael Freeman Grades 6-8 1983 May Looking at Plants David Suzuki with Barbara Hehner Reviewed by Eve Williams Grades 4-6 1986 January Looking at the Body David Suzuki and Barbara Hehner Reviewed by Eve Williams Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11 1988 January Looking at the Environment David Suzuki Reviewed by Fred Leicester Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11 1989 September Looking at the Moon Kit Pearson Reviewed by Dave Jenkinson Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13 1992 March Looking for Holes Niko Scharer Reviewed by Pat Butler Preschool-grade 3 / Ages 4-8 1994 October Looking at Insects David Suzuki with Barbara Hehner Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 2 and up / Ages 7 and up 1986 November The Lookout Book: A Child's Guide to Water Safety Cindy Blakely and Suzanne Drinkwater Reviewed by Marilyn Aldworth Grades K to 7 / Ages 5 to 12 1990 September The Look Out Book!: A Child's Guide to Street Safety Cindy Blakely and Suzanne Drinkwater Reviewed by Patricia Fry K-Grade 4 1987 March The Loon Lake Murders Robert Sutherland Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse Grades 4 to 9 1988 March Lorinda's Diary Budge Wilson Reviewed by Valerie Nielsen Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13 1992 May Lost and Found Jean Little Reviewed by Janice Foster Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10 1986 January Lost in the Barrens Farley Mowat Reviewed by H.A. Cook Grades 4 and up 1988 July The Lost Locket Carol Matas Reviewed by Adele M. Fasick Grades 4-6 / Ages 9-11 1994 October Louisbourg: An 18th Century Town A.J.B Johnston, K. Donovan, B.A. Balcom, A. Storm and the Cape Breton District School Board Reviewed by Jo Anna Burns Patton Grades 5-7 / Ages 10-12 1992 March Louisbourg/Growing Up in Louisbourg: Two Plays Patrick Walsh Reviewed by Pat Bolger Grades 6 and up 1986 September Louis and the Night Sky Nicola Morgan Reviewed by Joan Skogan Preschool to Grade 2 / Ages 3-7 1990 May Louis and the Night Sky Nicola Morgan Reviewed by Linda Holeman Pre-school to Grade 2/Ages 3 to 7 1993 September The Louse Colette Dufresne Reviewed by Hugh A. Cook Kindergarten-grade 6 / Ages 5-11 1992 May Love You Forever Robert Munsch Reviewed by André Gagnon Kindergarten and up / Ages 5 and up 1987 March Lower Mainland T.W. Paterson Reviewed by Adele Case Grades 6 and up 1985 May Loyalist Dress in Novas Scotia 1775-1800 Mary Archilbald, Elizabeth deMolitor and Cathy Holmes Reviewed by Joan M. Payzant Grades 6 and up 1983 November Loyalist Runaway Donna Smyth Reviewed by Constance Hall Grades 4-8 / Ages 9-13 1992 May The Lucky Old Woman Robin Muller Reviewed by Joan Weller Grades 2-4 / Ages 7-9 1988 May Lumberjack William Kurelek Reviewed by Dianne Clipsham Grades 4 and up 1985 May A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |