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Index of Book Reviews

Alphabetical by Author K - O

A-E F-J P-T U-Z

 Kalman, Bobbie and Everts, Tammy
Butterflies and Moths
Review by Brenda Partridge
Grades K - 6 / Ages 3 - 12

CDNKalman, Bobbie and Tammie Everts, David Schimpky, Samantha Crabtree.
A Canoe Trip.
Review by William Benson.
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 7 - 11.

CDNKalman, Bobbie
How A Book Is Published
Review by Jane Robinson
Grades 1 - 6 / Ages 5 - 11

 Kalman, Bobbie and Everts, Tammy
Little Cats
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Grades K-4 / Ages 4-10

 Kalman, Bobbie and Everts, Tammy
Really Weird Animals
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Grades 1 - 5 / Ages 6 - 10

 Kalman, Bobbie and Everts, Tammy
Weird Animals
Review by Brian Rountree
Grades K-3 / Ages 5-10

 Kalman, Bobbie
Wings, Wheels and Sails
Review by Brenda Partridge
Grades K - 6 / Ages 3 - 12

 Kalman, Esther
Tchaikovsky Discovers America
Review by T. S. Casaubon
Grades 4-6 / Ages 8 and up

 CDNKeene, Tony
The Ship That Voted No and Other Stories of Ships and the Sea
Review by Neil V. Payne
Grade 7 - 13 / Ages 12 - Adult

CDNKenna, Kathleen
A People Apart
Review by Deborah Mervold
Grades 3 to 8 / Ages 8 to 13

cdnKing, Penny and Roundhill, Clare.
Stories - Artists' Workshop series.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Grades 2 - 8 / Ages 6 - 14.

CDNKirsh, Sharon
Fitting In.
Review by Sara Brodie.
Grades 6 - / Ages 11 - 14.

 Klassen, Dale
I Love to Play Hockey
Review by Dave Jenkinson
Preschool - Grade-2 / Ages 2 - 7

CDNKlassen, Sarah and Struthers, Betsy
Poets in the Classroom
Review by Catherine Cox
Professional

 Kneen, Maggie
Santa Bear's First Christmas
Review by A. Edwardsson
Preschool - Grade 2 / Ages 3 - 6

CDNKnight, Linda, ed
Winners: Resource-Based Units Cooperatively Planned by Teacher-Librarians and Teachers.
Review by Gail Lennon.
Professional.

 Korman, Gordon
Something Fishy at Macdonald Hall
Review by Janie Wilkins
Grades 4 - 8 / Ages 8 - 14

CDNKorman, Gordon
Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road?
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.

cdnKusugak, Michael Arvaarluk.
My Arctic 1,2,3.
Review by Naomi Gerrard.
Grades preschool - 2 / Ages 3 - 7.

 Kushner, Donn
The Night Voyagers
Review by Ted Monkhouse
Grades 6 - 9 / Ages 11 - 14

 CDNLadouceur, Barbara and Spence, Phyllis, editors
Blackouts to Bright Lights: Canadian War Bride Stories
Review by Grace Shaw
Grade 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult

 CDNLangston, Laura
The Magic Ear
Review by Ian McClaren.
Grades K - 4 / Ages 4 - 8

CDNLaw, Barbara and Eckes, Mary
Assessment and ESL: On the Yellow Big Road to the Withered of OZ
Review by Gail Lennon
Professional

cdnLawson, Julie.
Cougar Cove.
Review by Helen Norrie.
Grades 3 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.

CDNLawson, Julie
Too Many Suns.
Review by Diane Fitzgerald.
Grades K - 6 / Ages 5 - 10.

CDN Leblanc, Louise
Maddie in Danger
Translated by Sarah Halifax Cummins from Sophie est en Danger.
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 10

CDNLau, Yvonne and Nicholson, Libby
Creating with Fimo Acrylic Clay.
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 4 and Up / Ages 9 and Up.

 Leavey, Peggy Dymond
Help Wanted: Wednesdays Only
Review by Lorraine Douglas
Grades 5 - 13 / Ages 10 - 18

 Lee, Todd
The Twilight Marsh and Other Wilderness Adventures
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Grade 3 - 5 / Ages 8 - 11

 Levine, Shar and Johnstone, Leslie
Everyday Science: Fun and Easy Projects for Making Practical Things
Review by Joan Payzant
Grades 3 - 7/ Ages 8 - 12

 Levine, Shar and Johnstone, Leslie
Silly Science: Strange and Startling Projects to Amaze your Family and Friends
Review by Joan Payzant
Grades 3 - 7/ Ages 8 -12

CDNLewis, Amanda
Lettering: Make Your Own Cards, Signs, Gifts and More.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Grades 3 - 7 / Ages 8 - 12.

 Little, Jean
Mine for Keeps
Review by Joan Payzant
Grades 3 - 6 / Ages 8 -12

 Little, Jean
Revenge of the Small Small
Review by Joan Payzant
Grades K - 3 / Ages 4 - 8

 Little, Jean and Mackay, Claire
Bats about Baseball
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 10

 Livesey, Robert
The Defenders (Part of the Discovering Canada series.)
Review by Dave Jenkinson
Grades 4-8/ Ages 9-13

 Long, Teddy Cameron
Make Your Own Performing Puppets
Review by Lorraine Douglas
Grades 4 and Up / Ages 8 and Up

 Lunn, Janet
The Root Cellar. 2nd ed.
Review by John D. Crawford
Grades 3 - 9 / Ages 8 - 14

 Mackay, Claire and Little, Jean
Bats about Baseball
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 10

CDN MacKenzie-Smith, Ken
Kitchens of the World.
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 10 and Up / Ages 14 - Adult

 CDNManolson, Ayala with Ward, Barb and Doddington, Nancy
You Make the Difference: In Helping Your Child Learn
Review by Maryleah Otto
Professional

CDNMansbridge, Francis
Irving Layton: God's Recording Angel
Review by Ian Stewart
Grades 11 - 13 / Ages 16 and Up

CDNMansfield, Kimberley
Danced In My Brain: A Woman's Story of Addiction and Recovery
Review by Grace Shaw
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - 18

CDNManuel, Lynn
The Princess Who Laughed in Colours.
Review by Diane Fitzgerald.
Grades 2 - 5 / Ages 6 - 10.

CDNMassey, Don and Shields, Patricia
Canada: Its Land and People.
Review by Michel F. Kallio.
Grades 4 - 6 / Ages 8 - 11.

cdnMatas, Carol.
After the War.
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 7 - 9 / Ages 12 - 15.

CDN Matas, Carol
The Primrose Path
Review by Dave Jenkinson
Grades 6 - 10 / Ages 11 - 15

CDNMayer, Jeni
Mystery of the Missing Will
Review by Joanne Robertson.
Grades 5 - 8 / Ages 10 -13.

 McCarthy, Maureen
Lonely in a cool, sweet way
Review by Patricia Fry
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 15 - Adult

 McClintock, Norah
Mistaken Identity
Review by Leslie Millar
Grades 9 - 12 / Ages 14 - 18

CDNMcCracken, Robert and Marleen
Reading, Writing and Language (Second Edition)
Review by Gail Lennon
Professional: K - 3

 McDiarmid, Louise, and Aubrey, Irene
Share a Tale: Canadian Stories to Tell to Children and Young Adults
Review by Dave Jenkinson
Grades 6-13 / Ages 11and up

CDNMcDonough Suzanne and Garfield, Gary
Modems, Megabytes and Me! Telecommunicating Across the Curriculum
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Teachers: K - 8

cdnMcFarlane, Cheryl.
Going to the Fair.
Review by Dave Jenkinson.
Preschool - Grade 2 / Ages 5 - 7.

 McFarlane, Cheryl
Tides of Change: Faces of the Northwest Coast
Review by Lorraine Douglas
All Ages

CDNMcKay, Sharon
Pat-a-Cake Dough Book and Kit.
Review by Joan Payzant
Preschool - Grade 1 / Ages 3 - 6.

CDNMcLellan, Joe.
Nanabosho and the Woodpecker.
Review by Lorraine Douglas.
Grades K - 3 / Ages 4 - 8.

CDNMcLerran, Alice
The Ghost Dance.
Review by MaryLynn Gagne.
Grades 1 - 6 / Ages 6 -10.

 McMahon, John
Almost a Lifetime
Review by Neil V. Payne
Grade 9 - 13 / Ages 13 - Adult

CDNMcNicholl, Sylvia
The Big Race!
Review by A. Edwardsson.
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 9.

CDNMelling, O.R.
My Blue Country.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 10 - 12 / Ages 15 - 19.

 Mereweather, Kadri; Grant, Janet Millar; Heffler, Barbara
Student-Led Conferences
Review by Katherine Matthews
Professional

CDNMerritt, Susan E.
Her Story II: Women from Canada's Past
Review by Catherine Cox
Grades 5 - 10 / Ages 9 - 15

CDNThe Metropolitan Toronto School Board
Getting It All Together: Curriculum Integration in the Transition Years
Review by Gail Lennon
Professional: Grades 7 - 10

CDNMiller, James R.
Big Bear (Mistahimusquay).
Review by Ian Stewart.
Grades 10 and Up / Ages 16 - Adult.

CDNMills, Judith Christine
The Stonehook Schooner
Review by Leslie Millar
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 10

 Mogelon, Alex
The People of Many Faces: Masks, Myths and Ceremonies of the Iroquois
Review by Adele Case
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult

 Mollel, Totolwa
Big Boy
Review by Harriet Zaidman
Grade Preschool - 3 / Ages 4 - 8

 Montgomery, L.M., edited by Rea Wilmshurst
Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 4 and Up / Ages 8 - Adult

 Montpetit, Charles, editor
The First Time: Volumes I and II
Review by Kathleen L. Kellett-Betsos
Grade 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adul.

CDNMorris, Neil
Caves
Review by Alison Mews
Grades 2 - 4 / Ages 7 - 9

 Moore, Ishbel
Branch of the Talking Teeth
Review by Helen Norrie
Grades 4-7 / Ages 9-12 /

 Morris, Ruth and Heffren, Colleen
Street People Speak
Review by Kathleen L. Kellett-Betsos
Grades 10 - 13 / Ages 14 - Adult

 Morrison, Terry
The Fog Spinner
Review by Lorraine Douglas
Grades 1 - 3 / Ages 5 - 8

 Morton, Desmond
The United Nations: Its History and the Canadians Who Shaped It
Review by Caroline Thomson
Grades 5 - 9 / Ages 10 - 15

 Neilson, Lorri
A Stone in My Shoe: Teaching Literacy in Times of Change.
Review by Joanne Peters
Professional

 Nelson, Rosemary
Dragon in the Clouds
Review by Irene Gordon
Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12

 Nelson, Rosemary
Dragon in the Clouds Study Guide
Review by Irene Gordon
Grade 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12

CDNNicholson, Libby and Lau, Yvonne
Creating with Fimo Acrylic Clay.
Review by Luella Sumner.
Grades 4 and Up / Ages 9 and Up.

cdnNickel, Barbara Kathleen.
The Secret Wish of Nannerl Mozart.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 10 - 13.

CDNNoble, Duncan and Swartman, Robert, eds.
The Canadian Renewable Energy Guide (First Edition)
Review by Gerri Young.
Grades 10 and Up / Ages 16 - Adult.

 Nolan, Helen
How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall is 1000?
Review by A. Edwardsson
Grades 1 - 6 / Ages 4 - 10

CDNNorris, John.
Historic Nelson: The Early Years.
Review by Thomas F. Chambers.
Grade 10 and Up / Ages 15 - Adult.

cdnNorris, John.
Historic Nelson: The Early Years.
Review by Joan Payzant.
Grades 10 and up / Ages 15 to adult.

 Northrop, Claire
Around the World in Eighteen Plays: Folk-tale Scripts for the Classroom
Review by Patricia Fry
Grades K - 6 / Ages 5 - 11

 Oberman, Sheldon
The White Stone in the Castle Wall
Review by Dave Jenkinson
Kindergarten to Grade 3 / Ages 5- 8

CDNOliviero, Jamie
The Day Sun Was Stolen
Review by Jennifer Johnson
Grades Preschool - 4 / Ages 4 - 8

CDN Oliviero, Jamie
Som See and the Magic Elephant
Review by Lorraine Douglas
Grades 1 - 3 / Ages 5 - 8

cdnOppenheim, Joanne.
Have You Seen Bugs?
Review by Naomi Gerrard.
Grades K - 2 / Ages 3 - 7.

 Ottley, Matt
What Faust Saw
Review by Diane Fitzgerald
Preschool - Grade 2 / Ages 2 - 6

cdnOwens, Della
Going to Visit Kou-Kum.
Review by Harriet Zaidman.
Grades K - 3 / Ages 4 - 8.

CDN Owens, Yvonne.
The Cup of Mari Anu.
Review by Maryleah Otto.
Grades 4 - 7 / Ages 9 - 12.
Review by Maryleah Otto.

Index of Book Reviews

Alphabetical by Author

A-E F-J P-T U-Z


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