Canadian History Through Living Books

A great big thank you is due to a lady named Nicola who, in 2006, put together a long list of books of Canadian history.  It obviously took a lot of time and effort to compile the list, but as with all things – it’s time for an update. Jyl, who had generously posted the list online for everyone, gave me permission to use and expand on Nicola’s original list.

Below is a revamped, updated, and continuing list of living books for Canadian history. If you have any suggestions for a book that is missing, please – message me with the details!

I have read and reviewed some of these books. You can read my reviews by clicking on any of the book titles that are bolded with links.

Please note I have used affiliate links on this page.

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Table of Contents

First Nations • Inuit Peoples • Vikings • Explorers • Acadia • New France • Fur Trade • Seven Years War • United Empire Loyalists • War of 1812 • Underground Railroad • Rebellion of 1837 • Exploration of the West • Opening of the West • Settlement of the West • Fenian Uprising • Riel Rebellion • Arctic Exploration • Gold Rush• Klondike Gold Rush• Life in the 1800s • WWI • Life in the 1900s • The Great Depression • WWII • Modern Canadian History • Canadian History

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First Nations
Stories of Canada’s history through the eyes of the First Nations people.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to buy?
Mouse Woman and the Mischief Makers	Christie Harris	Raincoast Books	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Native Peoples	Robert Livesey	Stoddart	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Raven's Cry	Christie Harris	Douglas & Mcintyre	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Sacred Feathers: The Reverend Peter Jones (Kahkewaquonaby) and the Mississauga Indians	Donald B. Smith	University of Toronto Press	Gr. 9+	Amazon
Sweetgrass	Jan Hudson	Puffin	Gr. 5+
The Whale People	Roderick L. Haig-Brown	Harbour	Gr. 5+	Amazon
White Calf	Cliff Faulknor		Gr. 4+
White Mist	Barbara Smucker	Puffin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
White Slaves of the Nootkas	John R. Jewitt	Heritage House Pub	Gr. 5+

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Inuit Peoples
Stories of Canada’s history through the eyes of the Inuit People.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where To Buy
Akavak	James Archibald Houston	HMH Books for Young Readers	Gr. 3+
Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones	Bonnie Shemie	Tundra Books	Gr. 2+	Amazon
Igloo Killinek	Kenneth C. Butler	Longmans Canada
Napachee	Robert Feagan	Dundurn
Tikta'liktak	James Archibald Houston	HMH Books for Young Readers	Gr. 3+
Wolf Run: A Caribou Eskimo Tale	James Archibald Houston	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	Gr. 3+

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Vikings
Stories of the Vikings arriving in Canada.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
The Dream Carvers	Joan Clark	Puffin Canada	Gr. 9+
The Vikings	Elizabeth Janeway	Random House	Gr. 3+
The Vikings	Robert Livesey	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 4+
Viking Quest	Tom Henighan	Dundurn	Grade 7+	Amazon
Yikes, Vikings!	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon

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Explorers
Stories of the first European Explorers to Canada.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where To Buy
And Tomorrow The Stars: The Story of John Cabot	Kay Hill	JM Dent
Bay of the North - The Story of Pierre Radisson	Ronald Syme	Hodder & Stoughton	Gr. 3+
Beware, Pirates	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree Press	Gr. 1+	Amazon
Captured By the Mohawks	Sterling North	Dell Publishing	Gr. 4+
Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence	Esther Averill	Harpercollins	Gr.3+
Cartier, Finder of the St. Lawrence	Ronald Syme	William Morrow & Co Library	Gr. 3+
Champlain of the St. Lawrence	Ronald Syme	White Lion	Gr. 3+
Dangerous Cove	John F. Hayes	The Copp Clark Co. Limited	Gr. 5+
Henry Hudson	Ronald Syme	Morrow	Gr. 3+
Into Unknown Waters: John and Sebastian Cabot	Eric Norman Simons	Dobson Books Ltd
John Cabot & Son	David Goodnough	Troll Communications Llc
The Map Maker: The Story of David Thompson	Kerry Wood	MacMillian	Gr. 4+
Man From St. Malo	Robert D. Ferguson	Macmillan & Co	Gr. 5+
Mutiny in the Bay: Henry Hudson's Last Voyage	Robert S. Lambert	MacMillan
The Story of Champlain: The First Canadian	C.T. Ritchie	Macmillan	Gr. 5+
A Whale Tale	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon

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Acadia
Stories of the Acadian People.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where To Buy?
A Land Divided	John F. Hayes	The Copp, Clark Company, Limited	Gr. 5+
A Proper Acadian	Mary Alice Downie	Kids Can Press	Gr. 3+
Dear Canada: Banished From Our Home	Sharon Stewart	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Evangeline and the Acadians	Robert Tallent	Pelican Publishing	Gr. 3+	Amazon
The Hand of Robin Squires	Joan Clark	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Elizabeth #1 - Bless This House	Anne Laurel Carter	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Elizabeth #2 - Pirate Island	Anne Laurel Carter	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Elizabeth #3 - A Hornbook Christmas	Anne Laurel Carter	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Elizabeth #4 - Wide As Wings	Anne Laurel Carter	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+

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New France
Stories of the first European Settlers in Canada.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where To Buy
Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land	Maxine Trottier	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Winter of Peril	Jan Andrews	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Flight From The Fortress	Lyn Cook	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Frontenac and the Iroquois	Fred Swayze	Macmillan	Gr. 5+
Frontenac of New France	Robert Syme	William Morrow	Gr. 4+
Lost in the Snow	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1 - 3	Amazon
Madeleine Takes Command	Ethel C Brill	Ignatius Press	Gr. 5+	Amazon
New France	Robert Livesey	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Pioneer Settlers of New France	Joan Anderson	Dutton	Gr. 5+
Raiders of the Mohawk	Orlo Miller	The Canadiana Company limited	Gr. 5+
Soldier Girl	Richard A. Boning	Barnell Loft Ltd	Gr. 3+
Streets of Gold	George Rawlyk	Olympic Marketing Corp	Gr. 2-4
The Bold Heart: Story of Father Lacombe	Josephine Phelan	Canadiana Company Limited	Gr. 5+
The Hiding Place	Lyn Cook	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
The King's Daughter	Suzanne Martel	Groundwood Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The King's Loon	Mary Alice Downie	Kids Can Press	Gr. 3+
The Last Ship	Mary Alice Downie	PMA Books	Gr. 5+

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Fur Trade
Stories of the fur trade.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where To Buy
Adventurers from the Bay	Clifford Wilson	MacMillan and Co.	Gr. 5+
Dear Canada: Where the River Takes Me	Julie Lawson	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Eyewitness	Margaret Thompson	Ronsdale Press		Amazon
Fur Trader	Robert D. Ferguson	Macmillan	Gr. 5+
The Fur Traders	Robert Livesey	Turtleback Books	Gr. 5+
Fur Trader of the North	Ronald Syme	William Morrow	Gr. 3+
Hudson's Bay Company	Richard Morenus	Random House
Runner of the Woods	C.T. Ritchie	Macmillan	Gr. 5+
The Broken Blade	William Durbin	Yearling	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Last Fort: A Story of the French Voyageurs	Elizabeth Coatsworth	Literary Guild / Winston
The Nor'Westers	Marjorie Wilkins Campbell	Macmillan	Gr. 5+
Willa's New World	Barbara Demers	Coteau Books	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Wintering	William Durbin	Yearling	Gr. 4+	Amazon
With Pipe, Paddle and Song	Elizabeth Yates	Bethlehem Books	Gr. 6+

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Seven Years War
Or the American version: “The French & Indian War”.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy?
A Circle of Silver	Maxine Trottier	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Battle for the Rock	Joseph Schull	St. Martin's Press	Gr. 5+
Calico Captive	Elizabeth George Speare	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Death of My Country	Maxine Trottier	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Drummer Boy For Montcalm	Wilma Pitchford Hays	Macmillan of Canada	Gr. 3+
The Gold-Laced Coat: A Story of Old Niagara	Helen Fuller Orton	Old Fort Niagara Assn Inc	Gr. 4+
I Am Canada: Storm the Fortress	Maxine Trottier	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Last Fort	Elizabeth Coatsworth	Hamish Hamilton	Gr. 5+
Plains of Abraham	James O. Curwood	Fredonia Books	Gr. 6+	Amazon
With Wolfe in Quebec: The Winning of a Continent	George Hentry	Fireship Press	Gr. 6+	Amazon

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United Empire Loyalists
Stories of the families who were loyal to the British Empire.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Beginning Again: Further Adventures of a Loyalist Family	Mary Beacock Fryer	Dundurn	Gr. 5+	Amazon
By the Standing Stone	Maxine Trottier	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Charlotte	Janet Lunn	Tundra Books	Gr. 2+
Dear Canada: With Nothing But Courage	Karleen Bradford	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Escape, Adventures of a Loyalist Family	Mary Beacock Fryer	Dundurn	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Flight	Connie Brummel Crook	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 4+
A Hollow Tree	Janet Lunn	Seal Books	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Honor Bound	Mary Alice Downie	Quarry Press	Gr. 3+
The Hungry Year	Connie Brummel Crook	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Joseph Brant: A Man for His People	Helen Caister Robinson	Dundurn
The Loyal Refugees	Robert Livesey	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Meyer's Creek	Connie Brummel Crook	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 4+
Meyer's Rebellion	Connie Brummel Crook	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 4+	Amazon
On Loyalist Trails	John F. Hayes	The Copp Clark Company	Gr. 5+
The Perilous Year	Connie Brummel Crook	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Raiders of the Mohawk: The Story of Butler’s Rangers	Orlo Miller	MacMillan	Gr. 5+

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War of 1812
Stories of the war between the United States and Britain.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
A River Apart	Robert Sutherland	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Acts of Courage: Laura Secord & the War of 1812	Connie Brummel Crook	Pajama Press		Amazon
Battle of Lake Erie	Pierre Berton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
The Bully Boys	Eric Walters	Puffin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Canada Under Siege	Pierre Berton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
The Capture of Detroit	Pierre Berton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
Dear Canada: Whispers of War	Kit Pearson	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Death of Isaac Brock	Pierre Berton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
The Death of Tecumseh	Pierre Berton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
FireShip	Marianne Brandis	Porcupine's Quill	Gr. 4+
General Brock and Niagara Falls	Samuel Hopkins Adams	Random House	Gr. 3+
The Good Soldier: The Story of Isaac Brock	D.J. Goodspeed	MacMillan	Gr. 4+
I Am Canada: A Call to Battle	Gillian Chan	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Jeremy's War, 1812	John Ibbotson	Kids Can Press	Gr. 6+	Amazon
Laura's Choice	Connie Brummel Crook	Windflower Communications	Gr. 4+
Laura Secord: A Story of Courage	Janet Lunn	Tundra Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Loxleys & the War of 1812	Alan Grant et al.	Renegade Arts	Gr. 5+	Renegade Arts
Revenge of the Tribes	Pierre Berton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
Rowboat War: On the Great Lakes, 1812-14	Fred Swayze	Macmillan	Gr. 5+
Schooner's Revenge	Robert Sutherland	Harper Trophy Canada	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Son of the Hounds	Robert Sutherland	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
The Other Elizabeth	Karleen Bradford	Starburst Digital Rights International Inc.	Gr. 3+	Amazon
The Soldier's Son	Terry Leeder	Dundurn	Gr.3+
The Story of the War of 1812	Colonel Red Reeder		Gr. 4+	Amazon
Tecumseh: The Story of the Shawnee Chief	Luella Bruce Creighton	St. Martin's Press
Treason at York	John F. Hayes	The Copp Clark Publishing Co.	Gr. 5+
Under a Shooting Star	Maxine Trotter	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 4+
The Bully Boys	Eric Walters	Puffin	Gr. 4+	Amazon

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Underground Railroad
Stories of the slaves who made an escape to freedom.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Brady	Jean Fritz	Puffin	Gr 4+	Amazon
Dark of the Moon	Barbara Haworth-Attard	Roussan	Gr 4+
Dear Canada: A Desperate Road to Freedom	Karleen Bradford	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Hurry, Freedom	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon
If You Travelled By Underground Railroad	Ellen Levine	Scholastic Teaching Resources	Gr 3+	Amazon
The Last Safehouse	Barbara Greenwood	Kids Can Press	Gr. 3+
North Winds Blow Free	Elizabeth Howard	Scottie	Gr 6+
Our Canadian Girl: Rachel #1 - A Mighty Big Imagining	Lynne Kositsky	Penguin Canada	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Rachel #2 - The Maybe House	Lynne Kositsky	Penguin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Rachel #3 - Certificate Of Freedom	Lynne Kositsky	Penguin Canada	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Rachel #4 - An Elephant Tree Christmas	Lynne Kositsky	Penguin Canada	Gr. 4+
Underground to Canada	Barbara Smucker	Puffin	Gr 5+	Amazon

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Rebellion of 1837
Stories of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
The Boy With an R In His Hand	James Reaney	Porcupine's Quill	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: A Rebel's Daughter	Janet Lunn	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
A Matter of Conscience	Mary Hosmar	Word Alive Press	Gr. 5+	Amazon
A Question of Loyalty	Barbara Greenwood	Scholastic Paperbacks	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Rebel on the Trail	Lyn Cook	MacMillan	Gr. 4+
Rebels Ride at Night	John F. Hayes		Gr. 5+

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Exploration of the West
Stories of the explorers who headed west.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
A Dog Came, Too: A True Story	Ainslie Manson	Groundwood Books	Gr. 2+
Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian Explorer	Ronald Syme	Morrow	Gr. 3+
Captain of the Discovery	Roderick Haig-Brown	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
The Map-Maker	Kerry Wood	MacMillan	Gr. 4+
The Savage River: Seventy-One Days With Simon Fraser	Marjorie Wilkins Campbell	Fifth House	Gr. 5+
The Sky Caribou	Mary Hamilton	PMA Books	Gr.2+
Trailmaker: Alexander Mackenzie	Richard S. Lambert	McClelland & Stewart
Vancouver, Explorer of the Pacific Coast	Robert Syme	Marrow	Gr. 3+
West to the Cariboo	Lorrie McLaughlin	MacMillan

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Opening of the West
Stories of RCMP & the Railroad.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
All Aboard!	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon
Bugles in the Hills	John F. Hayes	(unknown)	Gr. 5+
Dear Canada: A Ribbon of Shining Steel	Julie Lawson	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Force Carries On	T. Morris Longstreth	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
I Am Canada: Blood and Iron	Paul Yee	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Men in Sheepskin Coats	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
A Prairie Nightmare	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
The Queen's Cowboy	Kelly Wood	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
The Railway Pathfinders	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
The Railways	R. Livesey & A.G. Smith	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police	Richard Neuberger	Random House	Gr. 4+
The Scarlet Force	T. Morris Longstreth	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
Steel Across the Plains	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
Steel Across the Shield	Pierre Burton		Gr. 4+
Steel Ribbon	John F. Hayes	Copp Clark	Gr. 5+

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Settlement of the West
Stories of the people who moved and settled in the west.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Dear Canada: A Prairie As Wide as the Sea	Sarah Ellis	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Doll	Cora Taylor	Greystone Books	Gr. 5+	Amazon
The Great Chief: Maskepetoon: Warrior of the Crees	Kerry Wood & John A. Hall	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
Ida and the Wool Smugglers	Sue Ann Alderson	Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre	Gr. 1+
On the Case	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon
Pettranella	Betty Waterton	Groundwood	Gr. 1+
Pioneer Girl	Maryanne Caswell	Tundra Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Storm Child	Brenda Bellingham	Lorimer	Gr. 4+
Tell Me, Grandmother	Lyn Hancock	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 5+
When Calls the Heart	Janette Oke	Bethany House Publishers	Gr. 6+	Amazon

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Fenian Uprising
Stories of the 1866 raids of the Fenians on Canadian forts.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
The Ballad of D’Arcy McGee: Rebel in Exile	Josephine Phelan	Macmillan
Spy in the Shadows	Barbara Greenwood	Kids Can Press	Gr. 5+
The Stone Orchard	Susan E. Merritt	Vanwell Publishing Ltd	Gr. 4+

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Riel Rebellion
Stories of the rebellions led by Louis Riel.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Buckskin Brigadier: The Story of the Alberta Field Force	Edward McCourt	Macmillan
Dear Canada: Blood Upon Our Land	Maxine Trottier	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Fifty Dollar Bride: Marie Rose Smith	Jack Carpenter	Gray's Publishing
Flaming Prairie	John F. Hayes		Gr. 5+
Perilous Prairie	Dickson Reynolds	The Ryerson Press
Revolt in the West	Edward McCourt	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
Soldier Boys	David Richards	Thistledown Press	Gr. 6+	Amazon
A Very Small Rebellion	Jan Truss	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon

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Arctic Exploration
Stories of the explorers who headed north to the Arctic.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Across Frozen Seas	John Wilson	Dundurn	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Arctic Assignment	SGT. F.S. Farrar	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
Coppermine Journey	Farley Mowat	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 6+
Dr. Kane of the Arctic Seas	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
I Am Canada: Graves of Ice	John Wilson	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Jane Franklin's Obsession	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
The Link Between the Oceans	Leslie H. Neatby
Mystery in the Frozen Lands	Martyn Godfrey	Lorimar	Gr. 5+
Parry of the Arctic	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
Trapped in the Arctic	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
The True North: The Story of Captain Joseph Bernier	T.C. Fairley	MacMillan

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Gold Rush
Stories of the gold rush of British Columbia.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Cariboo Runaway	Sandy F. Duncan	Pacific Edge Publishing	Gr. 4+
Dear Canada: A Trail of Broken Dreams	Barbara Haworth-Attard	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: An Ocean Apart	Gillian Chan	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Golden Rose	Dayle Campbell Gaetz		Gr. 5+
Our Canadian Girl: Lisa #1- Overland To Cariboo	Priscilla Galloway	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Lisa #2 -The Trail To Golden Cariboo	Priscilla Galloway	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Lisa #3 -The Trouble With Gold	Priscilla Galloway	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Lisa #4 - Have I Found A Goldmine	Priscilla Galloway	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Quest in the Cariboo	John F. Hayes	Copp Clark	Gr. 5+

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Klondike Gold Rush
Stories of the gold rush in the Yukon.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Before the Gold Rush	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
Bonanza Gold	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
Call of the Wild	Jack London	Dover Publications	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Crazy for Gold	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon
The Cremation of Sam McGee	Robert W. Service	Kids Can Press	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Down the Yukon	Will Hobbs	Middle Grade	Gr. 5+	Amazon
The Golden Trail	Pierre Burton	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+
Gold-Fever Trail	Monica Hughes	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Jason's Gold	Will Hobbs	Middle Grade	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Kings of the Klondike	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
The Klondike Stampede	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
Martha Black, Gold Rush Pioneer	Carol Martin	Douglas & McIntyre	Gr. 2+
Our Canadian Girl: Emily #4 - Summer of Gold	Julie Lawson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Stampede for Gold: The Story of the Klondike Rush	Pierre Burton	Sterling
Trails of '98 : The Great Klondike Gold Rush	Pierre Burton	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 4+
Yukon River: An Adventure to the Gold Fields of the Klondike	Peter Louie	Boyds Mills Press	Gr. 3+

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Life in the 1800s
Stories of the people who lived in Canada during the 1800s.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Alexander Graham Bell, An Inventive Life	Elizabeth MacLeod	Kids Can Press	Gr. 3+	Amazon
The Backwoods of Canada	Catharine Parr Traill	New Canadian Library	Gr. 7+	Amazon
The Belonging Place	Jean Little	Puffin Canada	Gr. 3+	Amazon
Beyond the Waterfall	Elaine Breault Hammond	Ragweed Books	Gr. 5+
The Broken Blade	William Durbin	Yearling	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Buckskin Colonist	John F. Hayes	The Copp Clark Publishing Co.	Gr. 5+
Canal Boy	Marion Greene	The Macmillan Company of Canada	Gr. 5+
Danger on the Tracks	Bill Freeman	Lorimer	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: A Country of Our Own	Karleen Bradford	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Days of Toil and Tears	Sarah Ellis	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Flame and Ashes	Janet McNaughton	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Footsteps in the Snow	Carol Matas	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Orphan At My Door	Jean Little	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: A Sea of Sorrows	Norah McClintock	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Death Over Montreal	Geoffrey Bilson	Kids Can Press	Gr. 4+
Eliza's Best Wednesday	Carol Sargent	Kids Can Press	Gr. 2+	Amazon
First Lady of Upper Canada	Florence McLaughlin	Burns & MacEachern	Gr. 5+
First Spring on the Grand Banks	Bill Freeman	Lorimer	Gr. 4+
Glengarry School Days	Ralph Connor	New Canadian Library	Gr. 7+	Amazon
Harbour Thieves	Bill Freeman	Lorimer	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Lamplighter	Bernice Thurman Hunter	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 3+
The Last Voyage of the Scotian	Bill Freeman	Lorimer	Gr. 4+
The Legends of the Lake on the Mountain: An Early Adventure of John A. Macdonald	Roderick Benns	Fireside Publishing House	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush	Susanne Moodie	Createspace	Gr. 7+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Angelique #1 - Buffalo Hunt	Cora Taylor	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Angelique #1 The Long Way Home	Cora Taylor	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Angelique #3 - Autumn Alone	Cora Taylor	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Angelique #4 - Angel In The Snow	Cora Taylor	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Emily #1 - Across the James Bay Bridge	Julie Lawson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Emily #2 - Disaster on the Bridge	Julie Lawson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Emily #3 - Building Bridges	Julie Lawson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Marie-Claire #1 - Dark Spring	Kathy Stinson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Marie-Claire #2 - A Season of Sorrow	Kathy Stinson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Marie -Claire #3 - The Vistors	Kathy Stinson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Marie -Claire #4 - Angels In Winter	Kathy Stinson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Pioneer Crafts	Barbara Greenwood	Kids Can Press	Gr. 3+
A Pioneer Story: Daily Life of a Canadian Family in 1840	Barbara Greenwood	Kids Can Press	Gr. 3+
A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of the Harvest Celebration	Barbara Greenwood	Kids Can Press	Gr. 3+	Amazon
The Pioneer Years	Barry Broadfoot	Doubleday	Gr. 8+
Prairie Fire!	Bill Freeman	Lorimer	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Quarter-Pie Window	Marianne Brandis	Tundra Books	Gr. 6+
Red River Adventure	J.W. Chalmers	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
Rescue At Fort Edmonton	Rita Feutl	Coteau Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Root Cellar	Janet Lunn	Seal Books	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Roughing It in the Bush	Susanne Moodie	Createspace	Gr. 7+	Amazon
The Secret of Willow Castle	Lyn Cook	MacMillan
Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt	Barbara Smucker	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 1+	Amazon
Selina and the Shoo-Fly Pie	Barbara Smucker	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 1+
Shantymen of Cache Lake	Bill Freeman	Lorimer	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Sign of the Scales	Marianne Brandis	Tundra Books	Gr. 6+	Amazon
Stop that Stagecoach!	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1 - 3	Amazon
The Tinderbox	Marianne Brandis	Tundra Books	Gr. 6+
The Tin-Lined Trunk	Mary Hamilton	Kids Can Press	Gr. 4+
Tom Penny and the Grand Canal	Tony German	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 5+
The Tramp Room	Nancy-Lou Patterson	Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Trouble at Lachine Mill	Bill Freeman	Lorimer	Gr. 6+	Amazon
The Value of Self-Discipline: The Story of Alexander Graham Bell	Ann Donegan Johnson	Value Communications	Gr. 2+
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada	Anna Jameson	Cambridge University Press	Gr. 7+	Amazon
Wintering	William Durbin	Raven Products Inc.	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Within a Painted Past	Hazel Hutchins	Annick Press	Gr. 5+

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WWI
Stories of Canadians and the First World War.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Chaos in Halifax	Cathy Beveridge	Ronsdale Press	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Days of Terror	Barbara Smucker	Puffin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Brothers Far From Home	Jean Little	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: No Safe Harbour	Julie Lawson	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Halifax Disaster	Ernest Fraser Robinson	Vanwell Pub.	Gr. 5+
Halifax Explodes!	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1- 3	Amazon
I Am Canada: Fire in the Sky	David Ward	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
I Am Canada: Shot at Dawn	John Wilson	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
In Flanders Fields	Linda Granfield	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 3+	Amazon
Irish Chain	Barbara Haworth-Attard	Harper Trophy Canada	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Knights of the Air	John Norman Harris	MacMillan	Gr. 5+
Our Canadian Girl: Millie - Book #1 - Ride The River	Troon Harrison	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Millie - Book 2 -The Button Necklace	Troon Harrison	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Millie - Book 3 - The Star Supper	Troon Harrison	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Millie - Book 4 - Dandelion Days	Troon Harrison	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Penelope #1 - Terror in the Harbor	Sharon E McKay	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Penelope #2 - The Glass Castle	Sharon E. McKay	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Penelope #3 - An Irish Penny	Sharon E. McKay	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Penelope #4 - Christmas Reunion	Sharon E. McKay	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Rilla of Ingleside	Lucy Maud Montgomery		Gr. 5+	Amazon

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Life in the 1900’s
Stories of life before WWII.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy?
Amy's Promise	Bernice Thurman Hunter	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+
Anne of Green Gables	L.M.Montgomery		Gr. 4+
The Auction	Jan Andrews	Groundwood Books	Gr. K-2	Amazon
Belle's Journey	Marilynn Reynolds	Crow Cottage Publishing	Gr. K+	Amazon
Dear Canada: All Fall Down	Jean Little	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: If I Die Before I Wake	Jean Little	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+
Dear Canada: That Fatal Night	Sarah Ellis	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: An Ocean Apart	Gillian Chan	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Emily Carr's Woo	Constance Horne	Oolichan Books	Gr. 3+
Flying High!	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1 - 3	Amazon
Goodbye Sarah	Geoffrey Bilson	Kids Can Press	Gr. 4+
Grass Beyond The Mountains	Richmond P. Hobson	McClelland & Stewart		Amazon
Graveyard of the Sea	Penny Draper	Coteau Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
His Banner Over Me	Jean Little	Puffin Canada	Gr. 5+
Home Child	Barbara Haworth-Attard	Harper Trophy Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
I Am Canada: Deadly Voyage	Hugh Brewster	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story	Jim McGugan	Red Deer Press	Gr. 4+
Klee Wyck	Emily Carr	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 7+	Amazon
Lost in the Barrens	Farley Mowat	Emblem Editions	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Make it Fair!	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon
Margaret in the Middle	Bernice Thurman Hunter	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+
Margaret on Her Way	Bernice Thurman Hunter	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+
Mrs. Mike	Benedict Freedman	Berkley	Gr. 7+	Amazon
Nellie L.	Connie Crook	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 4+
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy	Richmond P. Hobson	McClelland & Stewart		Amazon
Our Canadian Girl Keeley #1 The Girl From Turtle Mountain	Deborah Ellis	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl Keeley #2 - Keeleys Big Story	Deborah Ellis	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl Keeley #3 - Keeley And The Mountain	Deborah Ellis	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl Keeley #4 Keeleys Journey	Deborah Ellis	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Outcasts of River Falls	Jacqueline Guest	Coteau Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Pioneer Kids	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1 - 3	Amazon
Pit Pony	Joyce Barkhouse	Formac	Gr. 3+	Amazon
A Place For Margaret	Bernice Thurman Hunter	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Promise Song	Linda Holeman	Tundra Books	Gr. 5+	Amazon
The Rancher Takes a Wife	Richmond P. Hobson	McClelland & Stewart
SOS! Titanic!	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1 - 3	Amazon
Stormstruck	Cathy Beveridge	Ronsdale Press	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Terrible Roar of Water	Penny Draper	Coteau Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Terror at Turtle Mountain	Penny Draper	Coteau Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
They Called Her Mrs. Doc	Janette Oke	Bethany House Publishers	Gr. 6+	Amazon
Ticket to Curlew	Celia Barker Lottridge	Groundwood Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Trapped by Coal	Constance Horne	Pacific Educational Pr	Gr. 4+
Where the Saints Have Trod	Judith St.John	Oxford University Press	Gr. 5+
The White Stone in the Castle Wall	Sheldon Oberman	Tundra Books	Gr. K-3	Amazon

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The Great Depression
Stories of the 1930s, in the midst of the Great Depression.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
As for Me and My House	Sinclair Ross	New Canadian Library	Gr. 9+	Amazon
A Bird in the House	Margaret Laurence	New Canadian Library	Gr. 9+	Amazon
Breakaway	Paul Yee	Topeka Bindery	Gr. 7+
Butter Down the Well: Reflections of a Canadian Childhood	Robert Collins	Greystone Books		Amazon
Dear Canada: To Stand On My Own	Barbara Haworth-Attard	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
From Anna	Jean Little	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Stone Angel	Margaret Laurence	New Canadian Library	Gr. 9+	Amazon
Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939: Memories of Canadians Who Survived the Depression	Barry Broadfoot	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 8+	Amazon
That Scatterbrain Booky	Bernice Thurman Hunter	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
With Love From Booky	Bernice Thurman	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
As Ever, Booky	Bernice Thurman	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Who Has Seen the Wind	W.O. Mitchell	New Canadian Library	Gr. 6+	Amazon

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WWII
Stories of Canadians and the Second World War.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
A Child in Prison Camp	Shizuye Takashima	Tundra Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Catch Me Once, Catch Me Twice	Janet McNaughton	Stoddart Kids	Gr. 7+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Exiles From the War	Jean Little	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past	Carol Matas	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Torn Apart	Susan Aihoshi	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Dear Canada: Turned Away	Carol Matas	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Explosion at Dawson Creek	Elaine Breault Hammond	Nimbus Publishing	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Far From Home	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon
Hawk and Stretch	Bernice Thurman Hunter		Gr. 4+
High Flight: A Story of World War II	Linda Granfield	Tundra Books		Amazon
Hockeybat Harris	Geoffrey Bilson	Kids Can Press	Gr. 5+	Amazon
I Am Canada: Behind Enemy Lines	Carol Matas	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
I Am Canada: Prisoner of Dieppe	Hugh Brewster	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
I Am Canada: Sink and Destroy	Edward Kay	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Just Like New	Ainslie Manson	Groundwood	Gr. K +
The Lights Go On Again	Kit Pearson	Puffin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Listen to the Singing	Jean Little	Dutton	Gr. 4+
Looking at the Moon	Kit Pearson	Puffin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Naomi's Road	Joy Kogawa	Fitzhenry & Whiteside	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Old Brown Suitcase	Lillian Boraks-Nemetz	Ronsdale Press	Gr. 6+	Amazon
One More Border:The True Story of One Family's Escape from War-torn Europe	Shelly Tanaka	Groundwood Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Ellen- Book 1 - Hobo Jungle	Dorothy Joan Harris	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Ellen #2 - The Wishing Time	Dorothy Joan Harris	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Ellen #3 - The Waiting Time	Dorothy Joan Harris	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Ellen #4 - A Time For Courage	Dorothy Joan Harris	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Izzie - Book 1 - The Christmas That Almost Wasn't	Budge Wilson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Izzie #2 - Trongate Fury	Budge Wilson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+
Our Canadian Girl: Izzie #3 - Patricias Secret	Budge Wilson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Izzie #4 - Homecoming	Budge Wilson	Penguin Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Margit, Book 1 - Home Free	Kathy Kacer	Penguin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Margit - Book 2 - A Bit of Love and a Bit of Luck	Kathy Kacer	Penguin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Margit - Book 3 - Open Your Doors	Kathy Kacer	Penguin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Our Canadian Girl: Margit - Book 4 - A Friend in Need	Kathy Kacer	Penguin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Ships of the Great Days: Canada's Navy in WWII	Joseph Schull	Macmillan
Six War Years	Barry Broadfoot	Doubleday Canada	Gr. 8+
The Sky is Falling	Kit Pearson	Puffin Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Years of Sorrow, Years of Shame	Barry Broadfoot	Doubleday Canada	Gr. 8+

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Modern Canadian History
Stories since the Second World War.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Arctic Storm	Frieda Wishinsky	Maple Tree	Gr. 1-3	Amazon
The Night Hazel Came to Town	John Ibbitson		Gr. 7+
One Proud Summer	Marsha Hewitt	Women's Press	Gr. 6+
Pegeen and the Pilgrim	Lyn Cook	Tundra Books	Gr. 4+
Peril at Pier Nine	Penny Draper	Coteau Books	Gr. 4+	Amazon
The Railroader	Bernice Thurman Hunter	Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+
Terry Fox: His Story	Leslie Scrivener	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 6+	Amazon
The Treasure of the Long Sault	Monica Hughes	Fitzhenry and Whiteside	Gr. 6+
The Value of Facing a Challenge: The Story of Terry Fox	Ann Donegan Johnson	Value Communications	Gr. 2-4
The Value of Tenacity: The Story of Maurice Richard	Ann Donegan Johnson	Value Communications	Gr. 2-4

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Canadian History
Stories that cover other topics or wide sections – or all – of Canadian history.

Title	Author	Publisher	Age Range	Where to Buy
Beginnings	Ann Walsh	Ronsdale Press	Gr. 5+	Amazon
Canada and Her Story	Mary Graham Bonner	George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
The Canadian Story	May McNeer	Farrar	Gr. 3+
Dear Canada: A Christmas To Remember		Scholastic Canada	Gr. 4+	Amazon
Danger, Dinosaurs!	Frieda Wishinsky	OwlKids Books	Gr. 1+	Amazon
Famous Canadian Stories	George E. Tait	McClelland & Stewart	Gr. 5+
Famous Dead Canadians	Joanne Stanbridge	Scholastic Canada		Amazon
Famous Dead Canadians 2	Joanne Stanbridge	Scholastic Canada		Amazon
The Great Adventure: An Illustrated History of Canada for Young Canadians	Donalda Dickie	J.M. Dent & Co.	Gr. 4+
Great Canadian Lives: Portraits in Heroism to 1867	Karen Ford	Nelson Canada	Gr. 3+
The Kids Book of Canadian Prime Ministers	Pat Hancock	Kids Can Press		Amazon
My First History of Canada	Donalda Dickie	Red Leaf Press	Gr. 4+
O Canada	Isabel Barclay	Doubleday Books for Young Readers	Gr. 3+
O Canada: Our National Anthem	Calixa Lavallee	Scholastic Canada
One Dominion Under the Name of Canada: From 1800-1900	George E. Tait	The Ryerson Press
A Picture Gallery of Canadian History (3 Vols.)	C.W. Jefferies	The Ryerson Press	All Ages
A Picture History of Canada	Clarke Hutton	Oxford	Gr. 3+
The Story of Canada	Christopher Moore & Janet Lunn	Key Porter Books	Gr. 5+