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.
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
First Nations
Stories of Canada’s history through the eyes of the First Nations people.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to buy? |
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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+ |
Inuit Peoples
Stories of Canada’s history through the eyes of the Inuit People.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where To Buy |
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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+ |
Vikings
Stories of the Vikings arriving in Canada.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
Explorers
Stories of the first European Explorers to Canada.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where To Buy |
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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 |
Acadia
Stories of the Acadian People.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where To Buy? |
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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+ |
New France
Stories of the first European Settlers in Canada.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where To Buy |
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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+ |
Fur Trade
Stories of the fur trade.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where To Buy |
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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 |
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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+ |
Seven Years War
Or the American version: “The French & Indian War”.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy? |
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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 |
United Empire Loyalists
Stories of the families who were loyal to the British Empire.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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+ |
War of 1812
Stories of the war between the United States and Britain.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Underground Railroad
Stories of the slaves who made an escape to freedom.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
Rebellion of 1837
Stories of the Upper Canada Rebellion.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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+ |
Exploration of the West
Stories of the explorers who headed west.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
Opening of the West
Stories of RCMP & the Railroad.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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+ |
Settlement of the West
Stories of the people who moved and settled in the west.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
Fenian Uprising
Stories of the 1866 raids of the Fenians on Canadian forts.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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+ |
Riel Rebellion
Stories of the rebellions led by Louis Riel.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
Arctic Exploration
Stories of the explorers who headed north to the Arctic.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
Gold Rush
Stories of the gold rush of British Columbia.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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+ |
Klondike Gold Rush
Stories of the gold rush in the Yukon.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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+ |
Life in the 1800s
Stories of the people who lived in Canada during the 1800s.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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+ |
WWI
Stories of Canadians and the First World War.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
Life in the 1900’s
Stories of life before WWII.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
The Great Depression
Stories of the 1930s, in the midst of the Great Depression.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
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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 |
WWII
Stories of Canadians and the Second World War.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
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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+ |
Modern Canadian History
Stories since the Second World War.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
Canadian History
Stories that cover other topics or wide sections – or all – of Canadian history.
Title | Author | Publisher | Age Range | Where to Buy |
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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 |
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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 |
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Famous Dead Canadians 2 | Joanne Stanbridge | Scholastic Canada | Amazon |
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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 |
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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+ |
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Thanks so much for all the great titles, I look forward to finding these books to add to our Canadian collection.
Thanks for the collection of titles. I was wondering if there were meant to be so many empty categories? or if there is a glitch with the list?
It’s taking longer to finish than I’d like. It’s high on my to-do list! Sorry! 😀 Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Hi! Thanks for the great start. Keep it up. The rest of the list can be found here:
http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/10946-calling-all-canadians-for-info-about-geography-and-history/
But this is outdated and difficult to read.
Thanks!
I’m still working on finishing this. It’s on my “urgent” complete list lol.
Jyl has hosted the list here as well: http://www.freewebs.com/canadianhomeschool/nicolas%20list%20.htm 🙂
Is there a list based on age?
Hi Carol-Anne,
I don’t have an age based list, but I have been trying to record the recommended reading level on each book as I can.
What an impressive list! Thank you for this great resource!
Thank you so much for a living book list on Canadian History and for including the approximate age level. I will be using this list to create my high school Canadian History and Geography course.
So glad it’s helpful! I’m sure there’s so many more books that I still have yet to discover!
What an amazing list! This will be handy for years to come.
Another add would be Napachee – http://www.amazon.ca/Napachee-Robert-Feagan/dp/1550026364/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436144803&sr=8-1&keywords=napachee
Thanks! 🙂
Have you heard of ‘A Child’s Story of Canada” by Karin Moorhouse? I stumbled across it on the internet the other day and am trying to find out if it is a good resource. Unfortunately my library doesn’t have a copy so I can’t easily preview it myself.
https://www.penumbrapress.com/kids/childsstoryofcanada_canadasstory.php
Hi Lindsay,
I hadn’t heard of this book, but thanks for sharing it with me. I’ll reach out to the publisher to see if I can find out any more information.
Thanks!
Lisa Marie.
I just stumbled across this book at a library sale! It’s actually a great little book. Condensed but really good overview of Canadian history.
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