Canadian History Books

Here is a list I was given literature based…  – grade levels are suggested reading levels

NATIVE INDIANS

The Chippewa Indians Rice Gatherers of the Great Lakes – Sonia Bleeker – Gr. 3+

Eagle Mask -James Houston -Gr. 3+

A Horse for Running Buffalo – Madeline Freeman – Gr. 5+

I am an Indian – Kent Gooderham

 Indian Captive – Lois Lenski – Gr. 4+

Many Beavers: The Story of a Cree Indian Boy – Henry Sinclair Drago – Gr. 3+

Mouse Woman and the Mischief-Makers – Christie Harris -Gr. 5+

The Native Peoples – Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith – Gr. 4+

Nkwala – Edith Lambert Sharp – Gr. 4+

O Children of the Wind and Pines – Laura Nelson Baker

Once More Upon a Totem – Christie Harris – Gr. 5+

People of the Trail (How the Northern Forest Indians Lived) – Robin & Jillian Ridington

 Raven’s Cry – Christie Harris – Gr. 5+

Sacred Feathers – Smith – Gr. 9+

The Sea Hunter Indians of the Northwest Coast – Sonia Bleeker – Gr. 3+

Sweetgrass – Jan Hudson – Gr. 5+

Tales the Totems Tell – Hugh Weatherby – Gr. 4+

Thunder in the Mountains – Hilda Mary Hooke – Gr. 3+

Totem Tipi and Tumpline: Stories of Canadian Indians – Olive Fisher & Clare Tyner – Gr. 4+

The Whale People – R. Haig Brown – Gr. 5+

White Mist – Barbara Smucker – Gr. 4+

White Slaves of the Nootkas – John R. Jewitt – Gr. 5+

 INUIT   

The Adventures of Oolakuk – Robert A. Ruttan –  

Akavak – James Houston – Gr. 3+

The Eskimo: Arctic Hunters and Trappers – Sonia Bleeker – Gr. 3+

The First Book of Eskimos – Benjamin Brewster –  

Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones – Bonnie Shemie – Gr. 3+

Igloo Killinek – Kenneth C. Butler –  

Tikta’liktak – James Houston – Gr. 3+

The White Archer – James Houston – Gr. 3+

Wolf Run: A Caribou Eskimo Tale – James Houston – Gr. 5+

 VIKINGS   

A Door To the North – Elizabeth Coatsworth –  

The Dream Carvers – Joan Clark – Gr. 9+

Lief Erikson The Lucky – Malcolm C. Jenson – Gr. 3+

Lief Eriksson-First Voyager to America – Katherine B. Shippen – Gr. 4+

Lief the Lucky – Ingri & Edgar D’Aulaire – Gr. 3+

Leif the Lucky, Discoverer of America – Erick Berry – Gr. 2-6

Snori and the Strangers – Nathaniel Benchley – Gr. 1-3

The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow – Allen French – Gr. 5+

Viking Adventure – Clyde Robert Bulla – Gr. 2+

The Vikings – Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith – Gr. 4+

Viking Quest – Tom Henighan – YA

The Vikings – Elizabeth Janeway – Gr. 3+

 EARLY EXPLORATION

And Tomorrow The Stars: The Story of John Cabot – Kay Hill –  

Bay of the North – The Story of Pierre Radisson – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

Captured By the Mohawks – Sterling North – Gr. 4+

Cartier, Finder of the St. Lawrence – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence – Esther Averill – Gr. 4+

Champlain, Father of New France –  Cecile Pepin Edwards – Gr. 3+

Champlain of the St. Lawrence – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

A Dog Came, Too: A True Story – Ainslee Manson – Gr. 1-3

The First Canadian – C.T. Ritchie – Gr. 5+

The French Explorers in America – Walter Buehr –  

Fur and Gold – Roderick Haig-Brown – 

Henry Hudson – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

Ghosts of James Bay (time travel, Henry Hudson) – by John Wilson – YA

Henry Hudson, Captain of Icebound Seas – Carl Carmer – Gr. 2-6

He Went with Champlain – Louise Andrews Kent – Gr. 4+

John and Sebastian Cabot – Henry Ira Kurtz –  

John Cabot and his Son Sebastian – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

John Cabot & Son – David Goodnough –  

Man From St. Malo – Robert D. Ferguson – Gr. 5+

Mutiny in the Bay – R.S. Lambert – Gr. 5+

The Pathfinders of North America – Edwin Guillet – Gr. 4+

Redcoat Sailor – R.S. Lambert – Gr. 5+

River of Canada – Thomas Bredin –  

Runner of the Woods – C.T. Ritchie – Gr. 5+

 ACADIA

The Dangerous Cove – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

Escape from Grand Pre – Frances C. Thompson – Gr. 2-4

Evangeline and the Acadians – Robert Tallant – Gr. 3+

The Hand of Robin Squires – Joan Clark – Gr. 5+

A Land Divided – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

Prisoner in Louisbourg – Zillah & Colin Macdonald – Gr. 5+

A Proper Acadian – M.A. Downie & G. Rawlyk – Gr. 3+

Secret Under the Whirlpool – Elaine Breault Hammond – Gr. 5+

Streets of Gold – George Rawlyk – Gr. 2-4

 NEW FRANCE

Anna and the Indians – Nan Shipley –  

Father Gabriel’s Cloak – Beulah Garland Swayze – Gr. 2-4

Frontenac and the Iroquois – Fred Swayze – Gr. 5+

Frontenac of New France – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

Journey into Danger – Theodora Herapath – Gr. 5+

The King’s Daughter – Suzanne Martel – Gr. 5+

The King’s Loon – Mary Alice Downie – Gr. 3+

The Last Ship – Mary Alice Downie – Gr. 2-4

Madeleine Takes Command – Ethel C. Brill – Gr. 4+

New France – Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith – Gr. 4+

Pioneer Settlers of New France – Joan Anderson – Gr. 3+

Quest for the Golden Gannett – Dorothy P. Barnhouse – Gr. 4+

Raiders of the Mohawk – Orlo Miller – Gr. 5+

The Sky Caribou – Mary Hamilton – Gr. 2-4

Soldier Girl – Richard A. Boning – Gr. 3+

The St. Lawrence: Seaway of North America – Anne Terry White  – Gr. 3+

Time Traveler Book of New France  -Morris Wernick – Gr. 3+

Tonty and the Iron Hand – Fred Swayze – Gr. 5+

The Wapiti – Monique Corriveau – Gr. 5+

 FUR TRADE

Adventures from the Bay  – Clifford Wilson – Gr. 5+

The Fur Traders – Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith – Gr. 4+

Fur Trader – Robert D. Ferguson – Gr. 5+

Fur Trader of the North – Roanld Syme – Gr. 3+

Hudson’s Bay Company – Richard Morenus –  

The Last Fort – Elizabeth Coatsworth –  

The Nor’Westers – Marjorie Wilkins Campbell – Gr. 5+

With Pipe, Paddle and Song – Elizabeth Yates –  

 7 YEARS WAR

(or as the Americans call it “THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR”

Battle For the Rock – Joseph Schull – Gr. 5+

Battle in the Wilderness – Konrad Kellen –  

Calico Captive – Elizabeth George Speare – Gr. 5+

Drummer Boy For Montcalm – Wilma Pitchford Hays – Gr. 3+

The Gold-Laced Coat – Helen Fuller Orton – Gr. 4+

Pontiac: Mighty Ottawa Chief – Virginia F. Voight – Gr. 2-6

With Wolfe in Quebec: The Winning of a Continen –  G.A. Henty – Gr. 6+

UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS   

Beginning Again, Further Adventures of a Loyalist Family – Mary Beacock Fryer – Gr. 5+

Charlotte – Janet Lunn – Gr. 2+

Drums of Niagara – Eric Acland – Gr. 5+

Escape, Adventures of a Loyalist Family – Mary Beacock Fryer – Gr. 5+

Flight – Constance Crook – Gr. 4+

A Hollow Tree – Janet Lunn – Gr. 4+

Honor Bound – Mary Alice Downie – Gr. 3+

The Loyal Refugees – Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith – Gr. 4+

Meyer’s Creek – Constance Crook – Gr. 4+

On Loyalist Trails – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

 LIFE IN THE 1700’S

Medicine Maid – The Life Story of a Canadian Pioneer – E.L. Hoople

WAR OF 1812   

1812: Jeremy and the General – John Ibbotson – Gr. 6+

The Battle of Lake Erie – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

Canada Under Siege – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Capture of Detroit – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Death of Isaac Brock – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Death of Tecumseh – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Defenders – Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith – Gr. 4+

Fire Ship – Marianne Brandis – Gr. 4+

General Brock and Niagara Fall –  – Samuel Hopkins Adams – Gr. 3+ 

The Good Soldier – D.J. Goodspeed – Gr. 5+

Laura’s Choice – Constance Crook – Gr. 4+

The Other Elizabeth – Karleen Bradford – Gr. 3+

Revenge of the Tribes – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Rowboat War – Fred Swayze – Gr. 5+

The Soldier’s Son – Terry Leeder – Gr. 3+

Son of the Hounds – Robert Sutherland – Gr. 6+

The Story of the War of 1812 – Colonel Red Reeder – Gr. 4+

Tecumseh – Luella Bruce Creighton – Gr. 5+

Treason at York – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Adventure at the Mill – Barbara & Heather Bramwell – Gr. 2-4

Brady – Jean Fritz – Gr. 4+

Dark of the Moon – Barbara Haworth-Attard – Gr. 5+

The House of Good Spirits – Donn Kushner – Gr. 7+

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad – Ellen Levine – Gr. 3+

The Last Safe House – Barbara Greenwood – Gr. 3+

North Winds Blow Free – Elizabeth Howard – Gr. 6+

Underground to Canada Lesson Plan – Barbara Smucker – Gr. 5+

 REBELLION OF 1837

The Boy with an R in his Hand – James Reaney – Gr. 4+

Bright to the Wanderer – Bruce Lancaster – Gr. 9+

A Question of Loyalty – Lesson Plan – Barbara Greenwood – Gr. 4+

Rebel on the Trail – Lynn Cook – Gr. 4+

Rebel Run – D. Harold Turner – Gr. 5+

Rebels Ride at Night – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

The Stone Cottage Mystery – Joyce Boyle – Gr. 5+

WESTERN EXPLORATION

Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian Explorer – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

Buckskin Brigadier – Edward McCourt – Gr. 5+

Captain of the Discovery – Roderick Haig-Brown – Gr. 5+

The Farthest Shores – Roderick Haig-Brown –  

From Sea to Sea: Alexander Mackenzie –   –  

The Map-Maker – Kerry Wood – Gr. 5+

The Savage River: Seventy-One Days With Simon Fraser – Marjorie Wilkins Campbell – Gr. 5+

Tales and Trails of Western Canada – Nell Macvicar & Irene Craig – Gr. 4+

Vancouver, Explorer of the Pacific Coast – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

 OPENING OF THE WEST (RCMP & THE RAILROAD)

Buckskin Colonist – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

Bugles in the Hills – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

The Force Carries On – T. Morris Longstreth – Gr. 5+

The Men in Sheepskin Coats – Pierre Berton- Gr. 4+ 

A Prairie Nightmare – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Queen’s Cowboy – Kerry Wood – Gr. 5+

The Railway Pathfinders – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Railways – Robert Livesey & A.G. Smith – Gr. 4+

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Richard L. Neuberger – Gr. 4+

The Scarlet Force – T. Morris Longstreth – Gr. 5+

Steel Across the Plains – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

 SETTLING OF THE WEST

The Blonde Voyageur – Nan Shipley – Gr. 7+

The Bold Heart – Josephine Phelan – Gr. 5+

The Buffalo Hunt – Donald and Eleanor Swainson – Gr. 2-4

Charles Bowen: Paul Bunyan of the Canadian West – W. Phillip Keller – Gr. 7+

The Doll – Cora Taylor – Gr. 5+

The Great Chief – Kerry Wood – Gr. 5+

Ian of Red River – Ragnhildur Guttormsson – Gr. 5+

Ida and the Wool Smugglers – Sue Ann Alderson – Gr. 1-3

Pettranella – Betty Waterton – Picture Book

Pioneer Girl -Maryanne Caswell – Gr. 4+

Red River Adventure – J. W. Chalmers – Gr. 5+

Storm Child – Brenda Bellingham – Gr. 4+

Tell Me, Grandmother – Lyn Hancock – Gr. 5+

Westward Ho! 1903 – Barbara Villy Cormack – Gr. 6+

When Calls the Heart – Janette Oke – Gr. 6+

1866- FENIAN UPRISING

Spy in the Shadows – Barbara Greenwood – Gr. 5+

The Stone Orchard – Susan E. Merrit – Gr. 4+

 REIL REBELLION

Battle Cry at Batoche by B. J. Bayle YA Flaming Prairies – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

On the Trail of Long Tom – W.T. Cutt – Gr. 7+

Perilous Prairie – Dickson Reynolds – 

 Revolt in the West – Edward McCourt – Gr. 5+

Soldier Boys – David Richards – Gr. 6+

A Very Small Rebellion – Jan Truss – Gr. 5+

ARCTIC EXPLORATION

Across Frozen Seas – John Wilson (time travel, Franklin expedition) – Young Adult

Arctic Assignment – SGT. F.S. Farrar – Gr. 5+

Coppermine Journey – Farley Mowat – Gr. 6+

Dr. Kane of the Arctic Seas – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

Jane Franklin’s Obsession – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Link Between the Oceans – Leslie H. Neatby –  

Mystery in the Frozen Lands – Martyn Godfrey – Gr. 5+

On Foot to the Arctic – Ronald Syme – Gr. 3+

Parry of the Arctic – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

Trapped in the Arctic – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The True North – T.C. Farley – Gr. 5+

 BC GOLD RUSH

Cariboo Runaway – Frances Duncan – Gr. 4+

The Doctor’s Apprentice (Barkerville blaze, 1868) – Ann Walsh – Young Adult

The Golden Rose – DAYLE CAMPBELL GAETZ – -Gr. 5+

The Man with the Yellow Eyes – Catherine Anthony Clark – Gr. 3+

Quest in the Cariboo – John F. Hayes – Gr. 5+

West to the Cariboo – Lorrie McLaughlin – Gr. 2-4

Your Time My Time (time travel, Barkerville) – Ann Walsh – Young Adult

KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH

Before the Gold Rush – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Bite of the Gold Bug – Barthe DeClements – Gr. 3+

Bonanza Gold – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

City of Gold – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Cremation of Sam McGee – Robert W. Service – Gr. 5+

The Golden Trail – Pierre Berton – Gr. 5+

Gold-Fever Trail – Monica Hughes – Gr. 5+

Kings of the Klondike – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

The Klondike Stampede – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

Martha Black, Gold Rush Pioneer – Carol Martin –  

Stampede North – Ruth Franchere – Gr. 5+

Trails of ’98 – Pierre Berton – Gr. 4+

When Men Panned Gold in the Klondike – Edward C. Janes – Gr. 3+

Yukon River: An Adventure to the Gold Fields of the Klondike – Peter Lourie – Gr. 3+

LIFE IN THE 1800’S

The Accidental Orphan (late 1800s, orphans, Manitoba homesteading)–Constance Horne – Gr. 3+

Young Adult Alexander Graham Bell, An Inventive Life – Elizabeth MacLeod –  

Alexander Graham Bell, Man of Sound – Elizabeth Rider Montgomery – Gr. 2-6

All About Niagara Falls – Linda Granfield – Gr. 3+

The Back Woods of Canada – Catherine Parr Trail – Gr. 7+

The Belonging Place – Jean Little – Gr. 3+

Beyond the Waterfall – Elaine Breault Hammond – Gr. 5+

Canal Boy – Marion Greene – Gr. 5+

Danger in the Coves – Frances C. Thompson – Gr. 2-4

Danger on the Tracks – Bill Freeman – Gr. 4+

Death Over Montreal – Geoffrey Bilson – Gr. 4+

Eleanore’s Diary – Caroline Parry – Gr. 5+

Eliza’s Best Wednesday – Catherine Lalonde – Gr. 2+

First Lady of Upper Canada – Florence McLaughlin – Gr. 5+

First Spring on the Grand Banks – Bill Freeman – Gr. 4+

Forgotten Canadians – Herbert Fairlie Wood –  

Glengarry School Days – Lesson Plan – Ralph Connor – Gr. 7+

Harbour Thieves – Bill Freeman – Gr. 4+

Hester’s Summer – Gordon Cooper – Gr. 5+

Lamplighter – Bernice Thurman Hunter – Gr. 3+

The Last Voyage of the Scotian – Bill Freeman – Gr. 4+

Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush – Susannah Moodie – Gr. 7+

The Mennonite Canadians – Joanne Flint –  

Pioneer Crafts – Barbara Greenwood – Gr. 3+

A Pioneer Story: Daily Life of a Canadian Family in 1840 – Barbara Greenwood – Gr. 3+

A Pioneer Thanksgiving: A Story of the Harvest Celebration – Barbara Greenwood – Gr. 3+

The Pioneer Years – Barry Broadfoot – Gr. 8+

Prairie Fire! – Bill Freeman – Gr. 4+

The Quarter-Pie Window – Marianne Brandis – Gr. 6+

Red Paddles – Isabel M. Reekie – Gr. 5+

River Race – Tony German – Gr. 5+

The Root Cellar – Janet Lunn – Gr. 5+

Roughing It in the Bush – Susannah Moodie – Gr. 7+

The Secret of Willow Castle – Lyn Cook –  

Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt – Barbara Smucker – Gr. 2+

Selina and the Shoo-Fly Pie – Barbara Smucker – Gr. 2+

Shantymen of Cache Lake – Bill Freeman – Gr. 4+

The Sign of the Scales – Marianne Brandis – Gr. 6+

The Talking Wire – O.J. Stevenson – Gr. 4+

The Time of the Wolf – Thomas A. MacDonald – Gr. 4+

The Tinderbox – Marianne Brandis – Gr. 6+

The Tin-Lined Trunk – Mary Hamilton – Gr. 4+

Tom Penny – Tony German – Gr. 5+

Tom Penny and the Grand Canal – Tony German – Gr. 5+

Trail of Fire – B. J. Bayle – Gr. 4+

The Tramp Room – Nancy-Lou Patterson –  

Trouble at Lachine Mill – Bill Freeman – Gr. 4+

The Value of Self-Discipline: The Story of Alexander Graham Bell – Anne Donnegan Johnson – Gr. 2-4

White Jade Tiger (1880s Victoria, BC, Chinatown, CPR) – Julie Lawson – Young Adult

Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada – Anna Brownell Jameson – Gr. 7+

Within a Painted Past – Hazel J. Hutchins – Gr. 5+

The Yellow Flag – Susanne McSweeney – Gr. 2-4

 WW I

Days of Terror – Barbara Smucker – Gr. 4+

The Halifax Disaster – Ernest Fraser Robinson – Gr. 5+

In Flanders Fields – Linda Granfield – Gr. 3+

Knights of the Air – John Norman Harris – Gr. 5+

Rilla of Ingleside – L.M. Montgomery – Gr. 5+

 THE DEPRESSION (1930’S)

As for Me and My House – Sinclair Ross – Gr. 9+

A Bird in the House – Margaret Laurence – Gr. 9+

Breakaway – Paul Yee – Gr. 7+

Butter Down the Well: Reflections of a Canadian Childhood – Robert Collins – Gr. 7+

From Anna – Jean Little – Gr. 4+

Kaarina and the Sugar Bag Vest – Irma McDonough Milnes – Gr. 3+

Margy – Margaret Smith – Gr. 4+

The Stone Angel – Margaret Laurence – Gr. 9+

Ten Lost Years, 1929-1939: – Memories of Canadians Who Survived the Depression – Barry Broadfoot – Gr. 8+

That Scatterbrain Booky – With Love From Booky – As Ever, Booky – Bernice Thurman Hunter – Gr. 4+

Who Has Seen the Wind – W.O. Mitchell – Gr. 6+

LIFE IN THE 1900’S – PRE WWII

Amy’s Promise – Bernice Thurman Hunter – Gr. 4+

The Auction – Jan Andrews – Picture Book

Belle’s Journey – Marilynn Reynolds – Picture Book

Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods – John J. Rowlands –  

Charlotte’s Vow (1912, BC coal mining) – Marion Woodson – YA

Emily Carr’s Woo – Constance Horne – Gr. 3+

Frederick G. Banting: The Discoverer of Insulin – I.E. Levine – Gr. 5+

Goodbye Sarah – Geoffrey Bilson – Gr. 4+

Grass Beyond The Mountains – Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy – The Rancher Takes a Wife – Richmond P. Hobson Jr –  

His Banner Over Me – Jean Little – Gr. 4+

Home Child – Barbara Haworth-Attard – Gr. 4+

Josepha: A Prairie Boy’s Story – Jim McGugan – Gr. 4+

Klee Wyck – Emily Carr – Gr. 7+

A Miracle for Maggie (1920s Nova Scotia, Toronto, Banting, diabetes) – Stephen Eaton Hume – YA

Mrs. Mike – Nancy & Benedict Freedman – Gr. 7+

Nellie L. – Constance Crook – Gr. 4+

Pit Pony – Joyce Barkhouse – Gr. 3+

A Place For Magaret – Margaret in the Middle – Margaret on Her Way – Bernice Thurman Hinter – Gr. 4+

Promise Song – Linda Holeman –  

Strange School, Secret Wish (1927 Northern Ontario Railway communities) – Bernice Gold – YA

They Called Her Mrs. Doc – Janette Oke – Gr. 6+

Thistle Creek – Nell Hanna – Gr. 6+

Ticket to Curlew – Celia Barker Lottridge – Gr. 4+

Tom Thomson’s Last Paddle (modern day sleuths investigate artists 1917 mysterious death) – Larry McCloskey – YA

Trapped by Coal – Constance Horne – Gr. 3+

Under Emily’s Sky (1930s, time travel, Emily Carr) – Ann Alma – Young Adult

Where the High Winds Blow – Bruce D. Campbell – Gr. 6+

Where the Saints Have Trod – Judith St. John – Gr. 5+

The White Stone in the Castle Wall – Sheldon Oberman – Picture Book

The Wooden People – Myra Paperny – Gr. 4+

any titles – L.M. Montgomery – Gr. 6+

Wilderness Man: The Amzing True Story of Grey Owl – Lovat Dickson – Gr. 7+

 WW II

Catch Me Once, Catch Me Twice – Janet McNaughton – Gr. 7+

A Child in Prison Camp – Takashima – Gr. 4+

Explosion at Dawson Creek – Elaine Breault Hammond – Gr. 5+

Hawk and Stretch – Bernice Thurman Hunter – Gr. 4+

High Flight: A Story of World War II – Linda Granfield –  

Hockeybat Harris – Geoffrey Bilson – Gr. 5+

Just Like New – Ainslie Manson & Karen Reczuch – Gr. 1-3

Listen to the Singing – Jean Little – Gr. 4+

Naomi’s Road – Joy Kogawa – Gr. 4+

The Old Brown Suitcase: A Teenager’s Story of War and Peace – Lillian Boraks-Nemetz – Gr. 6+

One More Border:The True Story of One Family’s Escape from War-torn Europe – Shelly Tanaka – Gr. 4+

Ships of the Great Days – Joseph Schull – Gr. 5+

Six War Years – Barry Broadfoot – Gr. 8+

The Sky Is Falling – Looking at the Moon – The Lights Go On Again – Kit Pearson – GR. 4+

Years of Sorrow, Years of Shame – Barry Broadfoot – Gr. 8+

 GOVERNMENT

Canada Votes: How We Elect Our Government – Linda Granfield –  

The Kids Book of Candian Prime Ministers – from MacDonald to Chretien – Pat Hancock – Gr. 3+

Parliament, Canada’s Democracy and How it Works – Maureen McTeer –  

Sandy Mackenzie, Why Look So Glum? – poems on each prime minister from MacDonald to Clark –  

POST WWII – MODERN HISTORY

The Gambler’s Daughter by Shirlee Smith Matheson (1940s, BC, Ghost Town, Gambling) Young Adult A Hill for Looking – Martha Brooks – Gr. 5+

Lucy Maud and Me (1940s Toronto, Lucy Maud Montgomery) – Mary Frances Coady – Young Adult

The Night Hazel Came to Town – John Ibbitson – Gr. 7+

One Proud Summer – Marsha Hewitt & Claire Mackay – Gr. 6+

Pegeen and the Pilgrim – Lyn Cook – Gr. 4+

The Railroader – Bernice Thurman Hunter – Gr. 4+

Skateway to Freedom (1989 Berlin Wall, German immigrant in Calgary) – Ann Alma –  

Terry Fox: His Story – Leslie Scrivener – Gr. 6+

The Treasure of the Long Sault – Monica Hughes – Gr. 6+

The Value of Facing a Challenge: The Story of Terry Fox – Anne Donnegan Johnson – Gr. 2-4

The Value of Tenacity: The Story of Maurice Richard – Anne Donnegan Johnson – Gr. 2-4

NARRATIVE TEXTS THAT COVER WHOLE RANGE OF CANADIAN HISTORY

Canada A Country by Consent – CD ROM – All Ages

Canada and Her Story – Mary Graham Bonner –  

The Canadian Story – May McNeer & Lynd Ward – Gr. 3+

Famous Canadian Stories – George E. Tait – Gr. 5+

Finding New Homes in Canada – Edwin C. Guillet & Jessie E. McEwen – Gr. 3+

The Great Adventure – Donalda Dickie – Gr. 4+

Great Canadian Lives: Portraits in Heroism to 1867 – Karen Ford – Gr. 3+

Larger than Life – Janet Lunn – Gr. 4+

My First History of Canada – Donalda Dickie – Gr. 4+

O Canada! – Isabel Barclay – Gr. 3+

One Dominion – George E. Tait –  

Pages from Canada’s Story –  Donalda Dickie – Gr. 4+

A Picture Gallery of Canadian History (3 Vols.) – C. W. Jeffreys – All Ages

A Picture History of Canada – Clarke Hutton – Gr. 3+

The Story of Canada – Janet Lunn – Gr. 5+

The Story of Canada – George W. Brown – Gr. 5+

Winds Through Time (anthology short historical fiction) – edited by Ann Walsh – Young Adult

Young Canada – Anne Merriman Peck –  

 MISCELLANEOUS

The All Canadian Trivia Junior Board Game  – – Gr. 4+

Brain Quest Canada – Linda Granfield & Pat Hancock – Gr. 4+

Canada: Portraits of Faith – Michael Clarke – Gr. 6+

Canada’s Maple Leaf: The Story of Our Flag – Owens & Yealland – Gr. 3+

Forts of Canada – Owens & Yealland – Gr. 3+

Her Story: Women From Canada’s Past – Susan E. Merritt – Gr. 6+

Her Story II:Women From Canada’s Past – Susan E. Merritt – Gr. 6+

Thank you for the list Gaeleen! I will be looking a llt of these up in the library in the future, I am sure.

I was also wondering about the Dear Canada series, as they are all written by different authors. I would be interested to know if anyone could recommend some over others.

Thanks again,

Miranda

Thank you for the extensive lists. 

We are in America, but I would like to spend 4 to 6 weeks studying about Canada.  My kids are young: ages 4.5 and 7.  What resources do you recommend at that age level for a general idea of Canadian customs and history, spending only 6 weeks on it?

I will also do some map drill and possibly a geo puzzle.  I do not have All Through the Ages yet, but I plan to use that to help with geography as well.