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+
