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July 8, 2016 at 6:03 am
nerakr
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Here it is. less than a month before our new school year starts, and we are changing social studies for ds12 (grade 7). Instead of the Middle Ages, we will be studying Canada. I have the Everyday Explorers unit from Schoolhouse Teachers that will last as long as I want it to, but I was wanting to throw in some Canadian lit or authors, as well. The only one I am familiar with is LM Montgomery. I have a feeling the first book of the Anne series would be as far as we get there. Any other suggestions? His reading level is slightly lower than grade level.
Thanks,
Karen
July 12, 2016 at 10:52 pm
Rachel White
Participant
I have a bunch in my All Through the Ages
Specific Events? Bios of whom?Historical Fiction?
Grades 4-6 or 7-9?
I think there are also some at Heritage History
July 15, 2016 at 5:45 am
2Corin57
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Great Canadian Animal Stories
Great Canadian Adventure Stories
The Incredible Journey
Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus MacMillan
Anne of Green Gables series
Canadian Wonder Tales
The Spirit of Canada by Barbara Hehner
The Story of Canada by Janet Lunn
River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowatt
The “I Am Canada” series by Scholastic
As Long as the River Flows
Indian Legends of Canada
The Hand of Robin Squires
Underground to Canada
Jeremy’s War: 1812
The Sky is Falling by Kit Pearson
Till All The Stars Have Fallen (a compilation of Canadian poetry)
The Cremation of Sam McGee (excellent story in poem form)
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
July 15, 2016 at 6:02 am
nerakr
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Thanks.
July 15, 2016 at 7:08 am
2Corin57
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Found more 🙂
I’m just going to copy/paste a list I had. The following are novels and picture books:

A Pioneer Sampler by Barbara Greenwood
A Pioneer Thanksgiving by Barbara Greenwood
A Pioneer Christmas by Barbara Greenwood
At Grandpa’s Sugarbush by Margaret Carney
A Puli Named Sandor by Sharon Siamon
Looking for Loons by Jennifer Lloyd
Morning on the Lake by Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Paddle to the Sea by Holling Holling
Mwakwa Talks to the Loon by Dale Auger
Seasons of the Circle by Joseph Bruchac
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
The Last Safehouse by Barbara Greenwood
Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
I Came as a Stranger by Bryan Prince
Unspoken by Henry Cole
Crossing to Freedom by Virginia Schwartz
F is for Fiddlehead: A New Brunswick Alphabet by Marilyn Lohnes
Rats in the Sloop by Nan Doerksen
B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet by Susan Tooke
Race the Wild Wind by Sandra Marckle
The Island Horse by Susan Hughes
Tommy’s New Block Skates by Garth Vaughn
The Magical Christmas Light of Old Nova Scotia by Bruce Nunn
I is for Island: A PEI Alphabet by Hugh MacDonald
Anne of Green Gables by M.C. Helldorfer (young edition)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Mongomery
Jellyfish, Seadragons and Fries on the Side by Alan MacAuley
A Newfoundland Alphabet by Dawn Baker
Ode to Newfoundland by Geoff Butler
P is for Puffin: A Newfoundland Alphabet by Janet Skirving
The Last Safehouse by Barbara Greenwood
A is for Algonquin: An Ontario Alphabet by Lovenia Gorman
Mary’s Atlas by Gwen Smid
Aram’s Choice by Marsha Skrypuch (deals with immigrants from Armenian genocide)
Call me Aram by Marsha Skrypuch
F is for French: A Quebec Alphabet by Elaine Arsenault
The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carriere
Eenie Meenie Manitoba by Robert Heidreder
G is for Golden Boy: A Manitoba Alphabet by Larry Vestraete
See Saw Saskatchewan by Robert Heidreder
If You’re Not From the Prairie (general, not SK specific) by David Bouchard
Who Has Seen the Wind? by W.O. Mitchell
L is for Land of Living Skies: A Saskatchewan Alphabet by Linda A.
As Long as the River Flows by Larry Loyie
C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet by dee Hobsbawn-Smith
Waiting for Whales by Sheryl McFarlane
Mary of Mile 18 by Ann Blades
S is for Spirit Bear: A British Columbia Alphabet by Gregory Roberts
Gold Rush Fever by Barbara Greenwood
Sky Sisters by Jan Waboose
The Klondike Cat by Julie Lawson
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowatt
T is for Territories by Michael Kusugak

These are more factual/information books:
Kids Book of the Far North by Jane Drake
French Canada: Pictures and Stories of Old Quebec by Hazell Boswell
Beothuk of Newfoundland by Ingeborg Marshal
The Killick: A Newfoundland Story by Geoff Butler
Newfoundland: Journey Into a Lost Nation by Michael Crummey
Lucy Maud Montgomery by Elizabeth MacLeod
Building the Bridge to PEI by Harry Thurston
X Doesn’t Mark the Spot by Ed Burtts
National Geographic Readers: Titanic by Melissa Stewart
Sable Island: The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic by Marq de Villiers
The Fastest Ship in the World by Graham Mowry
Tidal Life: A Natural History of the Bay of Fundy by Harry Thurston
Songs of Our People: A Collection of New Brunswick Songs
New Brunswick Sea Stories by Dorothy Dearborn
If You Lived When There was Slavery in America, by Anna Kamma
If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
Native Peoples (Discovering Canada)
The Mi’kmag: How Their Ancestors Lived by Ruth Whitehead
Kid’s Book of Canada’s Railway
The Railways (Discovering Canada)
Canada at Work: Fishing, Farming, Forestry, Mining by Jane Drake
A Picture History of Canada by Clarke Hutton
O Canada by Ted Harrison
Canada’s Maple Leaf: The Story of our Flag by Ann-Maureen Owens
Explorers Who Got Lost by Diane Dreher
John Cabot by Tanya Larkin
Who Were the Vikings? by Jane Chisholm
Stories of the Maple Land
July 17, 2016 at 10:28 pm
Rachel White
Participant
Here’s a link to a previous thread:
https://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/canadian-history-books/