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Canada

1763 – 1913

Between 1763 and 1913, Canada underwent significant transformations. Starting as British colonies, the region saw growth through trade, immigration, and the development of settlements. The confederation of 1867 united several provinces into a single nation, leading to rapid expansion westward. This period also included important interactions with Indigenous peoples, the construction of the transcontinental railway, and the establishment of Canada’s identity as an independent country.

Picture books

I Am Not a Ghost: The Canadian Pacific Railway

Story of a Chinese worker helping to build the Canadian Pacific Railway

Cuthbert Grant

Story of a Metis leader

The Journal of Étienne Mercier

Story of an expedition on the Canadian frontier

Chapter books

Dear Canada: With Nothing But Our Courage

Fictional diary of a girl in a British loyalist family making a new life in Quebec

Anne of Green Gables

Classic story of an imaginative PEI girl

Dear Canada: A Rebel’s Daughter

Fictional diary of a girl protecting her family after the Upper Canada Rebellion in Toronto

The Hungry Year

Story of a girl protecting her family through a hard frontier winter

Dear Canada: Where the River Takes Me

Fictional diary of a girl living in Hudson’s Bay Company posts

Mercury

Story of two girls in Nova Scotia, one modern and one from 1859

Dear Canada: A Country of Our Own

Fictional diary of a girl in Ottawa witnessing the birth of the Confederation

Non-fiction books

The Kids Book of Canadian History

Illustrated overview of Canadian history

The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

History of Aboriginal groups in Canada

The Kids Book of Canada’s Railway: and How the CPR Was Built

Exciting story of the Canadian Pacific Railway

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