Friday, April 8, 2011

Canadian Literature


Books being looked at for possible Canadian Literature selections. This is not a final list by any means, and will change.

(Note added: Although most selections are set in Canada or are about Canadians, some are not. All have been written by Canadian authors.)





Year K
  • The Hockey Sweater - Carrier - (?) - Hockey in Canada - Picture Book
  • Something from Nothing - Gilman - (2-8) - Reuse, reuse, reuse! - Picture Book
  • Just like New - Manson - (4-7) - WWII - Child gives cherished doll - Picture Book

Year 1
  • Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt - Smucker - (?) - Family leaves States to avoid war Picture Book
  • A Fiddle for Angus - Wilson - (?) - Picture Book
  • Very Last First Time - Andrews - (4-8) - Inuit Story - Picture Book
  • Dragonfly Kites - Highway - (4-8) - Cree Story - Picture Book

Year 2
  • Owls in the Family - Mowatt - (7-12) - Life in Saskatchewan
  • The Fishing Summer - Jam - (6-9) - Atlantic Fishing - Picture Book
  • The Fabulous Song - Gillmor - (4-7) - Child becomes Composer - Picture Book

Year 3
  • Beethoven Lives Upstairs - Nichol - (6-10) - Beethoven - Picture Book
  • The Secret World of Og - Pierre Berton

Year 4
  • Emily - Bedard - (6+) - About Emily Dickinson - Picture Book (although this is a picture book, it is well worth it.
  • Incredible Journey - Burnfield - (9-12) - already on AO schedule
  • Charlotte - Lunn - (7-10) - 1783, American / Loyalists - Picture Book
  • Bully Boys - Walters - (?) - war of 1812
  • Jeremy's War - Ibbitson - (?) - war of 1812

Year 5
  • Underground to Canada - Smucker - (10-12) - Young girl / slavery
  • A Bushel of Light - Harrison - (10-13) - Twins Separated - Barnardo Children
  • The Root Cellar - Lunn - (10+) - Civil War time
  • Emily of New Moon - Montgomery - (10+) - life in 1890's.
  • Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery - (?) - orphan girl - already scheduled in AO
  • Rilla of Ingleside - Montgomery - (?) - - already scheduled in AO
Year 6
  • Hana's Suitcase - Levine - (10+) - Holocaust - non-fiction
  • A Foreign Field - Chan - (11+) - WWII RAF pilot friends a Cdn. Child. note he dies
  • Wish me Luck - Heneghan - (10-14) - WWII - English child shipped to Canada, incl boat ride.
  • The Secret of Gabis Dresser - Kacer - (8-12) - WWII - Hiding from Nazis (noted as good for "younger" children intro to this topic)
  • A Child in Prison Camp - Takashima - (10+) - WWII Japanese Internment - non-fiction
Year 7 or 8?
  • The Dream Carvers - Clark - (10-13) - Viking boy captured by Indians to "replace" their son
  • Lost in the Barrens - Mowatt - (10+) - Inuit life

4 comments:

  1. I like your list. Any L.M. Montgomery book gets a yea vote from me. I didn't know Emily Dickenson was from Canada. The book Lost in the Barrens is fantastic. But Why Beethoven?

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  2. Hi Kate. Although most of the subjects are Canadian subjects, not all are... but all the authors are Canadian Authors. So Emily Dickenson and Beethoven are not Canadian... but the authors that wrote the books about them listed above where Canadian.

    I hope that clears that up a bit... Thanks for the question!

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  3. Thank you so much for sharing your hard work and book selections for Canadian history. I am frequently looking over your lists. what is your opinion of Donna Wards story books?

    kvanerd@hotmail.com

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  4. I am glad that you are finding my selections helpful.

    I have only looked at depth at one Donna Ward's books, and looked at the online samples of a couple more... and they seemed a little to text-bookish to me. But I know a lot of people like them a lot. It is possible that I've only seen one style of her books too.

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