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Canadian Genre
Books in the Canadian genre:
Nonsense Novels (1911)
A collection of novelistic parodies. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
None
The Story Girl (1911)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
George Gibbs
The Arctic Prairies (1912)
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Chronicles of Avonlea (1912)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
George Gibbs
The Feet of the Furtive (1912)
Author(s):
Charles G. D. Roberts
Illustrator(s):
Paul Bransom
The Forester’s Manual (1912)
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912)
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Cyrus Cuneo
Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge (1913)
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Anne Harriet Fish
The Golden Road (1913)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
George Gibbs
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich (1914)
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
None
Anne of the Island (1915)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
H. Weston Taylor
Manual of the Woodcraft Indians The Fourteenth Birch Bark Roll (1915)
Author(s):
Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy (1915)
Another collection of humorous essays and stories from our northern neighbor. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Frank Hazen
The Slum Cat (1915)
Three stories from Animal Heroes: The Slum Cat; Snap: The Story of a Bull-terrier and The Winnipeg Wolf.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day (1916)
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
no first name M.B.A.
Wild Animal Ways (1916)
Seven animal biographies. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Anne’s House of Dreams (1917)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
Frenzied Fiction (1918)
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Rainbow Valley (1919)
In this book, the attention turns to Anne and Gilbert’s children and their neighbors. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
John Goss
Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels (1920)
A second collection of parodies of contemporary fiction. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Nonsense Novels (1921)
A collection of parodies of popular novels. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
John Kettelwell
Rilla of Ingleside (1921)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
Woodland Tales (1921)
A large collection of nature fairy tales. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Emily of New Moon (1923)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
Emily Climbs (1925)
In this second volume of the trilogy, Emily goes off to high school and continues her writing. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
Lives of Game Animals: Four Volumes (1925)
A four-volume work describing the lives of North American animals that are of interest to sportsmen.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Lobo and Other Stories (1925)
Contains Lobo, Silverspot, Redruff and Bingo.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Animals (1926)
Selected lives from Life-Histories of Northern Animals. This appeared in many editions under various titles.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
McGinn
The Blue Castle (1926)
When Valancy Stirling learns she has only a year to live, she decides to throw caution to the winds. A novel for adults.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Wall
Emily’s Quest (1927)
In the last installment of the trilogy Emily falls in and out of love, and finally becomes a published author.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
Old Silver Grizzle the Badger (1927)
Animal histories including Old Silver Grizzle, The Squirrel, the Rabbits, Bears, The Cute Coyote, Pairie Dog and Sneak Cats.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Everyday Canadian Primer (1928)
An early reader for Canadian schools.
Author(s):
Franklin T. Baker
Fannie Wyche Dunn
H. H. MacKenzie
Ashley H. Thorndike
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Magic for Marigold (1929)
Marigold Lesley’s invisible playmate is always there for her, growing up in a large family of adults. READ NOW.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Edna Cooke Shoemaker
Smoky the Cow Horse (1929)
The story of a cow horse and his various masters.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Will James
Illustrator(s):
Will James
More To and Again (1930)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
A Tangled Web (1931)
This novel intended for adult readers follows the lives of over two hundred twenty-five characters in two densely intermarried families.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Lone Cowboy (1932)
Author(s):
Will James
Illustrator(s):
Will James
Pat of Silver Bush (1933)
This is the story of a young girl from age seven to eighteen who loves her happy home.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Edna Cooke Shoemaker
Mistress Pat (1935)
Patricia Gardiner clings to her home until life offers her something better.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Wild Animals at Home (1935)
A collection of pictures of animal mothers and their young. This edition is somewhat abbreviated compared with the French original Pere Castor publication.
Author(s):
Marguerite Reynier
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Hellements of Hickonomics (1936)
The noted Canadian humorist mixes light verse with the dismal science.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Trap-Lines North (1936)
Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Jim Vanderbeck
Illustrator(s):
Enos Comstock
The Biography of an Arctic Fox (1937)
The life story of an arctic fox.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Jane of Lantern Hill (1937)
When Jane VIctoria Stuart learns her father is alive and living on Prince Edward Island, she is at first reluctant to visit him, but when they meet she knows that she must somehow reconcile her two parents.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Louise Costello
Silver Chief to the Rescue (1937)
Author(s):
Jack O’Brien
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Voyages of Jacques Cartier (1937)
A French explorer discovers Canada.
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Golden Tales of Canada (1938)
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Thomas Morris Longstreth
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Anne of Ingleside (1939)
In this final volume in the series, Anne is now the mother of five children with another baby on the way.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Charles V. John
Trail and Campfire Stories (1940)
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Julia M. Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Trail of an Artist-Naturalist (1940)
Autobiography of the Canadian artist-naturalist and founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Paddle-to-the-Sea (1941)
Explore the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway with Paddle.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Fog Magic (1943)
When the fog rolls in Greta Addington can enter the past of a small Nova Scotia town.
Author(s):
Julia L. Sauer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Surprise Place (1945)
Ellen Surprise and her brother Ronnie live in a fishing village in Nova Scotia.
Author(s):
Mary Graham Bonner
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Every Month was May (1947)
A book of reminisences by a Canadian author.
Author(s):
Evelyn Eaton
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Canadian Summer (1948)
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
River of the Wolves (1948)
Dave Foster is captured during the French and Indian Wars and taken captive to Canada. After spending a winter learning the Indian ways, he escapes and makes his way home to Maine.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Best of Ernest Thompson Seton (1949)
Selections from Seton’s animal biographies.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Ranger’s Arctic Patrol (1952)
Author(s):
Charles S. Strong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Ernest Thompson Seton’s America (1954)
An anthology of the writings of Ernest Thompson Seton, British-Canadian-American naturalist and founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Julia M. Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Silver Chief’s Revenge (1954)
Author(s):
Jack O’Brien
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence (1956)
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Best of Leacock (1957)
Selections from 32 books. Something between the amiable nonsense of English humor and the hard-cutting wit and satire of American humor. Edited and introduced by J.B. Priestley.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Bodley Head Leacock (1957)
An anthology of Stephen Leacock stories filled with humor and wit.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Warmhearted Polar Bear (1957)
Whitey is a polar bear who is tamed by a ship’s crew and doesn’t want to go back to the rough life of the arctic -- so he heads for Florida.
Author(s):
Robert Murphy
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Canadian Story (1958)
A history of Canada from the time of Jacques Cartier to the early twentieth century.
Read online at archive.org
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Wild Animal Babies from All Over the World (1958)
Twenty-two wild animal babies from a buffalo to a skunk selected from the Baby Wild Animals stamp book.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Friendly Gables (1960)
The Mitchells now have a home of their own, and newborn twin boys.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
The Incredible Journey: A Tale of Three Animals (1961)
A yellow lab, an ancient bull terrier and a Siamese cat make their way home across two hundred and fifty miles of Canadian wilderness.
Author(s):
Sheila Burnford
Illustrator(s):
Carl Burger
Jean-Claude’s Island (1963)
Will a tractor come to Jean-Claude’s island in the St. Lawrence River?
Author(s):
Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Trap-Lines North (1965)
Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Enos Comstock
The Shooting of Dan McGrew and the Cremation of Sam McGee (1969)
Designed by Susan Jeffers.
Author(s):
Robert W. Service
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Rosemary Wells
The Trumpet of the Swan (1970)
When Louis, a trumpeter swan is born, he is mute. This is the story of how he finds a voice, with the help of his friends and wins his true love.
Author(s):
E. B. White
Illustrator(s):
Edward Frascino
Baby Wild Animals from A to Z (1973)
Pictures and stories of baby wild animals.
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Animals: A Picture Book of Facts and Figures (1974)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Hatchet (1987)
Thirteen year old Brian is the only survivor of a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness.
Author(s):
Gary Paulsen
Illustrator(s):
Neil Waldman
The Call of the Wild (1999)
Stolen from his home, Buck is shanghaied to the Klondike gold fields. There he bonds with John Thornton. When Thornton is killed by robbers, Buck becomes the leader of the wolf pack.
Author(s):
Jack London
Illustrator(s):
Wendell Minor
White Fang (2000)
A classic story of a half-dog half-wolf who is brutalized by a bad master during the Klondike gold rush, but finally finds a man he can love.
Author(s):
Jack London
Illustrator(s):
Ed Young
River of the Wolves (2006)
Dave Foster is captured during the French and Indian Wars and taken captive to Canada. After spending a winter learning the Indian ways, he escapes and makes his way home to Maine.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton