MY ACCOUNT | MY BOOKS
Treasury of Great Children's Books Logo

Browse

Canadian Genre

default book cover image

Books in the Canadian genre:

Nonsense Novels (1911)

nonsense novels leacock.jpg book cover

A collection of novelistic parodies. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): None

Details »

The Story Girl (1911)

Story Girl montgomery 2.jpg book cover
Sara Stanley is the ‘story girl’ who entertains her family and friends with stories from the satiric to the macabre. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): George Gibbs

Details »

The Arctic Prairies (1912)

artic prairies seton.jpg book cover
The true story of Ernest Thompson Seton’s 2000-mile, six-month canoe journey across northern Canada in 1907 in search of caribou. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Details »

Chronicles of Avonlea (1912)

Chronicles of Avonlea montgomery gibbs.jpg book cover
Most of the stories in this collection were written and published in magazines prior to the composition of Anne of Green Gables, but deal with the same milieu. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): George Gibbs

Details »

The Feet of the Furtive (1912)

The Feet of the Furtive Charles G.d. Roberts book cover
This is a story of a young man named Alan MacGregor, who is a trapper in the Canadian wilderness. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Charles G. D. Roberts
Illustrator(s): Paul Bransom

Details »

The Forester’s Manual (1912)

Foresters Manual seton.jpg book cover
This book was written as a supplement to the author’s books on woodcraft. It was designated No. 2 of Scout Manual Series. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Details »

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912)

sunshine sketches of a little town leacock cuneo.jpg book cover
The classic collection of stories about a small town in Canada, including The Marine Excursions of the Knights of Pythias. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Cyrus Cuneo

Details »

Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge (1913)

Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge leacock fish.jpg book cover
A collection of humorous essays by the Canadian master. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Anne Harriet Fish

Details »

The Golden Road (1913)

Golden Road montgomery gibbs.jpg book cover
In this sequel to The Story Girl, the children produce their own magazine and begin to grow up. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): George Gibbs

Details »

Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich (1914)

arcadian adventures with the idle rich leacock.jpg book cover
An undisputed comic masterpiece which includes more stories about Maricopa, the subject of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): None

Details »

Anne of the Island (1915)

Anne of the Island montgomery.jpg book cover
Anne Shirley attends Redmond College in Kingsport, where she is studying for her BA and finally makes up her mind about Gilbert. READ NOW.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): H. Weston Taylor

Details »

Manual of the Woodcraft Indians The Fourteenth Birch Bark Roll (1915)

manual-of-the-woodcraft-ind.jpg book cover
This is a handbook for starting and running an Indian tribe. This was one of the precursors of the Scouting movement, and includes ‘merit badges.’ First published in 1902, this is the fourteenth edition. Read for free online at HathiTrust... View More

Author(s): Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Details »

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy (1915)

Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy leacock hazen.jpg book cover

Another collection of humorous essays and stories from our northern neighbor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Frank Hazen

Details »

The Slum Cat (1915)

Slum-Cat-seton.jpg book cover

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

Details »

Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day (1916)

further foolishness leacock.jpg book cover
A collection of humorous essays and stories by the Canadian author. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): no first name M.B.A.

Details »

Wild Animal Ways (1916)

Wild Animal Ways seton.jpg book cover

Seven animal biographies. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Details »

Anne’s House of Dreams (1917)

annes house of dreams montgomery.jpg book cover
Anne and Gilbert start their new life together. This fifth book in the series moves into more adult themes and will be of little interest to children. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): Maria L. Kirk

Details »

Frenzied Fiction (1918)

Frenzied Fiction leacock.jpg book cover
Essays and stories by the Canadian humorist. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Details »

Rainbow Valley (1919)

Rainbow Valley montgomery.jpg book cover

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

Details »

Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920)

Further Chronicles of Avonlea montgomery 4.jpg book cover
This is the second collection of short stories about the Prince Edward Island of Anne Shirley. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): John Goss

Details »

Sign up for our free book-of-the-week email!

Looking for updates from the Treasury of Great Children's books? Look no further, our Book-of-the-Week email is free and will keep you informed of the latest happenings!

Please fill out the form to subscribe:

* indicates required