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Books in the Canadian genre:

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)

The chaos of World War I engulfs peaceful Prince Edward Island and claims its victims. We see it all through the eyes of Anne’s youngest child. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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)

The author returns to her original vein with this story of an orphan girl on Prince Edward Island. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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)

Freddy organizes a tour to visit Santa Claus at the North Pole and many adventures ensue, including the rescue of two children by the Bean farm animals and their friends. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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)

This is a fictionalized autobiography by Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, born in Saint-Nazaire-d’Acton, Quebec, who moved to the United States and changed his name to William Roderick James. He is best know as the author of Smoky the Cow Horse.... View More

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)

This fourth novel in the series is in the form of letters and tells of Anne and Gilbert during the three years they were apart before their marriage when Anne taught high school.... View More

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.

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)

Silver Chief is the son of a Husky whose father was a wolf. After his mother is killed he hates all mankind until a Canadian Mountie, Jim Thorne, shows him kindness and tames and trains him. Read online to archive.org... View More

Author(s): Jack O’Brien
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1937

The Voyages of Jacques Cartier (1937)

A French explorer discovers Canada.

Author(s): Esther Averill
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Golden Tales of Canada (1938)

A collection of short stories by Canadian authors or with Canadian settings. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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)

Trail and campfire stories of Ernest Thompson Seton, set down by his wife.... View More

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

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1942

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

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1944

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)

The Mitchells with their six children move to Canada, but the only house they can find to rent is a ski cabin. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

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)

This is the story of a race between shipping companies to provide the Canadian government with a ship that would sail through any kind of weather to provision arctic frontier settlements. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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.

Silver Chief’s Revenge (1954)

Sergeant Thorne of the Canadian Mounted Police and his dog, Silver Chief, trying to solve a murder mystery, discover a Russian conspiracy to smuggle valuable ore out of North America. With the aid of an FBI man they track the Russian agents to San Fr... View More

Author(s): Jack O’Brien
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence (1956)

The French explorer Jacques Cartier was the first, since the Northmen, to explore the Atlantic coast of Canada and sail up the St. Lawrence River to the area of Quebec.  This edition includes additional illustrations.  Read online at archiv... View More

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 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)

Short informative articles about many different animals accompanied by colored pictures. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1988

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

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