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Books in the Canadian genre:

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

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

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.

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