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Canadian Genre
Books in the Canadian genre:
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
Wild Animal Babies (1958)
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
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
Mary of Mile 18 (1971)
Mary lives in the Canadian wilderness, and longs for a wolf pup of her own.
Author(s):
Ann Blades
Illustrator(s):
Ann Blades
Baby Wild Animals from A to Z (1973)
Pictures and stories of baby wild animals.
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
A boy of Taché (1973)
Charlie is hunting beaver with his grandparents, when grandpa Za becomes ill. And Charlie has to take the boat down river by himself to fetch the air ambulance.
Author(s):
Ann Blades
Illustrator(s):
Ann Blades
Animals: A Picture Book of Facts and Figures (1974)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Road to Yesterday (1974)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Doctor’s Sweetheart and Other Stories (1979)
Fourteen short stories.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
None
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
Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (1988)
A collection of short stories featuring orphans.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Photographs