Canadian Books

Dear Canada Series
The Dear Canada series invites readers into the intimate worlds of girls throughout different times in Canadian history. It inlcudes Teaching with Dear Canada vols. 1 & 2 by Amy Von Heyking.

Our Canadian Girl Series
Historical Fiction written for girls.

Geoffrey Bilson Award Winners & Honour Books
Annotated list of award winning historical fiction for young people

Non-fiction or Informational

Linda Granfield

Diane Swanson

Shelley Tanaka

Informational Book Awards

Comics & Graphic Novels

Chester Brown

Dave Cooper

Riel Langlois, Drue Langlois, and Richard Comely

Jay Stephens

Guardians of the North
The Natinal Superhero in Canadian Comic-book Art

Beyond the Funnies
The History of Comics in English Canada & Quebec

We Stand On Guard for Thee
Canada's Comic Book Heroes

The Canadian Comic Art Centre

Hey Kids No Comics
How the comic book almost disappeared
by Brad Mackay

Magazines

Genuine Canadian Magazine
Canadian magazines in bothe English and French listed by Category.

CMPA The Canadian Magazine Publishers Association
Canada's leading professional magazine industry association, representing over 300 of the country's consumer titles. The member-driven, not-for-profit organization strives to serve Canadian magazines of all scope and size through ongoing advocacy and special initiatives.

Kayak: Canada's History Magazine for Kids

Read Up on It & Lisez sur le sujet
Read up on it is a program to promote Canadian Children's literature and reading. It highlights notable books on a variety of themes and features award-winning Canadian children's books in all categories in both English and French. Teachers may order free kits with annotated lists, colour posters and bookmarks.

Northwest Passages: Canadian Literature Online
An online bookstore specializing in Canadian Literature, Northwest Passages prides itself in helping libraries in Canada and around the world access Canadian books. As experts in Canadian literature and Canadian Studies, they are always happy to provide consulting services to libraries to help them choose books that will best suit their needs.

Sites for Sharing Student Work

Bookhooks
Created by Adrian Hoad-Reddick, this site lets K-12 students publish their reports online. There's lots of fun activities too such as author crossword puzzles, reading and writing activity sheets in PDF format. It's useful for kids, teachers and librarians.

KIdsWWwrite
The Web-zine for young authors and readers (16 and under) where you can read and write stories and poetry. KIdsWWwrite is a project of the Kalamalka Institute for Working Writers, a program of the Kalamalka Campus of Okanagan University College.

Wired for Words: an Online Bookclub for Kids
Sponsored by Canada.com, the Calgary Herald, Calgary Board of Education, Telus and First Calgary, this page is designed for children who can write Book Reviews by age category, section for Parents, Teachers too. Provides links to children's literature. The People's Choice provides monthly online interviews with a Canadian author.

Wordwrights Canada - Writing Resources for Students
Includes Advice, Books, Contests, The League of Canadian Poets, Tapes and CDs and Website links for children and high-school students.

Posted by Janice Biebrich

Posted February 22, 2006