All 37 Dear Canada Books in Order
Published:
March 27, 2024
Contributor:
Sarah Shelton
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If you have a young girl that has a love of history and of reading books, they may be interested in learning about the Dear Canada Series. There are 37 Dear Canada books in the complete series published by Scholastic Books. We have put together a printable checklist of the books in order, to help you with your history reading lesson plans.
List of Dear Canada Books in Order
The Dear Canada Series will teach young people about Canadian history and give them a love of history as they read these books. They are written from the view point of fictional young girls writing a diary entry during an important event that happened in different time periods of Canadian history.
Scroll down to the bottom of the post for a printable list of the Dear Canada books in order, with a book tracker and book rating pages.
What is the Reading Level for the Dear Canada Series?
The books in the Dear Canada Series are geared towards children ages 9-12 or the 4th-6th grade reading level. These are also great as read-alouds, especially if you have a sensitive child. Since these books cover heavy topics that include sickness, death and political strife.
What is the order of the Dear Canada books?
There are 37 books in this historical fiction series that covers the time periods of the mid 1600’s to the mid 1900’s. When these books were originally published they were not released in any specific order. This has always made it difficult to know which books covered which time period, especially if you are wanting to use them alongside a Canadian history curriculum.
Upon a reader’s request, we have broken down the name of each book in the series by time period, the setting and year that each book takes place in.
1600’s
The Filles Du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge set in the winter of New France in 1666.
1700’s
The Newfoundland Diary of Sophie Loveridge set in Mairie’s Cove, New-Found-Land in 1721.
3. Banished from Our Home
The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard set in Grande Pre Acadia in 1755.
4. The Death of My Country
The Plains of Abraham Diary of Genevieve set in Aubuchon, Quebec, New France in 1759.
5. With Nothing But Our Courage
The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald set in Johnstown, Quebec in 1783.
1800’s
The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt set in Niagara, Upper Canada in 1812.
7. Footsteps in the Snow
The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott set in Rupert’s Land in 1815.
8. A Rebel’s Daughter
The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson set in Toronto, Upper Canada in 1837.
9. A Sea of Sorrows
The Typhus Epidemic Diary of Johanna Leary takes place in travel from Ireland to Canada East in 1847.
10. Where the River Takes Me
The Hudson’s Bay Diary of Jenna Sinclair set in Fort Victoria, Vancouver’s Island in 1849.
11. A Trail of Broken Dreams
The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer takes place in travel from Overland to the Caribou in 1862.
12. A Desperate Road to Freedom
The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson takes place in travel from Virginia to Canada West in 1864.
13. A Country of Our Own
The Confederation Diary of Rosie Dunn set in Ottawa, Province of Canada in 1866.
14. A Ribbon of Shining Steel
The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron set in Yale, British Columbia, 1882.
15. Blood Upon Our Land
The North West Resistance Diary of Josephine Bouvier set in Batoche, District of Saskatchewan in 1885.
16. Days of Toil and Tears
The Child Labour Diary of Flora Rutherford set in Almonte, Ontario in 1887.
17. Flame and Ashes
The Great Fire Diary of Teiffe Winsor set in St. John’s Newfoundland in 1892.
18. Orphan at My Door
The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope set in Guelph, Ontario in 1897.
1900’s
19. All Fall Down
The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts set in Frank District of Alberta in 1902.
20. That Fatal Night
The Titanic Diary of Dorothy Wilton set in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1912.
21. Prisoners in the Promised Land
The Ukrainian Interment Diary of Anya Soloniuk set in Spirit Lake, Quebec in 1914.
22. Brothers Far From Home
The World War 1 Diary of Eliza Bates set in Spirit Lake Quebec in 1914.
23. No Safe Harbour
The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn set in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1917.
24. If I Die Before I Wake
The Flu Epidemic Diary of Fiona Macgregor set in Toronto, Ontario in 1918.
25. An Ocean Apart
The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin-Mei Ling set in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1922.
26. A Prairie as Wide as the Sea
The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall set in Milorie, Saskatchewan in1926.
27. Not a Nickel to Spare
The Great Depression Diary of Sally Cohen set in Toronto, Canada in 1932.
28. To Stand on My Own
The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson set in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in1937.
29. Exiles from the War
The War Guests Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss set in Guelph, Ontario in 1940.
30. Turned Away
The World War 2 Diary of Devorah Berenstein set in Winnipeg, Mantoba in 1941.
31. Torn Apart
The Interment Diary of Mary Kobayashi set in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1941.
32. Pieces of the Post
The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz set in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1948.
33. These Are My Words
The Residential School Diary of Violet Presheens set in Northern Ontario in 1966.
Short Story Collections
The Dear Canada Series also has a companion collection of short stories. Hoping for Home has 11 original stories of characters that bravely face the challenges of settling into a new life. There are 3 holiday collections that have original holiday stories which makes the perfect Christmas gift for Canadian readers.
34. Hoping for Home: Stories of Arrival
35. A Christmas to Remember: Tales of Comfort and Joy
36. A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas
37. A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas
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All 43 Dear America Books in Order – Learn more about the pieces of the past in American History with the Dear America Series. We have put together a list of all 43 of the books in the series. There is also a printable checklist to keep track of which books you have read.
Dear Canada Books in Order Printable Checklist
If you would like to incorporate these books into your Canadian History studies we have created a helpful printable for your homeschool. This is a printable checklist of all of the Dear Canada Books in order of year and time period.
Dear Canada Books in Order
Do your children like to learn with living books? Grab this list to see all the Dear Canada books in order and easily find a new book to enjoy. List and tracker will be an easy way to record books for your homeschool portfolio.
Keep track of the books that you have read and rate them by giving them up to a 5 star rating. These printables would be great to add to an end of the year homeschool portfolio as well.
Sarah Shelton
Sarah is a wife, daughter of the King and Mama to 4 children (two homeschool graduates) She is a an eclectic, Charlotte Mason style homeschooler that has been homeschooling for over 20 years.. She is still trying to find the balance between work and keeping a home and gardens. She can only do it by the Grace of God, coffee and green juice
