Dear Canada, published in French as Cher Journal ("Dear Diary"), is a historical fiction series by Scholastic Canada based on the American series Dear America. It was launched in 2001 with Orphan at My Door and A Prairie as Wide as the Sea. The series typically released one or two books a year until ending with 2016's These Are My Words.
In a similar vein to Dear America, the series focuses on fictional young girls. It covers time periods in Canadian history, including the Halifax Explosion and the Canadian Confederation, as well as more broader topics like immigration. In 2010, a spin-off titled I Am Canada was launched. It has similar topics but with male protagonists.
Background and topics[]
Dear Canada launched in 2001 as a Canadian counterpart to Dear America. The time periods covered in Dear Canada range from French colonization in 1666 to residential schools in 1966. Other topics include immigration, indigenous peoples, home children, epidemics, the Canadian Confederation, the Upper Canada Rebellion, and several wars (such as the Seven Years' War, World War I, and World War II). Like Dear America, each book has a ribbon inserted to be used as a bookmark.
The series contains four short story collections. Three of these books, A Season for Miracles, A Christmas to Remember, and A Time for Giving, center around the holidays and feature previous Dear Canada heroines. Hoping for Home tells stories of arriving in Canada with all new characters.
List of books[]
Collections[]
Cover | No. | Contains | Published | ISBN |
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1 | Orphan at My Door A Prairie as Wide as the Sea |
August 1, 2003[38] | 9780439969185 | |
2 | Brothers Far from Home Whispers of War |
September 1, 2004[39] | 9780439961714 |
Related books[]
Cover | Title | Author | Published | ISBN |
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Teaching with Dear Canada: Volume 1 | Amy von Heyking | August 2002[40] | 9780779113859 | |
Teaching with Dear Canada: Volume 2 | Amy von Heyking | August 2004[41] | 9780439969741 | |
Teaching with Dear Canada: Volume 3 | Amy von Heyking | August 2006[42] | 9780439947244 | |
Teaching with Dear Canada: Volume 4 | Amy von Heyking | August 2008[43] | 9780545994149 |
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Orphan-Victoria-Ontario/dp/0439988349/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Immigrant-Weatherall-Saskatchewan/dp/0439988330/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Loyalist-MacDonald-Johnstown/dp/0439989795/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Footsteps-Isobel-Ruperts/dp/0439988357/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Shining-Railway-Columbia/dp/0439988489/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Whispers-Susanna-Merritt/dp/0439988365/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Untamed-Filles-Montreal/dp/0439989698/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Brothers-Uxbridge-Ontario/dp/043996900X/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Ocean-Apart-Mountain-Mei-Ling-Canada/dp/0779113535/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Harriet-Overland-Cariboo/dp/0439974054/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Banished-Angelique-Grande-Pre/dp/0439974216/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Newfoundland-Loveridge-New-Found-Land/dp/0779114094/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Turned-Carol-Matas/dp/0439969468/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Country-Genevieve-Aubuchon/dp/0439967627/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Explosion-Charlotte-Blackburn/dp/0439969301/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Rebels-Daughter-Rebellion/dp/0439969670/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Season-Miracles-Christmas/dp/0439952700/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/If-Die-Before-Wake-Macgregor/dp/0439988373/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Not-Nickel-Spare-Great-Depression/dp/0439961300/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Prisoners-Ukrainian-Internment/dp/0439956927/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Days-Toil-Tears-Labour-Rutherford/dp/0439955947/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Sinclair-Victoria-Vancouvers/dp/043995620X/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Resistance-Josephine-Saskatchewan/dp/0545999057/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Desperate-Underground-1863-1864/dp/0545996198/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Christmas-Remember-Comfort/dp/0545990033/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Exiles-Charlotte-Ontario/dp/0545986176/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Robertson-Saskatoon-Saskatchewan/dp/144310017X/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Hoping-Stories-Arrival/dp/0545986974/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Titanic-Dorothy-Halifax/dp/0545980739/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Internment-Kobayashi-Vancouver/dp/0439946603/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Sorrows-Epidemic-Johanna/dp/1443107107/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Holocaust-Rabinowitz-Winnipeg/dp/1443113077/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Country-Confederation-Province/dp/1443113247/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Landslide-Roberts-District/dp/1443119199/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Triffie-Winsor-Newfoundland/dp/1443124435/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Giving-Tales-Christmas/dp/1443133736/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Residential-School-Pesheens/dp/1443133183/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Collectors-Set-Prairie/dp/0439969182/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Dear-Canada-Collectors-Set-Brothers/dp/0439961718/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Teaching-Dear-Canada-Vol-1/dp/0779113853
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Teaching-Dear-Canada-Vol-2/dp/0439969743/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Teaching-Dear-Canada-Vol-3/dp/0439947243/
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Teaching-Dear-Canada-Vol-4/dp/0545994144/
See also[]
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