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geekwayne's review against another edition
5.0
'Canada Year by Year' by Elizabeth MacLeod with illustrations by Sydney Smith is a younger readers overview of the history of Canada, and it's timed for next year's 150th anniversary.
The book has 10 chapters for distinct eras. Every year gets a paragraph of notable events or history. Topics include everything from politics to sports and culture. The famous Canadians that aren't featured in the book get mentioned in an appendix at the end.
Starting with the birth of the country on July 1st, 1867, we learn about the fathers of confederation, the Fenian raids, British home children, women's rights, indigenous people's rights, the fight for English or French to be the main language. We learn about the invention of basketball, the telephone, the Canadarm, and indoor hockey. We learn about the contributions of Canadian armed forces in the world wars and more recently in Afghanistan.
Every year can't be covered in such a concise manner, but the breadth of things covered is impressive. As someone who lives in the US, I'm not as familiar with Canadian history, so I learned quite a few things. Controversial topics are not shied away from, and are covered and presented pretty neutrally. It's funny that the last entry is for 2017, as I read this in 2016, and it's also written in the past tense, but I assume that's for future readers. The illustrations and layout of this book are great. The pages are broken up in interesting ways and there are trivia facts and quotes along with the caricature style of illustration.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Kids Can Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
The book has 10 chapters for distinct eras. Every year gets a paragraph of notable events or history. Topics include everything from politics to sports and culture. The famous Canadians that aren't featured in the book get mentioned in an appendix at the end.
Starting with the birth of the country on July 1st, 1867, we learn about the fathers of confederation, the Fenian raids, British home children, women's rights, indigenous people's rights, the fight for English or French to be the main language. We learn about the invention of basketball, the telephone, the Canadarm, and indoor hockey. We learn about the contributions of Canadian armed forces in the world wars and more recently in Afghanistan.
Every year can't be covered in such a concise manner, but the breadth of things covered is impressive. As someone who lives in the US, I'm not as familiar with Canadian history, so I learned quite a few things. Controversial topics are not shied away from, and are covered and presented pretty neutrally. It's funny that the last entry is for 2017, as I read this in 2016, and it's also written in the past tense, but I assume that's for future readers. The illustrations and layout of this book are great. The pages are broken up in interesting ways and there are trivia facts and quotes along with the caricature style of illustration.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Kids Can Press and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
sitnstew's review against another edition
4.0
Canada Year by Year is a very good and accessible history book for children. It gives brief glimpses of important historical events and facts from the Great White North. The illustrations provide a bit of interest between topics and I think it is written well enough that most children would not get bored by the content. Definitely worth checking out.
Disclaimer: I received a free electronic copy from Netgalley for my opinion.
Disclaimer: I received a free electronic copy from Netgalley for my opinion.
novelesque_life's review against another edition
5.0
Rating: 5 STARS
2016; Kids Can Press
This is a great book for anyone wanting to know more about Canada. It is a brief but fantastic introduction to Canada for a young child. I think it should be in every school library as it is a easy book to want to read and know more about history. The illustrations are great and remind me a bit of [a:Quentin Blake|146|Quentin Blake|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1357194118p2/146.jpg].
***I received an eARC from EDELWEISS***
2016; Kids Can Press
This is a great book for anyone wanting to know more about Canada. It is a brief but fantastic introduction to Canada for a young child. I think it should be in every school library as it is a easy book to want to read and know more about history. The illustrations are great and remind me a bit of [a:Quentin Blake|146|Quentin Blake|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1357194118p2/146.jpg].
***I received an eARC from EDELWEISS***
ljrinaldi's review against another edition
5.0
Quick, if you are not Canadian, how much Canadian history can you tell me? And you can't go look up old Kate Beaton's Hark, A Vigilant cartoons either.
As an American, other than what I have learned from reading Kate Beaton, and reading on my own, I found that I really didn't have much Canadian history under my belt. And did all you non-Canadian's know that next year will be the 150th anniversary of their founding?
This is a very assessable little volume. It is not overly preachy, nor does it talk down to you. The author has picked one event per year to highlight, including nobel prize winners, olympic champions, and inventions. Nor does it shy away from issues such as the treatment of the First Nation people. The founding of the Indian act is mentioned, as well as the Residential schools apology. We learn who the first provinces who made up Canada were, as well as that Nunavut is the most recent province formed.
Highly recommended for just about everyone. Written at a middle-school to high school level, with great illustrations.
Thanks to Netgalley and Kids Can Press for making this book available for an honest review.
As an American, other than what I have learned from reading Kate Beaton, and reading on my own, I found that I really didn't have much Canadian history under my belt. And did all you non-Canadian's know that next year will be the 150th anniversary of their founding?
This is a very assessable little volume. It is not overly preachy, nor does it talk down to you. The author has picked one event per year to highlight, including nobel prize winners, olympic champions, and inventions. Nor does it shy away from issues such as the treatment of the First Nation people. The founding of the Indian act is mentioned, as well as the Residential schools apology. We learn who the first provinces who made up Canada were, as well as that Nunavut is the most recent province formed.
Highly recommended for just about everyone. Written at a middle-school to high school level, with great illustrations.
Thanks to Netgalley and Kids Can Press for making this book available for an honest review.
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