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Dear Canada Series

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1 participant (38 books)

17 Jul 2025—17 Jul 2026

Overview

 I learned recently that our lovely neighbors to the north have their own Dear series. So here we are to read them all. 

Challenge Books

All books added
A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas by Barbara Haworth- Attard, Carol Matas, Ruby Slipperjack, Jean Little, Norah McClintock, Janet McNaughton, Karleen Bradford, Susan Aihoshi, Sarah Ellis

A Time for Giving: Ten Tales of Christmas

Barbara Haworth- Attard, Carol Matas, Ruby Slipperjack, Jean Little, Norah McClintock, Janet McNaughton, Karleen Bradford, Susan Aihoshi, Sarah Ellis

216 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction historical lighthearted slow-paced
Flame and Ashes: The Great Fire Diary of Triffie Winsor, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1892 by Janet McNaughton

Flame and Ashes: The Great Fire Diary of Triffie Winsor, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1892

Dear Canada

Janet McNaughton

200 pages • digital • 2014

fiction historical middle grade emotional hopeful informative slow-paced
Thurber country: The classic collection about males and females, mainly of our own species by James Thurber

Thurber country: The classic collection about males and females, mainly of our own species

James Thurber

276 pages • hardcover • 1953

fiction short stories funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
A Desperate Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson by Karleen Bradford

A Desperate Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad Diary of Julia May Jackson

Dear Canada

Karleen Bradford

240 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction childrens historical adventurous reflective medium-paced
Blood Upon Our Land: The North West Resistance Diary Of Josephine Bouvier by Maxine Trottier

Blood Upon Our Land: The North West Resistance Diary Of Josephine Bouvier

Dear Canada

Maxine Trottier

231 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction historical emotional informative medium-paced
Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi by Susan Aihoshi

Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi

Dear Canada

Susan Aihoshi

209 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction childrens historical emotional medium-paced
To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937 by Barbara Haworth-Attard

To Stand On My Own: The Polio Epidemic Diary of Noreen Robertson, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1937

Dear Canada

Barbara Haworth-Attard

192 pages • hardcover • 2010

fiction childrens historical emotional slow-paced
Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Prisoners in the Promised Land: The Ukrainian Internment Diary of Anya Soloniuk

Dear Canada

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

243 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
That Fatal Night: The Titanic Diary of Dorothy Wilton by Sarah Ellis

That Fatal Night: The Titanic Diary of Dorothy Wilton

Dear Canada

Sarah Ellis

170 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction historical fast-paced
Winter of Peril: The Newfoundland Diary of Sophie Loveridge by Jan Andrews

Winter of Peril: The Newfoundland Diary of Sophie Loveridge

Dear Canada

Jan Andrews

218 pages • hardcover • 2005

fiction childrens historical emotional slow-paced