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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

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Dear Canada: A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall, Milorie, Saskatchewan, 1926 by Sarah Ellis

Dear Canada: A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall, Milorie, Saskatchewan, 1926

Sarah Ellis

229 pages • digital • 2001

fiction historical middle grade
Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz by Carol Matas

Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz

Dear Canada

Carol Matas

163 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction childrens historical emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge, Montreal, New France, 1666 by Maxine Trottier

Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge, Montreal, New France, 1666

Maxine Trottier

176 pages • digital • 2003

Dear Canada: All Fall Down: The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts, Frank, District of Alberta, 1902 by Jean Little

Dear Canada: All Fall Down: The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts, Frank, District of Alberta, 1902

Jean Little

170 pages • digital • 2014

fiction childrens historical
Exiles from the War: The War Guest Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss by Jean Little

Exiles from the War: The War Guest Diary of Charlotte Mary Twiss

Dear Canada

Jean Little

243 pages • hardcover • 2010

fiction historical middle grade emotional reflective slow-paced
Dear Canada: Where the River Takes Me by Julie Lawson

Dear Canada: Where the River Takes Me

Julie Lawson

missing page info • digital • 2012

medium-paced
Dear Canada: A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas by Sarah Ellis

Dear Canada: A Season for Miracles: Twelve Tales of Christmas

Dear Canada

Sarah Ellis

167 pages • digital • 2006

fiction historical middle grade reflective slow-paced
Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens by Ruby Slipperjack

Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens

Dear Canada

Ruby Slipperjack

200 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction historical middle grade challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dear Canada: A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron, Yale, British Columbia, 1882 by Julie Lawson

Dear Canada: A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron, Yale, British Columbia, 1882

Julie Lawson

162 pages • digital • 2002

fiction historical middle grade
A Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson by Janet Lunn

A Rebel's Daughter: The 1837 Rebellion Diary of Arabella Stevenson

Dear Canada

Janet Lunn

201 pages • hardcover • 2006

fiction childrens historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced