52 nonfiction stories help develop student awareness of Canadian symbols, sports, birds, wild animals, insects, reptiles, inventors and inventions, famous athletes, famous people, special places, and sights to visit, ghost stories, and famous mysteries. Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop reading and phonetic skills. A year of non-fiction reading in one book! One story a week for bell work, review, indoor recess, and enrichment.

CANADIAN SYMBOLS:

Story #1: Our Country Canada
Story #2: The Prime Minister of Canada
Story #3: Canada's Capital City
Story #4: How Canada Got Its Own Flag
Story #5: Canada's National Flag
Story #6: Symbols of Canada

CANADIAN SPORTS:

Story #1: Baseball in Canada
Story #2: Canadian Football
Story #3: Soccer in Canada
Story #4: Canadian Basketball

CANADIAN BIRDS:

Story #1: The Snowy Owl
Story #2: The Atlantic Puffin
Story #3: The Burrowing Owl
Story #4: The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Story #5: The Common Loon

CANADIAN ANIMALS:

Story #1: The Canadian Beaver
Story #2: The Black Bear
Story #3: The Muskrat
Story #4: The Snowshoe Hare
Story #5: The Opossum
Story #6: The Musk Ox

CANADIAN INSECTS:

Story #1: The Firefly
Story #2: The Ladybug
Story #3: The Dragonfly

CANADIAN REPTILES:

Story #1: The Snapping Turtle
Story #2: The Leatherback Turtle
Story #3: The Prairie Rattlesnake

CANADIAN INVENTORS/INVENTIONS:

Story #1: Joseph-Armand Bombardier - Skidoo
Story #2: Alexander Graham Bell - Telephone
Story #3: Jacque Plante - Hockey Mask

FAMOUS CANADIAN ATHLETES:

Story #1: P.K. Subban - One of the Three Hockey Brothers
Story #2: The Dufour-Lapointe Sisters - Canada's Mogul Queens
Story #3: Alexandre Bilodeau - Freestyle Skiing King
Story #4: Mark McMorris - A Snowboarding Warrior
Story #5: Marielle Thompson - Golden Girl on Skis

FAMOUS CANADIAN PEOPLE:

Story #1: Carly Rae Jepson - Canadian Singer and Songwriter
Story #2: Chris Hadfield - Famous Canadian Astronaut
Story #3: Jessica Amlee - Young Canadian Film and Television Star
Story #4: David Suzuki - Canadian Scientist
Story #5: Avril Lavigne - Singer and Songwriter

CANADIAN PLACES/SIGHTS:

Story #1: The Queen Charlotte Islands or Haidi Gwaii Islands of the Haida Peoples'
Story #2: Jasper National Park -" Canada's Scenic Wonder
Story #3: The Big Muddy Badlands - The Outlaws' Hideaway
Story #4: Lunenburg - A World Heritage Site
Story #5: The Cabot Trail - A Scenic Roadway
Story #6: Yellowknife - The Largest Community in the N.W.T.
Story #7: Aurora Borealis or The Northern Lights
Story #8: The Peterborough Lift Lock
Story #9: The Hartland Covered Bridge

CANADIAN GHOST STORIES:

Story #1: The Ghost Train

FAMOUS CANADIAN MYSTERIES:

Story #1: Ogopogo - A Famous Lake Monster
Story #2: Bigfoot or Sasquatch - A British Columbia Mystery Monster

118 pages with answer key.