GENERAL

Pika - Children's Literature Database - provides a unique window on Canadian children's literature.  Contained in the database are records for all children's books held in the National Library's Canadian Children's Literature Collection - over 35, 000 titles.  The collection contains Canadian children's books in English, French and other languages, dating from the 19th century to the present day:  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pika/index-e.html   

Dr. Berverly Brenna:  Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan.  She teaches curriculum courses in education, specalizing in literacy and children's literature - books are listed with an annotated bibliography:   http://www.beverleybrenna.com/novels.html

Canadian Literature Database: http://49thshelf.com/user/login

Dear Canada Series: http://www.scholastic.ca/dearcanada/

Teaching with Dear Canada Series (4 Volumes): http://www.scholastic.ca/dearcanada/books/teaching1.htm

Canadian Children’s Book Centre: http://www.bookcentre.ca/

Canadian Literature Resources: http://www.ednet.ns.ca/index.php?t=sub_pages&cat=125

An encyclopedic set of Canadian Literature: http://www.nwpassages.com/links.asp

Author Study Resource: http://www.readingrockets.org/content/pdfs/authortoolkit_rr.pdf

Writers in Electronic Residence: http://www.wier.ca/
This resource allows students to collaborate electronically with writers across Canada.

Children’s literature section of Library and Archives Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/childrenliterature/index-e.html

Canadian Fiction @ Suite 101: http://www.suite101.com/canadianfiction

Technology in the Classroom: http://www.saskschoolboards.ca/old/ResearchAndDevelopment/ResearchReports/Technology/97-02.htm#EXECUTIVE%20SUMMARY

Book Fairs: http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/

Eight Orbitals of Inquiry: http://people.uleth.ca/~leah.fowler/Narrativefowler/Welcome.html

Lesson Plan Resources: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/narrative.html

Canadian Books and Authors: http://www.canadianauthors.net/

Canadian Literature Major Reference Websites:  http://www.library.ubc.ca/jones/canlit.html

Database to search Canadian authors with links to list of published books, plus reviews: http://spldatabase.saskatoonlibrary.ca/internet/HowNovelQuery.htm

100 Best Canadian books: http://kidsspace.torontopubliclibrary.ca/genCategory15785.html
Year's best (2010) picture books, fction and non-fiction up to grade 12: http://www.resourcelinksmagazine.ca/featuredArticle/years_2010.php

Featured article with annotated book talks to reate a love of reading - part of a UBC library course:  http://www.resourcelinksmagazine.ca/featuredArticle/2011_april.php
Best Bets for Young Adult novels from the Ontario Library Association:
http://www.accessola.org/ola_prod/OLAWEB/OPLA/Children_and_Youth_Services_Committee?OLAWEB/OPLA/Best_Bets.aspx




LITERARY MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS

Quill and Quire: http://quillandquire.com

CM Magazine (UManitoba): http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/cm/

Globe and Mail Book Sites: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/

The Walrus: http://www.walrusmagazine.com/

Open Book Toronto: http://www.openbooktoronto.com/

Canadian Literature Quarterly: http://canlit.ca/

Professionally Speaking - The Magazine of teh Ontario College of Teachers: http://professionallyspeaking.oct.ca/june_2012/resources/default.aspx

PROVINCIAL LITERARY MAGAZINES

Ontario: http://www.brickmag.com/

Atlantic Canada: http://www.thefiddlehead.ca/

Alberta: http://www.albertaviews.ab.ca/

British Columbia: http://books.bc.ca/

Manitoba: http://www.prairiefire.ca/news.html

Saskatchewan: http://www.grainmagazine.ca/

Quebec: http://www.qwf.org/

Nunavut: http://www.cley.gov.nu.ca/en/LiteraryPrize.aspx

Yukon: http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/about/criteria

LITERARY PRIZES & WINNER LISTS

Canada Reads (CBC): http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/

Governor General Literary Prize: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggla/2010/default.htm

Giller Prize Winners (ScotiaBank): http://www.scotiabankgillerprize.ca/

Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Awards (Atlantic Canada): http://www.hackmatack.ca/

Links to award winning books and comments/summary: http://www.resourcelinksmagazine.ca/featuredArticle/
Canadian Book of the Year for Children -- with summaries up to 2012:  http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Book_of_the_Year_for_Children_Award&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2501

Canadian Book of the year Awards with summaries for young adults:http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Young_Adult_Canadian_Book_Award&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2504 

List of award winning books - no summaries: http://www.whitehots.com/CLA_2012_Young_Adult_Shortlist

Best Bets 2011 Fiction Reading for Young Adults (pdf format) novel contenders with short summary: http://www.accessola.org/Documents/OLA/Divisions/OPLA/Children/OLA%20Best%20Bets%20Young%20Adults%202011.pdf 



PUBLISHERS
Orca Book Publisher - Canadian Novels, picture books with free teacher guides.  Includes "Rapid Reads" for struggling readers: http://www.orcabook.com/client/client_pages/teacher/guides.cfm#nonficiton


LIBRARIES

National Library Canada (and archives): http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/index-e.html 

Vancouver Public Library: www.vpl.ca  

Burlington Library: http://www.bpl.on.ca/bplteens.htm

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING HISTORICAL FICTION

Historical Thinking Benchmarks: http://www.historybenchmarks.ca/

Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canada: http://canadianmysteries.ca/en/index.php

Canadian History Resource: http://www.dominion.ca/

Information on Indian Residential Schools: 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/services/indiresident/index-eng.php

Statute of the 1857 Gradual Civilization of the Indian Tribes Enfranchisement Scheme:
http://signatoryindian.tripod.com/routingusedtoenslavethesovereignindigenouspeoples/id10.html

Information on Operation Pied Piper (WW II Britian): http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwtwo/evacuees_01.shtml#three

Evacuation of British children to Canada during WW II:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lessons/lesson35.htm

Historical information on Canadian events: http://www.histori.ca/

Brief about Canada in 1950s: http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/getBriefed/1950.asp

Youth Justice in Canada: http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/youth-justice-canada-history-debates

FNMI resources: www.goodminds.com  

Mettisage: http://ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/v07n02/metissage/metiscript.html

Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies: www.gdins.org 

Interculturalism:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZxeY6LkI13EJ:www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Publications/Human-Rights-Issues/MON-3%2520Here%2520comes%2520everyone.pdf+Alberta+Teachers%E2%80%99+Association+%282010%29+Here+comes+everyone:+Teaching+in+the+Intercultural+Classroom&hl=en&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiP-sfXJz6LIyEOvhLkujxzwqZ0FboiGuXL2xe8yX3nq9jYEDLFhpnmWuZkPhpsjDxdYSyRK2iPTEWDYzv4Av09-zdID0bGdD3htKACkYeLukvFuqgy3YWIxK3do1jyWi98Y-xt&sig=AHIEtbQhpk80SBa30nvxx0lEhKBlnkUIYg

Black History Literature Collection: http://www.fitzhenry.ca/detail.aspx?ID=9977

Tundra’s Black History Books: http://www.tundrabooks.com/pdfs/theme_black_history.pdf

African Canadian Online: http://www.yorku.ca/aconline/literature.html

Information on Asia-Canada: http://asia-canada.ca/

Asian Canadian Writers Workshop: http://www.asiancanadianwritersworkshop.com/

SITES ORGANIZED AROUND THEMES
Library and Archives Canada--Themes (resources, books, etc.): http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-1000-e.html


BOOK SPECIFIC STUDY GUIDES, TEACHER GUIDES, OR BOOK SITES

In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton: http://jesshomepage0.tripod.com/studyguide.htm

On Thin Ice by Jamie Bastedo: http://www.onthinice.ca/

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood: http://www.oryxandcrake.co.uk/

Midnight at the Dragon Café by Judy Fong Bates:
http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771010972&view=rg

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah: http://www.alongwaygone.com/index.html

Angeline by Karleen Bradford: http://www.karleenbradford.com/angeline-guide.html

Wild Orchid by Beverly Brenna: http://www.beverleybrenna.com/orchid_guide.html

The Moon Children by Beverly Brenna: http://www.beverleybrenna.com/moon_guide.html

Meyer’s Rebellion by Connie Brummel Crook: http://www.conniebrummelcrook.ca/studyguide.html

Terror at Turtle Mountain by Penny Draper: www.coteaubooks.com/book_uploads/teacher_resources/resource_132.pdf

http://www.pennydraper.ca/penelopedraper/Fun_Stuff.html

The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis: www.globalclassroom.unicef.ca/pdf/TheHeavenShop_TeachersGuide.pdf

Keeley: The Girl from Turtle Mountain by Deborah Ellis: http://ourcanadiangirl.ca/keeley.php

The Gravesavers by Sheree Fitch: www.canlitforkids.ca/Guides/Gravesavers_Novel%20Study%20Kit.pdf

I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad by Karolyn Smardz Frost:
http://www.homeingloryland.com/

Ellen: Hobo Jungle by Dorothy Joan Harris: http://ourcanadiangirl.ca/

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill: http://www.lawrencehill.com/BON-Teachers-Guide.pdf

Stitches by Glen Huser: http://www.glenhuser.com/main/books/stitches-discussion-questions/

Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen by Glen Huser:
http://www.glenhuser.com/main/books/skinnybones-and-the-wrinkle-queen-%E2%80%93-questions-activities/

In Spite of Killer Bees by Julie Johnston: www.tundrabooks.com/pdfs/tg_spite_killerbees.pdf

Margit, Book One: Home Free by Kathy Kacer: http://ourcanadiangirl.ca/

Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay: http://www.ysabel.ca/

One Good Story, That One by Thomas King: http://files.harpercollins.com/PDF/ReadingGuides/0006485251.pdf

Pure by Karen Krossing: http://secondstorypress.ca/resources/pureguide.pdf

Lord of the Nutcracker Men by Iain Lawrence: http://iainlawrence.com/lawrence-lord-praise.htm

Hold Fast by Kevin Major: http://www.newcomm.net/kmajor/tahf.htm

Scott Pilgrim by Brian O’Malley: http://www.scottpilgrim.com/

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel:
http://kennethoppel.com/airborn/newspaper01.shtml

http://www.kennethoppel.ca/pages/studyguides02.shtml

Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel:

http://www.kennethoppel.ca/darkwing/

http://www.kennethoppel.ca/pages/studyguides03.shtml

Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel:

http://www.kennethoppel.ca/airborn/skybreaker.shtml

http://www.kennethoppel.ca/pages/studyguides02.shtml

Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel: http://www.kennethoppel.ca/airborn/starclimber.shtml

Strange Times at Western High by Emily Pohl-Weary: http://www.nataliefuentes.com/

Draugr by Arthur Slade: http://www.arthurslade.com/book_draugr/studyguide.html

The Haunting of Drang Island by Arthur Slade: http://www.arthurslade.com/book_drang/studyguide.html

The Loki Wolf by Arthur Slade: http://www.arthurslade.com/book_lokiwolf/studyguide.html

Dust by Arthur Slade: http://www.arthurslade.com/book_dust/index.html

Tribes by Arthur Slade: http://www.arthurslade.com/book_tribes/index.html

The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade: http://www.hunchbackassignments.com/

Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Smith:
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/cyn_books_forkids/rain/rain_thenovel.html

Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton: www.allanstratton.com/secretsteachingguide.pdf

Trouble on Tarragon Island by Nikki Tate: www.sononis.com/tg122.pdf

The Beyond Blond Series Website (by Teresa Toten): http://www.penguin.ca/static/pages/features/blonde/contest.html

Street Pharm by Allison Van Diepen: http://www.allisonvandiepen.com/teachers.php#pharm

Dust City by Robert Paul Weston: http://www.robertpaulweston.com/dustcity/

The Alchemist’s Dream by John Wilson: http://alchemistsdream.blogspot.com/

Tales from Ghost Mountain by Paul Yee: www.paulyee.ca/teachers_resources/tales_from_gold_mountain.pdf

Ghost Train by Paul Yee: www.paulyee.ca/teachers_resources/ghost_train.pdf

The Bone Collector’s Son by Paul Yee: www.paulyee.ca/teachers_resources/bone_collectors_son.pdf

What Happened This Summer by Paul Yee: www.paulyee.ca/teachers_resources/what_happened_summer.pdf