Leading up to the 150th anniversary of the founding of our home and native land, publishers are releasing a handful of titles this fall that celebrate everything from our history to our future, our culture to the wonders of our natural environment.

• What’s more Canadian than a moose? Maybe a Canada goose! A perfect intro to the alphabet and some homegrown animals. Moose, Goose, Animals on the Loose! A Canadian Wildlife ABC, Geraldo Valério (Owlkids Books)
• In this lovely picture book, a young girl narrates the story of a day spent paddling through the Canadian wilderness with her grandfather, taking in all of the natural beauty around them. In the Red Canoe, Leslie A. Davidson and Laura Bifano, ill. (Orca Book Publishers)
• A fun, fabulous resource chock full of interesting history, people, inventions, and events, with gorgeous illustrations. Canada Year by Year, Elizabeth MacLeod and Sydney Smith, ill. (Kids Can Press)
• Susan Hughes’s non-fiction title honours and acknowledges our history of immigration, and its continued importance in the future of our cultural mosaic. Making Canada Home:
  How Immigrants Shaped This Country, Susan Hughes  (Owlkids Books)
• This updated classic gets new illustrations and an additional chapter of fresh information. The Story of Canada, Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore, Alan Daniel, ill. (Scholastic Canada)