Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop strong reading and phonetic skills. The material in this book can be used in a variety of ways.

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.