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.