Lest We Forget: Books for Remembrance Day
Every year on November 11, Canadians pause in a moment of silence to honour and remember those who have served, and continue to serve Canada during times of war, conflict, and peace. We remember the more than 2,300,000 Canadians who have served throughout our nation’s history and the more than 118,000 who made the ultimate sacrifice. Here is a selection of K–12 books to help celebrate, honour, and learn about history and Remembrance Day with your classroom or library.
A Bear in War
Sergeant Billy
The True Story of the Goat Who Went to War
Hold the Oxo!
A Teenage Soldier Writes Home
And Then the Sky Exploded
I Am Canada: Fire in the Sky
World War I, Paul Townend, Over No Man's Land, 1916
Mr. Hiroshi's Garden
Bear on the Homefront
Stealing Home
Painted Fences
Innocent Heroes
Stories of animals in the First World War
Seasons Before the War
Uncertain Soldier
Remembrance Day
Winnie's Great War
In Flanders Fields
The Story of the Poem by John McCrae
Where Poppies Grow
A World War I Companion