I thought that this book was an excellent basic overview of the history of Canada from the very beginning right up until present day. It had some excellent art work that helped illustrate some of the points and it was very well written. Good for children and adults alike.

Elizabeth MacLeod has compiled an extensive, interesting, and non-partisan history of Canada. The large picture-book format book is laid out with chronological snippets of Canadian history. As an adult, I found it interesting to read the book in it's entirety, but I wonder somewhat about how children, the intended audience, will read this book. A criticism could be that the somewhat random chronological snippets would make researching a particular event or time period somewhat difficult. However, the accessible text and interesting writing-style make this a great book about Canada. I also thought that MacLeod handled many of the less than stellar parts of Canadian history, like the treatment of Aboriginal peoples, very well.

I liked the easy-to-read-and-understand format about the history of Canada. I can't wait to show my students!