SuitabookDear Canada
Carol Matas
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after the early family loss, then let the reader lead discussion of the settlers’ challenges and the help they receive.
- Themes
- Settling amid hardship: Isobel’s family and other settlers encounter harsh conditions and threats amid rivalry between fur-trading companies; help from a local Cree band contributes to the family settling. The story connects the family’s efforts to build a life with both the wider trading rivalry and assistance from the Cree band.
- Worth knowing
- A parent may wish to prepare for a mother’s death and the family’s repeated misfortunes, alongside threats to settlers and the strain of harsh conditions.