Indeed fascinating facts. "Now You Know Canada: 150 Years of Fascinating Facts" is like a tray with all kinds of tapas: small digestible bits of general knowledge about Canada that you can pick in no particular order and read all at once or just a couple at a time. The book contains several categories and the information is divided into questions (Who was the first.... Did you know that...) followed by a paragraph with the answer and some of the story behind it. You can even find the list of questions in the afterword. There is something for everyone, from fun facts, history, politics and sports to women in history, science and legends.

What makes this ebook specially nice is that it is not tedious to read, the question & explanation format is great for reading on the go, when you struggle to digest long texts cramped with facts or if you feel like skipping one entire section (or jumping straight into it). My favorite bits were: Wolverine's Canadian heritage, Scotty's missing finger (yes, "beam me up Scotty") and Winnie the Pooh. Cant wait to use some of these as conversation starters! ( )

What a great way to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday. This book is packed with facts all about Canada and Canadians. It is written in a question/answer format which touches on various topics and themes. The author covers a variety of subjects from geography, sports, disasters, war and heroes. Being an avid hockey fan, I loved this section and was not surprised that this was the largest section in the book. I thought I knew a lot about our country, but was surprised with the many things that were new to me. I like that I can not read and find out more about topics of interest that I was not familiar with. It was like reading a bunch of teasers, just enough information to make me want to find out more. It was fun to read about so many Canadians who helped shape this country and in many cases the world into what it is today! I definitely recommend this book to school libraries! The publisher generously provided me with a copy of this book via Netgalley. ( )

Book received from NetGalley.

It's been a while since I read this book, but I remember really enjoying it. It was a quick read and I learned quite a bit about our neighbors to the North. I was more interested in the history, geography, and people of Canada rather than the sports. I have to admit my attention waned when I got to that part. I may have to get a copy of this to add to my shelves. ( )

This book is packed with facts all about Canada and Canadians. The author covers a variety of subjects from geography, sports, disasters, war and heroes. What I enjoyed reading about the most - baseball, war, explorers and those who weren't afraid to lead the way and stand up for what they believed in. It was fun to read about some of the brave Canadians who helped shape this country into what it is today!

Thank you to Netgalley and Dundurn for a copy of this book. ( )