An interesting trivia or reference work. Suitable for picking up and browsing through for short reading sessions. I love things I can pick up after a few days and not worry about following the plot. Certainly Canada has a rich history but unfortunately one we are not taught a lot about it American schools so there's a lot of learn from this book.

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.

A good, thorough, and enjoyable read on all things Canada. I have always been fascinated with Canada and want to visit and this book made me want to go even more.

Very informative book, with just some minor editorial issues.

Read this one for Canada Day and learned a lot about the country, its history, and its people. While it was very informative, I did not like the Q&A format.

I learned so many things that I did not know about Canada before. My kids enjoyed it too.

This was a fun little book. Being Canadian I already knew a lot of what was in the book, but there was plenty interesting facts ranging from politicians, celebrities, sports (and much more) that kept me entertained.

I'm always interested in learning more about Canada. "Now You Know Canada" provides 150 facts in celebration of Canada's 150th birthday this year.

The chapters include:
* O Canada!
* Policy-makers and ground-breakers
* Rebellions
* Canada at war
* Heroes and legends
* Prodigies of science, invention and medicine
* Canadian disasters
* Intrepid explorers
* Entertain me
* The old ball game (baseball)
* Gridiron history (football)
* Canada's game (hockey)
* The beautiful game ... now in Canada (soccer)
* Scoops on Canadian hoops (basketball)
* Canada's other national game (lacrosse)
* Rocks and rolls (curling)
* Making a splash (swimming)
* Olympic feats
* More champions of Canadian sport

There was interesting information and trivia. I found it was really sports heavy, though ... half the book covers various sports. While I found some of it interesting, I was less interested in the sports stories and would have liked to have read more about entertainment, disasters, heroes, etc.

The information is laid out in easily digestible chunks. It would have been nice to have had more pictures to break up all the text (there were just a couple pictures).

This book actually made reading about historical facts and general knowledge enjoyable. I liked the question - explanation format, I think it makes it easier to read for people of all ages. Now, if every passenger' s front pocket in all international flights going to Canada would have one copy of this book, that would be fantastic.

This is a really cute book! I love the cover and the design throughout - Dundurn always does a really great job with formatting and design throughout all of their books.

Not only is it cute, it's also informative! I learned a lot of things in the short time it took to read Now You Know Canada: 150 Years of Fascinating Facts. For example: Did you know that in the 1942 movie Captains of the Clouds, starring James Cagney, Billy Bishop played himself as a Royal Canadian Air Force officer presiding over the graduation of cadet pilots? Or, that D-Day was the first time the Canadian army fought under the Red Ensign? Before that Canadians had fought under the British Union Jack. Or, did you know that Hockey Night in Canada is the longest-running sports show in the world? The program began in 1952 and is still airing today on CBC!

Now You Know Canada also has a really lovely 'Question and Feature List' at the back that provides a quick and easy reference for when you want to know an answer to a fascinating fact. I think this is such a great addition to an already great book! It makes it so much more accessible and reusable.

In short, I really do think Now You Know Canada is a wonderful book. I was talking with a friend recently who told me she thought American history was more interesting than Canadian history. I politely had to tell her that I disagreed; that Canadian history is just as interesting as American, but that Canadians are sadly often more educated in American history than Canadian. And that's sad. Thankfully, books like Now You Know Canada: 150 Years of Fascinating Facts are helping Canadians becoming acquainted with Canadian history - and bravo to Dundurn for that!

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!

If I were in the North Country of NY (like where I went to college) I would be wanting it in my store. Otherwise I am handselling it to all my college friends and humming O Canada!

This was my first wishlist item approved on netgalley so I made sure to drop everything to read this book. I admit, I was interested because my hope is in a few years to move to Canada to be closer to my best friend. But I'm also a fan of random facts and history, so my hope was to learn as much as I could from this book.

I ate the history section of this book. Sadly, most of this book is actually sports and I lost interest after the baseball section of this book, skipping until the Olympics section. I was very disappointed in how much was sports, the hockey section was expected and stretched the longest, but it was still more than the whole countries history. Up to this point, I was in love with this book and in love with the fact I got to discuss these things with my friend. But having skipped most of the sports, I finished the book in one day feeling disappointed. There really isn't much else to say about this one other than it was good and would have been better if it had paid a bit more attention to the history and people and not just the sports, making it more of a book everyone would have found enjoyable.

Do I recommend this one? Meh. I do the history part if you want to better understand the history from someone who knows nothing about it. I just suggest not buying it if your only going to read the history like I did. If you enjoy sports and reading it, then go for this book.

An intriguing collection of facts and information about Canada... Perfect for people like me who just love random trivia.

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!

Fantastic book full of information on many different themes. Great for coffee tables . A must for anyone studying Canada or interested in travelling there. As an historian I really enjoyed the war section, it tied in with many things I have studied over the years. Coincidentally I have just purchased a special pin from the British Legion poppy appeal that commemorates passchendale. Every pin has a card commemorating the life of a soldier who lost his lie in passchendale , mine happens be Canadian.
But there are many more fun and interesting trivia that is good for general knowledge, but may come up in a pub quiz. Who Jew the first person over the niagra falls was a woman with her cat, or that Canada has the longest coastline if any other country?
A great book, I think it will be nicer to have a hard copy to flip though

This is just the fun book you would hope to read to find out more about a country. Lots of questions you might not have thought of before but once you know the answers you'll wonder how you never thought to ask.
I bought books similar to this when living there as I love to get underneath the skin of a country and its different ways. Things I knew before going there and things learned when in a country are very different but this book manages to merge the weird and whacky, serious and otherwise without it feeling like a history lesson. Written in the form of questions is good too - links and flows well. Answers are educational without you feeling you're sat in a classroom. All books make you wiser and richer and this one definately does!

A smart way to celebrate the 150 anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. The book has a lot of facts and interesting information about a country we hardly know besides the beautiful landscapes and some - usually stereotypical - views on multiculturalism. It is a real tour de force through history, women in politics and science, sports and a lot of other trivia facts. Strongly recommended to curious people keen to discover different stories about Canada.