A comprehensive and lively chronicle of the history of Canada from the end of the Ice Age to 1990 C.E. filled with period paintings and photographs and specially-commissioned illustrations, and anecdotes. The text may be read by a Grade 6 child and older although the subtle humour and irony may need an adult mind to recognize. The book concludes with a timeline of key events and an index. It might have benefited from a bibliography for further reading.