Introduction -- Beginnings to the 1890s: Canadian children's books in the Imperial Era -- The 1890s to the 1950s "'And whether we are yet a nation' -- The postwar period: Creating a children's publishing industry -- The 1970s: Developing a children's publishing industry -- The 1980s: The flowering of Canadian children's illustrated books -- The 1990s to the present day: Structural challenges and changes -- Children's illustrated books, 1990 to the present day -- Canadian cultural identity, Canadian cultural identities.