Yesterday, the Ontario Library Association announced the nominated titles for the 2018-2019 Forest of Reading® readers' choice awards. This popular literacy program which is designed to cultivate a love of reading for people of all ages certainly got everyone's attention. This is BIG news in schools as teachers and school librarians start organizing their young readers to help select winners next spring.
In a series of three posts, I'll list the nominees for the following programs that were announced:
- Blue Spruce™: K to Grade 2 reading level
- Silver Birch® Express: Grades 3-4 reading level
- Silver Birch® Fiction: Grades 5-6 reading level
- Silver Birch® Non-fiction: Grades 5-6 reading level
- Red Maple™ Fiction: Grades 7-8 reading level
- Red Maple™ Non-fiction: Grades 7-8 reading level
- White Pine™ Fiction: Grades 9-12 reading level
- Le Prix Tamarac: les titres en français
- Le Prix Tamarac Express: les titres en français
- Le Prix Peuplier: les albums français
Written and illustrated by Pierre Collet-Derby
Candlewick Press
Written by Jessica Scott Kerrin
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Harry's HiccupsIllustrated by Joe Weissmann
Orca
I Love My PurseIllustrated by Sonja Wimmer
Annick Press
Reviewed here
Written by Leanne Shirtliffe
Illustrated by Lorenzo Montatore
Sky Pony Press
Written by Zachary Hyman
Illustrated by Joe Bluhm
Tundra Books
Written by Deborah Kerbel
Illustrated by Suzanne del Rizzo
Pajama Press
Reviewed here
Written and illustrated by Kari Rust
Owlkids Books
Written by Aviaq Johnston
Illustrated by Tim Mack
Inhabit Media
Reviewed here
Written and illustrated by Cale Atkinson
Tundra Books
A Bear's LifeIllustrated by Ian McAllister
Orca
Written by Kyo Maclear
Illustrated by Julie Morstad
Tundra Books
Written by Margriet Ruurs
Illustrated by Pedro Covo
Kids Can Press
Written by Kallie George
Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
HarperCollins Canada
Written by Cary Fagan
Groundwood Books
Written by Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas
Scholastic Canada
Reviewed here
Written by Liam O'Donnell
Illustrated by Mike Deas
Orca
The Theory of Hummingbirds
Written by Michelle Kadarusman
Pajama Press
Written by Michelle Kadarusman
Pajama Press
What Makes a Monster? Discovering the World's Scariest CreaturesWritten by Jess Keating
Illustrated by David DeGrand
Alfred A. Knopf
Where's Burgess?
Written by Laurie Elmquist
Illustrated by David Parkins
Orca
Written by Laurie Elmquist
Illustrated by David Parkins
Orca
The Almost Epic Squad: Mucus Mayhem
Written by Kevin Sylvester
Illustrated by Britt Wilson
Scholastic Canada
Written by Linwood Barclay
Puffin
Ebb and Flow
Written by Heather Smith
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here
Elephant Secret
Written by Eric Walters
Puffin Canada
Falcon Wild
Written by Terry Lynn Johnson
Charlesbridge
Written by Gareth Wronski
Aladdin Books
Mine!
Written by Natalie Hyde
Scholastic Canada
Written by Shari Green
Pajama Press
Reviewed here
Written by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Written by Ammi-Joan Paquette
Philomel Books
Basketballogy: Super Cool Facts You Never Knew
Written and illustrated by Kevin Sylvester
Annick Press
Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas of the Night
Written by Rob Laidlaw
Pajama Press
Reviewed here
Biometrics: Your Body and the Science of Security
Written by Maria Birmingham
Illustrated by Ian Turner
Owlkids Books
Broken Pieces: An Orphan of the Halifax Explosion
Written by Allison Lawlor
Nimbus Publishing
Carey Price: How a First Nations Kid Became a Superstar Goaltender
Written by Catherine Rondina
James Lorimer & Company
Engineered!: Engineering Design at Work
Written by Shannon Hunt
Illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock
Kids Can Press
A Fair Deal: Shopping For Social Justice
Written by Kari Jones
Orca
New Hands, New Life: Robots, Prostheses and Innovation
Written by Alex Mihailidis and Jan Andrysek
Firefly Books
Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change And Our New World
Written by Keltie Thomas
Illustrated by Belle Wuthrich and Kath Boake W.
Firefly Books
The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow
Written and illustrated by Jan Thornhill
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Remaining nominees will be listed here:
Written and illustrated by Kevin Sylvester
Annick Press
Written by Rob Laidlaw
Pajama Press
Reviewed here
Written by Maria Birmingham
Illustrated by Ian Turner
Owlkids Books
Written by Allison Lawlor
Nimbus Publishing
Written by Catherine Rondina
James Lorimer & Company
Engineered!: Engineering Design at Work
Written by Shannon Hunt
Illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock
Kids Can Press
Written by Kari Jones
Orca
Written by Alex Mihailidis and Jan Andrysek
Firefly Books
Written by Keltie Thomas
Illustrated by Belle Wuthrich and Kath Boake W.
Firefly Books
The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow
Written and illustrated by Jan Thornhill
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here
Remaining nominees will be listed here:
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