2019 Forest of Reading® winners announced

The Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading's book awards have been an important part of my school library program and my personal volunteer experiences for many years, so I am always proud to post the results of this wonderful reading program.

It's impossible to congratulate all those who made this reading program and the Festival of Trees such a success but here are some of the amazing people who play important roles in its success:

• the readers;
• the selection committees who read so many books to choose the best for the shortlists;
• the steering committees that organize and put on the fabulous Festival of Trees;
• the OLA staff, with Meredith Tutching at the helm;
• the authors and illustrators who create the wonderful youngCanLit; and
• the publishers who publish youngCanLit and promote it.

Here are this year's readers' choice winners for each reading program as announced at the Festival of Trees in Toronto on May 14, 15 and 16, 2019:

Blue Spruce

WINNER 

Barnaby Never Forgets
Written and illustrated by Pierre Collet-Derby
Candlewick

  

Silver Birch EXPRESS

   WINNER

Meet Viola Desmond

Written by Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas
Scholastic Canada

Silver Birch FICTION

 WINNER

Chase

Written by Linwood Barclay
Puffin

Silver Birch NON-FICTION 

WINNER

Carey Price
How a First Nations Kid Became a Superstar Goaltender
Written by Catherine Rondina
Lorimer

Le prix Peuplier 

            Lauréat                

La doudou qui aimait trop le chocolat
Écrit par Claudia Larochelle
Illustré par Maira Chiodi
Les Éditions de la Bagnole

Le prix Tamarac 

                   Lauréat

Gladiateurs virtuels
Écrit par Paul Roux
Bayard Canada

Le prix Tamarac EXPRESS

                   Lauréat

Mammouth rock
Écrit par Eveline Payette
Illustré par Guillaume Perreault
La Courte Échelle

Red Maple Fiction

WINNER

A World Below
Written by Wesley King
Paula Wiseman Books

Red Maple Non-Fiction

WINNER

Every Falling Star

The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
Written by Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland
Abrams Amulet

White Pine FICTION

WINNER

The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Written by Heather Smith
Penguin Teen Canada

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Thrilling news for all authors, illustrators and publishers!

Enjoyed all the more for being selected 

by young Canadian readers!

Congratulations to everyone!

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The full list of winners and honour books is posted
 at CanLit for LittleCanadians Awards here.