On May 4-6, 2021, selected young readers who'd applied to
participate on the fifth annual Forest Kid Committee (for ages 9-13)
and the third Forest Teen Committee (for ages 14+) came together online
to talk books. From their discussions, which were interspersed with
visits from award-winning Canadian authors (Eric Walters, Colleen Nelson, David A. Robertson, Paul Coccia, Vikki VanSickle, Mahtab Narsimhan, Tom Ryan, Brian Francis and Pam Withers), these young people produced three
extraordinary lists of recommended titles to keep everyone reading
Canadian over the summer. These are their recommendations for their
peers in the Silver Birch, Red Maple and White Pine reading programs of
the Forest of Reading®.
Silver Birch Readers
(Ages 8-12, Grades 3-6)
Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Body Under the Piano
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer
Firefly
Genie Meanie
Girl of the Southern Sea
The Lost Scroll of the Physician (Secrets of the Sands #1)
Louder than Words (Heroes Quartet #3)
My Name is Konisola
Peter Lee's Notes from the Field
Red Fox Road
The Sun Will Come Out
Unplugged
War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories
Red Maple Readers
(Ages 12-14, Grades 7-8)
Written by Rachelle Delaney
Penguin Random House
Ages 10-14
Written by Heather Smith
Penguin Random House
Ages 12+
Written by Michael Hutchinson
Second Story Press
Ages 9-12
The Do-Over
Written by Jennifer Honeybourn
Swoon Reads / Feiwel & Friends
Ages 13-18
Written by Melanie Florence
Orca Book Publishers
Ages 12+
Written by Jen Sookfong Lee
Illustrated by Drew Shannon
Orca Book Publishers
Ages 12+
Written by Adan Jerreat-Poole
Dundurn
Ages 13+
Written by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins Canada
Ages 10-14
Written by Michael F. Stewart
Orca Book Publishers
Ages 12+
Written by Michelle Barker
Annick Press
Ages 14+
Written by Paul Coccia
Lorimer
Ages 13-18
Written by Brooke Carter
Orca Book Publishers
Ages 12+
Written by Susin Nielsen
Penguin Random House
Ages 12+
Written by Gordon Korman
Scholastic
Ages 8-12
Written by Dani Jansen
Second Story Press
Ages 12-18
White Pine Readers(Ages 14-18, Grades 9-12)
Written by Ashley Shuttleworth
Simon & Schuster
Ages 13-17
Written by André Fenton
Nimbus Publishing
Ages 14-17
Written by Tanya Boteju
Simon & Schuster
Ages 14+
Written by Pam Withers
Dundurn Press
Ages 12-15
Written by Emily St. John Mandel
Penguin Random House
Ages 17+
Written by Jo Treggiari
Penguin Random House
Ages 12+
Written by Natalie Zina Walschots
HarperCollins
Ages 17+
Written by Tom Ryan
Albert Whitman & Co.
Ages 15-18
Written by Pasha Malla
Penguin Random House
Ages 17+
Written by Tea Mutonji
Arsenal Pulp Press
Ages 17+
Written by Sarena Nanua and Sasha Nanua
HarperCollins
Ages 13-17
Written by Kenneth Oppel
HarperCollins
Ages 10-14
Written by Jasmin Kaur
HarperCollins
Ages 14+
Written by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson
Running Press Kids
Ages 12+
Written by Kathleen Peacock
Harper Collins
Ages 13+
The book lists are posted on the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading website:
- For Silver Birch readers: https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-Kid-Committee-List-Silver-Birch.pdf
- For Red Maple readers: https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-Kid-Committee-List-Red-Maple.pdf
- For White Pine readers: https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-Teen-Committee-List.pdf
And there are lovely posters too (Forest Kid Committee: https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-Kid-Committee-Poster.pdf; Teen Committee: https://accessola.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-Teen-Committee-Poster.pdf) to help keep everyone reading Canadian this summer.
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