October 18, 2021

2022 Forest of Reading® nominees: Blue Spruce™, Silver Birch®


Here is the first grouping of 2022 nominees from the nine Forest of Reading® awards of the Ontario Library Association:




BLUE SPRUCE™





 

48 Grasshopper Estates
Written by Sara de Waal
Illustrated by Erika Medina
Annick Press
Reviewed here
 

Beep Beep Bubbie
Written by Bonnie Sherr Klein
Illustrated by Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal
Tradewind Books
 

The Doll
Written by Nhung N. Tran-Davies 
Illustrated by Ravy Puth
Second Story Press
 

Harley the Hero
Written and Illustrated by Peggy Collins
Pajama Press 
 

The Library Bus
Written by Bahram Rahman 
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Pajama Press 


Malaika’s Surprise
Written by Nadia L. Hohn 
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher
Groundwood Books


No More Plastic
Written and Illustrated by Alma Fullerton
Pajama Press


The Sorry Life of Timothy Shmoe
Written by Stephanie Simpson McLellan 
Illustrated by Zoe Si
Owlkids Books


Thunder and the Noise Storms
Written by Jeffrey Ansloos and Shezza Ansloos
Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
Annick Press










SILVER BIRCH EXPRESS




 


Duck Days
Written by Sarah Leach 
Illustrated by Rebecca Bender
Published by Pajama Press
 

Hockey Night in Kenya
Written by Danson Mutinda and Eric Walters
Illustrated by Claudia Dávila
Orca Book Publishers 


How I Survived: Four Nights on the Ice
Written by Serapio Ittusardjuat 
Illustrated by Matthew K. Hoddy
Inhabit Media


Mellybean and the Giant Monster
Written and illustrated by Mike White
Razorbill


Race with Me!
Written by Andre De Grasse and Robert Budd
Illustrated by Joseph Osei Bonsu
Scholastic Canada


Raymond the Buffalo
Written by Lou Beauchesne 
Illustrated by Kate Chappell
Translated by Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli
Orca Book Publishers


Snooze-O-Rama: The Strange Ways That Animals Sleep
Written by Maria Birmingham 
Illustrated by Kyle Reed
Owlkids Books
 

That’s No Dino!: Or Is It? What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur
Written by Helaine Becker 
Illustrated by Marie-Ѐve Tremblay
Kids Can Press 


Walking for Water: How One Boy Stood Up For Gender Equality
Written by Susan Hughes 
Illustrated by Nicole Miles
Second Story Press


Wednesday Wilson Gets Down to Business
Written by Bree Galbraith 
Illustrated by Morgan Goble
Kids Can Press










SILVER BIRCH FICTION

 
 
 
 
 

Alice Fleck’s Recipes for Disaster
Written by Rachelle Delaney
Puffin Canada
 

Deadman’s Castle
Written by Iain Lawrence
Holiday House 
 

Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer
Written by Leslie Gentile 
DCB
 

The Fabulous Zed Watson!
Written by Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester 
HarperCollins
 

The Great Bear (The Misewa Saga, Book 2)
Written by David A. Robertson 
Puffin Canada


Harvey Holds His Own
Written by Colleen Nelson 
Illustrated by Tara Anderson
Pajama Press 
 

The Language of Ghosts
Written by Heather Fawcett 
HarperCollins


No Vacancy
Written by Tziporah Cohen
Groundwood Books
 

ParaNorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse
Written by Stephanie Cooke 
Illustrated by Mari Costa
Etch/Clarion Books 


Peter Lee’s Notes from the Field
Written by Angela Ahn
Illustrated by Julie Kwon
Tundra
 
 
 
 
 

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Nominees for the other programs can be linked from below:


 

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