2023 Forest of Reading® Winners and Honour Books announced

This week the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading®, a readers' choice award program, announced the winners at its annual Festival of Trees at Harbourfront and virtually on May 16, 17 and 18.

Here are this year's winners and honour books for each reading program, as voted by young readers from JK to Grade 12.

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Winner

Are You a Cheeseburger?
Written and illustrated by Monica Arnaldo

Katherine Tegen Books

Honour Books:

That’s Not My Name!
Written and illustrated by Anoosha Syed
Viking Books for Young Readers

 

Friends are Friends, Forever
Written by Dane Liu
Illustrated by Lynn Scurfield
Henry Holt & Co.

Winner

 Bear in the Family
Written by Eric Walters

Illustrated by Olga Barinova

Orca Book Publishers

Honour Books:

The Strangest Thing in the Sea: And Other Curious Creatures of the Deep
Written by Rachel Poliquin
Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here

 

Flipping Forward and Twisting Backward
Written by Alma Fullerton
Illustrated by Sarah Mensinga
Peachtree

Winner

The Undercover Book List
Written by Colleen Nelson
Pajama Press 

Reviewed here

Honour Books:

 

Swim Team
Written and illustrated by Johnnie Christmas
HarperAlley

Stealing Home
Written by J. Torres
Illustrated by David Namisato
Kids Can Press

Winner 

Fred & Marjorie: A Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of Insulin
Written by Deborah Kerbel
Illustrated by Angela Poon
Owlkids Books

Honour Books:

Growing Up Trans: In our Own Words
Edited by Dr. Lindsay Herriot and Kate Fry
Orca Book Publishers

 

Amazing Athletes: An All-Star Look at Canada's Paralympians 

Written by Marie-Claude Ouellet
Translated by Phyllis Aronoff  and Howard Scott
Owlkids Books

Winner

Children of the Fox 

 (Thieves of Shadow, Book 1)

Written by Kevin Sands

Puffin Canada

Honour Books:

Under the Iron Bridge
Written by Kathy Kacer
Second Story Press

 
 

Sorry for Your Loss
Written by Joanne Levy
Orca Book Publishers
Review here

Winner

Daughter
Written by Kate McLaughlin
St. Martin’s Press/ Macmillan

Honour Books:

Iron Widow
Written by Xiran Jay Zhao
Penguin Teen Canada

 

 

A Magic Steeped in Poison
Written by Judy I. Lin
Feiwel and Friends

Winner/Lauréat

Drôles de zèbres
Écrit par Mathilde Perrault-Archambault
Illustré par Catherin
Bayard Canada

 

 

Honour Books/Livres distingués:

Ceci n’est pas un livre sur les dinosaures
Écrit par Mélina Schoenborn
Illustré par Felipe Arriagada-Nunez
La courte échelle

Le croco qui vit chez papi
Écrit et illustré par Élodie Duhameau
Éditions Les 400 coups

Winner/Lauréat

La ligue des (pas si) champions

(1-Basile)
Écrit par Jocelyn Boisvert
Les éditions les Malins

Honour Books/Livres distingués:

La chose dans l’étang
Écrit par Carole Tremblay
Illustré par Aurélie Grand
La courte échelle
 

Balto
Écrit par Carole Moore
Illustré par Camille Lavoie
Soulières Éditeur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winner/Lauréat

Seuls
Écrit par Paul Tom
Illustré par Mélanie Baillairgé
La courte échelle

Honour Books/Livres distingués:

Quincaillerie Miville
Écrit par Alexandre Côté-Fournier
Illustré par Geneviève Bigué
La courte échelle

Les carnets de novembre
Écrit par Marie-Hélène Jarry
Illustré par Ayumi Harada
La courte échelle
 

A listing of all winners will be available at the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading® website.

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Congratulations to everyone!