October 18, 2023

2024 Forest of Reading® nominees: Blue Spruce, Silver Birch Express, Silver Birch Fiction

Here is the first grouping of 2024 nominees from the nine Forest of Reading® awards of the Ontario Library Association:
  • Blue Spruce: picture books for JK to Grade 2
  • Silver Birch Express: fiction and non-fiction for Grades 3 and 4
  • Silver Birch Fiction: fiction for Grades 3 to 6




BLUE SPRUCE™





 

Benny the Bananasaurus Rex
Written by Sarabeth Holden
Illustrated by Emma Pedersen
Inhabit Media


Cocoa Magic
Written by Sandra Bradley
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Pajama Press


Dear Street

Written by Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Illustrated by Caroline Bonne-Müller
Kids Can Press


Garden of Lost Socks
Written by Esi Edugyan
Illustrated by Amélie Dubois
HarperCollins 


How to Party Like A Snail
Written by Naseem Hrab
Illustrated by Kelly Collier
Owlkids Books


The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship
Written by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali 
Illustrated by Hatem Aly
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers


My Fade is Fresh
Written by Shauntay Grant
Illustrated by Kitt Thomas
PRHC Penguin Workshop


My Name is Saajin Singh
Written by Kuljinder Kaur Brar
Illustrated by Samrath Kaur
Annick Press


Princess Pru and the Ogre on the Hill
Written by Maureen Fergus
Illustrated by Danesh Mohiuddin
Owlkids Books


The Words We Share
Written and illustrated by Jack Wong
Annick Press













SILVER BIRCH EXPRESS


Boobies
Written and illustrated by Nancy Vo
Groundwood Books


Deep, Deep Down
Written by Lydia Lukidis
Illustrated by Juan Calle Velez
Capstone Editions
 

The Journal of Anxious Izzy Parker
Written by Alma Fullerton
Illustrated by Beena Mistry
Second Story Press


Mehndi Boy
Written by Zain Bandali
Illustrated by Jani Balakumar
Annick Press


The Mystery of the Painted Fan (The Nguyen Kids 3)
Written by Linda Trinh
Illustrated by Clayton Nguyen
Annick Press


Rock? Plant? Animal? How Nature Keeps Us Guessing
Written by Etta Kaner
Illustrated by Brittany Lane
Owlkids Books


Salma Writes a Book (The Salma Series 2)
Written by Danny Ramadan
Illustrated by Anna Bron
Annick Press
Reviewed here


The Secret Pocket

Written by Penny Janicki and S.K. Ali 
Illustrated by Carrielyn Victor
Orca Book Publishers


The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Written and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Candlewick


Tadpoles
Written and illustrated by Matt James
Neal Porter Books









SILVER BIRCH FICTION


Apartment 713
Written by Kevin Sylvester
HarperCollins 
 

Berani
Written by Michelle Kadarusman
Pajama Press
 

The Big Sting
Written by Rachelle Delaney
Tundra Books
 

The Boy Who Woke the Sun
Written by A.T. Woodley
Illustrated by Mike Deas
Red Deer Press
 

The Case of the Rigged Race (A Mighty Muskrats Mystery)
Written by Michael Hutchinson
Second Story Press
 

Gnome is Where Your Heart Is
Written by Casey Lyell
Greenwillow (HarperCollins)
 

Jude Saves the World
Written by Ronnie Riley
Scholastic Canada
 

PAWS: Mindy Makes Some Space
Written by Nathan Fairbairn
Illustrated by  Michele Assarasakorn
Razorbill 


Swept Away: Ruth Mornay and the Unwanted Clues
Written by Natalie Hyde
DCB Young Readers


The Umbrella House
Written by Colleen Nelson
Pajama Press








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Nominees for the other programs can be linked from below:


 

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