October 18, 2024

2025 Forest of Reading® nominees: Blue Spruce, Silver Birch Express, Silver Birch

 

Here is the first grouping of 2025 nominees from the nine Forest of Reading® awards of the Ontario Library Association:




BLUE SPRUCE™





 
 

Asha and the Toymaker
Written and illustrated by Sakshi Mangal
Kids Can Press
 

The Blue Bowl

Written and illustrated by Flo Leung
Owlkids Books 


Harold the Iceberg Melts Down

Written by Lisa Wyzlic
Illustrated by Rebecca Syracuse
RAI Feiwel and Friends


If You See a Bluebird

Written by Bahram Rahman
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Pajama Press


The Little Regent

Written by Yewande Daniel-Ayoade
Illustrated by Ken Daley
Owlkids Books


The Lost Stick

Written and illustrated by Anoosha Syed
PRHC Viking Books


Mandeep's Cloudy Days

Written by Kuljinder Kaur Brar
Illustrated by Samrath Kaur
Annick Press 


More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean

Written and illustrated by Roz MacLean
RAI Henry Holt & Company


Still My Tessa

Written by Sylv Chang
Illustrated by Mathias Ball
Scholastic Canada


When the Stars Came Home

Written by Brittany Luby
Illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Manda, Little Brown & Company








SILVER BIRCH EXPRESS



Always Beginning: The Big Bang, the Universe, and You
Written by Candace Savage
Illustrated by Rachel Wada
Greystone Books
 

Birds on the Brain

Written by Uma Krishnaswami
Illustrated by Julianna Swaney
Groundwood Books 


Dragon on the Loose

Written by Marty Chan
Illustrated by Grace Chen
Orca Book Publishers


Ghost Girl

Written by Brooke Carter
Illustrated by Alyssa Waterbury
Orca Book Publishers


Lost and Found: Based on a True Story

Written and Illustrated by Mei Yu
Union Square Kids


Odd Couples: A Guide to Unlikely Animal Pairs

Written by Maria Birmingham
Illustrated by Raz Latif
Owlkids Books


Operation Cupcake: How Simple Machines Work

Written and illustrated by Bambi Edlund
Kids Can Press


Salma Joins the Team
(Salma, Book 3)
Written by Danny Ramadan
Illustrated by Anna Bron
Annick Press


Sarah Ponakey, Storycatcher and Âhâsiw’s Forest Powwow

Written by Sita MacMillan
Illustrated by Azby Whitecalf
Annick Press


Whales and Us: Our Shared Journey

Written by India Desjardins
Illustrated by Nathalie Dion
Translated by David Warriner
Orca Book Publishers








SILVER BIRCH FICTION



Asking for a Friend
Written by Ronnie Riley
Scholastic Canada
 

Bertie Stewart is Perfectly Imperfect

Written by Melanie Mosher
Nimbus Publishing 


Eerie Tales from the School of Screams

Written and illustrated by Graham Annable
First Second


Game Face

Written by Shari Green
Groundwood Books


Gamerville

Written and illustrated by Johnnie Christmas
HarperAlley


Iggy Included

Written by Deborah Kerbel
Scholastic Canada


The Kodiaks: Home Ice Advantage

Written by David A. Robertson
HighWater Press


The Legendary Mo Seto

Written by A.Y. Chan
Aladdin


Mortified

Written by Kristy Jackson
Illustrated by Rhael McGregor
HarperCollins


Scarewaves

Written and illustrated by Trevor Henderson
Scholastic Canada 







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Nominees for the other programs can be linked from below:


 

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