Over the past week, the Ontario Library Association's Forest of
Reading®, a readers' choice book award
program, announced the winners either virtually or at its annual Festival of Trees at Harbourfront in Toronto.
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
The Great Dinosaur Sleepover
Written by Linda Bailey
Illustrated by Joe Bluhm
Tundra Books
Written by Linda Bailey
Illustrated by Joe Bluhm
Tundra Books
Honour Books:
Fox and the Mystery Letter
Written and illustrated by Alex G. Griffiths
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books
The Weedflower
Written by Elizabeth Davaze
Illustrated by Marianne Ferrer
Owlkids Books
Written by Elizabeth Davaze
Illustrated by Marianne Ferrer
Owlkids Books
Winner
Written and illustrated by Alina Tysoe
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
The League of Littles
Written by Casey Lyall
Illustrated by Sara Faber
Greenwillow Books
Written by Erin Silver
Illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
Orca Book Publishers
Winner
The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents
Written by Nicki Pau Preto
Viking Books for Young Readers
Written by Nicki Pau Preto
Viking Books for Young Readers
Death by Whoopee Cushion
Written by Vicki Grant
Tundra Books
Taxi Ghost
Written and illustrated by Sophie Escabasse
Random House Graphic
Written and illustrated by Sophie Escabasse
Random House Graphic
Winner
A Sick History of Medicine: A Warts-And-All Book Full of Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries
Written by Jelena Poleksic
Illustrated by Ella Kasperowicz
Neon Squid
Written by Jelena Poleksic
Illustrated by Ella Kasperowicz
Neon Squid
Honour Books: 
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet
Written and illustrated by Geo Rutherford
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet
Written and illustrated by Geo Rutherford
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Written by Mark Lieren-Young
Orca Book Publishers
Winner
Written by Nicola Dahlin
Kids Can Press
Finding Harmony
Written by Eric Walters
Orca Book Publishers
The Factory
Written by Catherine Egan
Scholastic Canada
Written by Catherine Egan
Scholastic Canada
Winner
Written by Emily Varga
Wednesday Books
Honour Books:
The History of Everything
Written and illustrated by Victoria Evans
HarperAlley
Written and illustrated by Victoria Evans
HarperAlley
A Drop in the Ocean
Written by Léa Taranto
Arsenal Pulp Press
Written by Léa Taranto
Arsenal Pulp Press
Winner/Lauréat
Les mal-aimés
Écrit et illustré par Magalie Élément
Éditions Alaska
Écrit et illustré par Magalie Élément
Éditions Alaska
Mon pire cauchemar, c’est lui, c’est elle
Écrit par Émilie Ouellette
Illustré par Mika
Éditions Alaska
Comme toi et moi
Écrit par Priska Poirier
Illustré par Sabrina Gendron
Druide
Écrit par Priska Poirier
Illustré par Sabrina Gendron
Druide
Winner/Lauréat
Écrit par Jocelyn Boisvert
Illustré par Enzo
Éditions Michel Quintin
Honour Books/Livres distingués:
Comment sauver des chevaux sauvages
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Caroline Lavergne
Bayard Jeunesse Canada
Croki
Écrit et illustré par Jacques Goldstyn
La Pastèque
Winner/Lauréat
Écrit par François-Martine Bergeron-Mercier
(François Gravel, Martine Latulippe, Alain Bergeron, Johanne Mercier)
Illustré par Mathilde Filippi
La courte échelle
Illustré par Mathilde Filippi
La courte échelle
Honour Books/Livres distingués:
L’Oracle
Écrit par Julie Champagne
La courte échelle
Quand ils sont venus
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Sophie Casson
Les Éditions de l'Isatis
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Sophie Casson
Les Éditions de l'Isatis
Congratulations to everyone!
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