Here is the second grouping of nominated titles from the 2026 Forest of Reading® book awards of the Ontario Library Association:
- Yellow Cedar: non-fiction for Grades 4 to 8
- Red Maple: fiction for Grades 7 and 8
- White Pine: fiction for Grades 9 to 12
YELLOW CEDAR
Game Changers: Stories of Hijabi Athletes from Around the World
Written by Charlene Smith
Illustrated by Natayla Tariq
Orca Book Publishers
How to Know a Crow: The Biography of a Brainy Bird
Written by Candace Savage
Illustrated by Rachel Hudson
Greystone Kids
The Land Knows Me: A Nature Walk Exploring Indigenous Wisdom
Written by Leigh Joseph
Illustrated by Natalie Schnitter
becker&mayer! kids
Octopus Ocean: Geniuses of the Deep
Written by Mark Lieren-Young
Orca Book Publishers
Salt, Pepper, Season, Spice: All the Flavors of the World
Written by Jacques Pasquet
Translated by Ann Marie Boulanger
Illustrated by Claire Anghinolfi
Illustrated by Claire Anghinolfi
Orca Book Publishers
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
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet
Written and Illustrated by Geo Rutherford
Abrams Books for Young Readers
The True Story of Vanilla: How Edward Albius Made History
Written by Ann Richards
Illustrated by Arden Taylor
Orca Book Publishers
Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains
Written by Anita Yasuda
Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu
Clarion Books
Zoom in on Zombies
Written by Kari-Lynn Winters & Catherine Rondina
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
RED MAPLE™
The Dark Won't Wait
Written by David A. Poulson
Red Deer Press
The Discovery of Finnegan Wilde
Written by Caroline Pignat
Thistledown Press
The Factory
Written by Catherine Egan
Scholastic Canada
Finding Harmony
Written by Eric Walters
Orca Book Publishers
If We Tell You
Written by Nicola Dahlin
Kids Can Press
Is There a Boy Like Me?
Written by Kern Carter
Scholastic Canada
No Purchase Necessary
Written by Maria Marianayagam
HarperCollins
Old School
Written by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
The Time Keeper
Written by Meagan Mahoney
DCB Young Readers
Unsinkable Cayenne
Written by Jessica Vitalis
Greenwillow Books
WHITE PINE™
Beast
Written by Richard Van Camp
Douglas & McIntyre
A Drop in the Ocean
Written by Léa Taranto
Arsenal Pulp Press
For She is Wrath
Written by Emily Varga
Wednesday Books
The History of Everything
Written and illustrated by Victoria Evans
HarperAlley
Messy Perfect
Written by Tanya Boteju
Quill Tree Books
Recommended Reading
Written by Paul Coccia
Zando Young Readers
Reviewed here
Songs for Ghosts
Written by Clara Kumagai
Penguin Teen Canada
Titan of the Stars
Written by E.K. Johnston
Tundra Books
The Unfinished
Written by Cheryl Isaacs
Heartdrum
The Unweaving
Written by Cheryl Parisien
Tidewater Press
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Nominees for the other programs can be linked to from below:
