Here is the first grouping of 2027 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™
Written by Andrew Larsen and Bells Larsen
Illustrated by Talullah Fontaine
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here
Written by Kirsten Pendreigh
Illustrated by Tiffany Everett
Sleeping Bear Press
Dear Classroom 1B
Written by Lynn Leitch
Illustrated by Christine Battuz
North Winds Press (Scholastic Canada)
Written by Zenia Wadhwani
Illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat
Tundra Books
My Neighborhood
Written by Delano Brown
Illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu
Random House Studio
Written by Lana Button and Eric Walters
Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant
Groundwood Books
Reviewed her
Written by Andrea Landry
Illustrated by Isabella Fassler
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here
Written by Melanie Florence
Illustrated by Nadia Alam
Tundra Books
Reviewed here
Written by Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp
Illustrated by Kayla Harren
Dial Books
SILVER BIRCH EXPRESS
Bompa’s Intertidal Adventure
Written by David Suzuki and Sarika Cullis-Suzuki with Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Illustrated by Qin Yeng
Greystone Kids
Charlie the Matachewan Moose
Written by Shawna Lee Corbould
Illustrated by Jessica Somers
Strong Nations
The Curious Life of Cecilia Payne: Discovering the Stuff of Stars
Written by Laura Alary
Illustrated by Yas Imamura
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Diary of a Dino Ghost: Unlikely Friends
Written and illustrated by Monica Arnaldo
Scholastic Canada
Fiddlehead Forest
Written and illustrated by Jana Curll
Greystone Kids
The Great Puptective: The Big Mousetake (The Great Puptective, Book 3)
Written and illustrated by Alina Tysoe
Simon and Schuster
Salma Keeps Her Word
Written by Danny Ramadan
Illustrated by Anna Bron
Annick Press
Star Sailor, the Story of Words
Written by Sara Cassidy
Illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
Orca Book Publishers
Reviewed here
This Book Stinks
Written by Danielle St. Ong and Jeff Szpirglas
Illustrated by Alyssa Waterbury
Orca Book Publishers
This Skirt Won’t Work! How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game
Written by Jennifer Cooper
Illustrated by Eva Byrne
Sourcebooks Explore
SILVER BIRCH FICTION
Beast Ballerz (Beast Ballerz, Book 1)
Written by Wesley King
Illustrated by Steve Wolfhard
Tundra Books
The Bloodstone Thief
Written by Sabina Khan
Scholastic Canada
Briarwood
Written by Natalie Hyde
DCB Young Readers
Reviewed here
The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay
Written by Mary Averling
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Hitting the Target
Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Scholastic Canada
Kaboom!: Blast Off
Written by Jay Odjick
Illustrated by KC Oster
Scholastic Canada
Reviewed here
My Sister the Werebeast
Written and illustrated by Alina Tysoe
First Second Books
The Bloodstone Thief
Written by Sabina Khan
Scholastic Canada
Briarwood
Written by Natalie Hyde
DCB Young Readers
Reviewed here
The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay
Written by Mary Averling
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Hitting the Target
Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Scholastic Canada
Kaboom!: Blast Off
Written by Jay Odjick
Illustrated by KC Oster
Scholastic Canada
Reviewed here
My Sister the Werebeast
Written and illustrated by Alina Tysoe
First Second Books
Remember Me, Daphne
Written by Celia Krampien
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Time Surfers
Written by Kevin Sylvester
HarperCollins
Touching Grass
Written by Kristy Jackson
Illustrated by Rhael McGregor
HarperCollins Canada
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Nominees for the other programs can be linked from below:
