Here is the second grouping of nominated titles from the 2027 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
Bat Planet: The Mysterious Life of the Creatures of the Night
Written by Neil Griffin
Orca Book Publishers
Built Like a Bug: How Insects Inspire Everyday Inventions
Written by Anjali Joshi
Illustrated by Kathleen Ng
Annick Press
The Buzz on Wild Bees: The Little-Known Pollinators that Keep Our Planet Humming
Written by Kira Vermond
Illustrated by June Steube
Owlkids Books
The Cedar Mother (Mothers of Xsan, Book 8)
Written by Brett D. Huson (Hetxw’ms Gyetxw)
Illustrated by Natasha Donovan
HighWater Press
Cracking the Code: The Human Quest to Uncover Secrets
Written by Rachel Kehoe
Illustrated by Meegan Lim
Orca Book Publishers
The Dream of an Education: How Phymean Noun Built a School
The Dream of an Education: How Phymean Noun Built a School
Written by Susan Hughes
Illustrated by Tida Kheav
Illustrated by Tida Kheav
Orca Book Publishers
Left-Handed: Getting a Grip on Handedness
Written by Maria Birmingham
Illustrated by Catherine Chan
Left-Handed: Getting a Grip on Handedness
Written by Maria Birmingham
Illustrated by Catherine Chan
Owlkids Books
Reviewed here
Soccerology: Unbelievable Facts and Stories About the Beautiful Game
Written and illustrated by Kevin Sylvester
Soccerology: Unbelievable Facts and Stories About the Beautiful Game
Written and illustrated by Kevin Sylvester
Annick Press
The Sustainable School: A Journey Through Time and Energy
Written by Erica Fyvie
Illustrated by Scot Ritchie
Kids Can Press
Reviewed here
What Is A Sculpture?
Written by Diane Borsato
Illustrated by Laura Carlin
What Is A Sculpture?
Written by Diane Borsato
Illustrated by Laura Carlin
Tundra Books
RED MAPLE™
Absolutely No Body Parts
Written by Valerie Sherrard
DCB Young Readers
Among Ghosts
Written by Rachel Hartman
Penguin Teen Canada
The Book of Jupiter
Written by Robin Stevenson
Kids Can Press
Go
Written by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books
The Inbetweens
Written and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks
First Second Books
Lydia Cooper Is a Lie
Written by Meaghan McIsaac
Aladdin Books
Sam
Written by Eric Walters
DCB Young Readers
Skygull Calamity
Written by Bronwyn Fairchild
Annick Press
Something's Up with Arlo
Written by Matteo L. Cerilli
HarperCollins
The Vanished Ones
Written by Chad Lucas
Amulet Books
WHITE PINE™
Written by Kenneth Oppel
Penguin Teen Canada
The Free Verse Society
Written by Delali Adjoa
Peachtree Teen
He's So Possessed with Me
Written by Corey Liu
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Our Little Secret
Written by Edward Kay and Mikhael Klassen-Kay
DCB Young Readers
Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions
Written by Ahmad Saber
Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
The Rebel Girls of Rome
Written by Jordyn Taylor
HarperCollins
Small Ceremonies
Written by Kyle Edwards
McClelland & Stewart
This Place Kills Me
Written by Mariko Tamaki
Illustrated by Nicole Goux
Abrams
Thornbird
Written by E. Kennedy
Delacorte Press
The Vacation Shift
Written by Lily Chu
Quill Tree Books
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Nominees for the other programs can be linked to from below:
