2016 Forest of Reading winners and honour books announced at Festival of Trees

This week, the Festival of Trees was held at Toronto's Harbourfront.  Over 8000 readers participated in the events at the Festival, which focused on the awards ceremonies for the different Forest of Reading programs of the Ontario Library Association.

Here are this year's readers' choice selections for each reading program:

Blue Spruce

WINNER 

If Kids Ruled the World
by Linda Bailey
Illustrated by David Huyck
Kids Can Press

          Honour Books         

Super Red Riding Hood

by Claudia Dávila

Kids Can Press

Butterfly Park

by Elly MacKay

Running Press

  

Silver Birch EXPRESS

   WINNER

The End of the Line

by Sharon E. McKay
Annick Press

          Honour Books        

Clover's Luck: The Magical Animal Adoption Agency, Book 1
by Kallie George
Illustrated by Alexandra Bolger
HarperTrophy

Sport-O-Rama
by Benoit Tardif
Kids Can Press

Silver Birch FICTION

 WINNER

Masterminds

by Gordon Korman
HarperCollins

          Honour Books      

Rain Shadow
by Valerie Sherrard
Fitzhenry &  Whiteside

The Swallow: A Ghost Story
by Charis Cotter
Tundra Books

Silver Birch NON-FICTION 

WINNER

Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories
by Joel A. Sutherland
Scholastic Canada

          Honour Books     

When the Worst Happens: Extraordinary Stories of Survival
by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Illustrated by David Parkins
Annick Press

Boredom Busters: 50+ activities, recipes, experiments and more
by Caroline Fernandez
CICO Boooks

Le Prix Peuplier

                   Lauréat              

Ça commence ici! 

par Caroline Merola

Bayard Canada

          Honour Books     

Millie Rose
par Lili Chartrand
Illustré par Annie Rodrigue
Éditions Druids

Un bain trop plein!
par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Anne-Claire Delisle
Dominque et compagnie

Le Prix Tamarac 

                   Lauréat

Un clic de trop

by Rhéa Dufresne
Bayard Canada

          Honour Books     

La gentillesse des monstres
par Camille Bouchard
Éditions de la Bagnole

Le vol TS-236
par Sylvie Roberge et Richard Vallerand
Dominique et compagnie

Le Prix Tamarac EXPRESS

                   Lauréat

Les trois grands cauchon

par Sonia Sarfati
Illustrations de Jared Karnas
Éditions Québec Amérique

          Honour Books     

Les Mutamatak: Les superhéros
par Karine Gottot et Mathieu Lampron
Éditions Michel Quintin

La bataille de l'ombre
par Estelle Vendrame et Marion Arbona
Bayard Canada

Red Maple Fiction

WINNER

The Dogs
by Allan Stratton
Scholastic Canada

          Honour Books      

We Are All Made of Molecules
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books

The Gospel Truth
by Caroline Pignat
Red Deer Press

















White Pine FICTION

WINNER

The Bodies We Wear
by Jeyn Roberts
Knopf/Penguin Random House

          Honour Books     

The Troop
by Nick Cutter
Pocket Books

Delusion Road
by Don Aker

HarperCollins Canada

                                                                                                                 

Thrilling news for all authors, illustrators and publishers!

Enjoyed all the more for being selected 

by young Canadian readers!

Congratulations to everyone!