If it's May, then young readers have voted for the winners of the Forest of Reading awards of the Ontario Library Association. Here are their selections!
Blue Spruce
WINNER
Written by Jess Keating
Illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns
Sourcebooks
Silver Birch EXPRESS
WINNER
Written by Joanne George
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
I Am Not a Number
Written by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer
Illustrated by Gillian Newland
Second Story Press
Honour Books
I Am Not a Number
Written by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer
Illustrated by Gillian Newland
Second Story Press
Heartwood Hotel 01: A True Home
Written by Kallie George
Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
HarperCollins
Written by Kallie George
Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
HarperCollins
Silver Birch FICTION
WINNER
From Ant to Eagle
Written by Alex Lyttle
Central Avenue Publishing
Honour Books
Restart
Written by Gordon Korman
Scholastic
Brave
Written and illustrated by Svetlana Chmakova
Yen Press
Silver Birch NON-FICTION
WINNER
Top Dogs: True Stories of Canines That Made History
Written by Elizabeth MacLeod
Annick Press
Honour Books
Monster Science: Could Monsters Survive (and Thrive!) in the Real World
Written by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Phil McAndrew
Kids Can Press
Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees
Written by Mary Beth Leatherdale
Illustrated by Eleanor Shakespeare
Annick Press
Written by Mary Beth Leatherdale
Illustrated by Eleanor Shakespeare
Annick Press
Écrit par Pierrette Dubé
Illustré par Marie-Ève Tremblay
Les Éditions Les 400 Coups
Illustré par Marie-Ève Tremblay
Les Éditions Les 400 Coups
Honour Books
Un Ami Lumineux
Écrit par Simon Boulerice
Illustré par Marilyn Faucher
La courte échelle
Lauréat
Honour Books
Louis parmi les spectres
Écrit par Fanny Britt
Illlustré par Isabelle Arsenault
Éditions de la Pastèque
Les vieux livres sont dangereux
Écrit par de François Gravel
La courte échelle
Lauréat
Honour Books
Écrit par Louis Emond
Illustré par Steve Adams
Les Éditions de la Bagnole
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Enzo Lord Mariano
Éditions Québec Amérique
Red Maple Fiction
WINNER
The Winnowing
Written by Vikki VanSickle
Scholastic Canada
Honour Books
The Way Back Home
Written by Allan Stratton
Scholastic Canada
Summer’s End
Written by Joel A. Sutherland
Scholastic Canada
Written by Allan Stratton
Scholastic Canada
Summer’s End
Written by Joel A. Sutherland
Scholastic Canada
White Pine FICTION
WINNER
Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined
Written by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Razorbill Canada
Honour Books
Written by Beth Goobie
Second Story Press
Optimists Die First
Written by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books
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Congratulations to everyone!