2019 Forest of Reading® awards: Winners and honour books announced

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 

Barnaby Never Forgets
Written and illustrated by Pierre Collet-Derby
Candlewick

          Honour Books         

Sun Dog
Written by Deborah Kerbel

Illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo

Pajama Press

The Magician's Secret
Written by Zachary Hyman

Illustrated by Joe Bluhm

Tundra Books

  

Silver Birch EXPRESS

   WINNER

Meet Viola Desmond

Written by Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas
Scholastic Canada

          Honour Books        

The Hollow Under the Tree
Written by Cary Fagan
Groundwood Books

What Makes a Monster?
Written by Jess Keating
Illustrated by David DeGrande
A.A. Knopf Books for Young Readers









Silver Birch FICTION

 WINNER

Chase

Written by Linwood Barclay
Puffin

          Honour Books      

Elephant Secret
Written by Eric Walters

Yen Press

Missing Mike
Written by Shari Green
Pajama Press

Silver Birch NON-FICTION 

WINNER

Carey Price
How a First Nations Kid Became a Superstar Goaltender
Written by Catherine Rondina
Lorimer

          Honour Books     

Rising Seas:Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World
Written by Keltie Thomas
Illustrated by Belle Wuthrich and Kath Boake W.
Firefly Books

Basketballology: Super Cool Facts You Never Knew

Written by Kevin Sylvester
Annick Press

Le Prix Peuplier

                Lauréat          

La doudou qui aimait trop le chocolat
Écrit par Claudia Larochelle
Illustré par Maira Chiodi
Les Éditions de la Bagnole

          Livres distingués    

Qui va bercer Zoé?
Écrit par Andrée Poulin
Illustré par Mathieu Lampron
Les 400 coups

Lila et la corneille
Écrit et illustré par Gabrielle Grimard
Scholastic

Le Prix Tamarac 

                   Lauréat

Gladiateurs virtuels
Écrit par Paul Roux
Bayard Canada

         Livres distingués      

Le livre où la poule meurt à la fin 
Écrit par François Blais
Illustré par Valérie Boivin
Les 400 coups

Baie-des-Corbeaux
Écrit par Sonia Sarfati
Illustré par Jared Karnas
La Courte Échelle

Le Prix Tamarac EXPRESS

                   Lauréat

Mammouth rock
Écrit par Eveline Payette
Illustré par Guillaume Perreault
La Courte Échelle

          Livres distingués      

Le fan club des champignons
Écrit et illustré par Élise Gravel
Les 400 coups

L’homme de la cave
Écrit par Alexandre Côté-Fournier
Illustré par Enzo
La Courte Échelle 

Red Maple FICTION

WINNER

A World Below
Written by Wesley King
Paula Wiseman Books

          Honour Books      

The Last Namsara
Written by Kristen Ciccarelli 
HarperTeen

Fourth Dimension
Written by Eric Walters 
Penguin Teen

Red Maple NON-FICTION

WINNER

Every Falling Star

The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea
Written by Sungju Lee and Susan McClelland
Abrams Amulet

          Honour Books      

When We Were Shadows
Written by Janet Wees
Second Story Press

Innovation Nation
Written by David Johnston and Tom Jenkins
Illustrated by Josh Holinaty
Tundra Books













White Pine FICTION

WINNER

The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Written by Heather Smith
Penguin Teen Canada

          Honour Books     

36 Questions That Changed My Mind About You
Written by Vicki Grant
Running Press Teens

Black Chuck
Written by Regan McDonell
Orca Book Publishers

                                                                                                                 

Thrilling news for all authors, illustrators and publishers!

Enjoyed all the more for being selected 

by young Canadian readers!

Congratulations to everyone!