Thursday 16 May 2019

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!



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