Everything has been a little different this year. Readers would normally be reading and voting in their schools for the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading's readers' choice award programs but this pandemic has certainly changed the way things are normally done. Rather than announcing the awards at the annual Festival of Trees, this year's award ceremonies were held online, hosted by CBC Books on Curio.ca, an educational streaming platform (normally subscription based). Fortunately, these ceremonies were posted for all to see. It was a wonderful way to experience the authors and illustrators up close and hear their words and witness the awarding of the readers' choice favourites.
Here are this year's winners for each reading program as announced at the Forest of Reading Festival Award Ceremonies streamed on Curio CBC. The ceremonies for the English-language books were held on June 16, 2020 and can be viewed at https://curio.ca/en/collection/forest-of-reading-2020-2822/ while the ceremonies for the French-language awards were held on June 18, 2020 and shown at https://curio.ca/fr/collection/la-foret-de-la-lecture-2020-2823/.
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Winner
That’s Not Hockey
Written by Andrée Poulin
Illustrated by Félix Girard
Annick Press
Written by Andrée Poulin
Illustrated by Félix Girard
Annick Press
Honour Books:
Written by Maureen Fergus
Illustrated by Elina Ellis
Kids Can Press
Written by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Orbie
Kids Can Press
Winner
Megabat
Written by Anna Humphrey
Illustrated by Kass Reich
Tundra Books
Written by Anna Humphrey
Illustrated by Kass Reich
Tundra Books
Honour Books:
Written by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
Henry Holt & Company
Written and illustrated by Elise Gravel
Drawn & Quarterly
Winner
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane
Written by Julia Nobel
Sourcebooks
Written by Julia Nobel
Sourcebooks
Honour Books:
Written by Kenneth Oppel
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
HarperCollins Canada
Written by Jonathan Auxier
Puffin Canada
Winner
Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to be Reunited with Her Family
Written by Van Ho and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Pajama Press
Written by Rachel Poliquin
Illustrated by Nicholas John Frith
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Written by Allison Matthews-David and Serah-Marie McMahon
Illustrated by Gillian Wilson
Owlkids Books
Winner
No Fixed Address
Written by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books
Written by Natasha Deen
Running Kids Press
Written by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
Winner
Sadie
Written by Courtney Summers
Wednesday Books
Written by L. D. Crichton
Disney-Hyperion
Written by Nicki Pau Preto
Simon & Schuster
Winner/Lauréat
La corde à linge
Written and illustrated by Orbie
Less 400 coups
Written and illustrated by Orbie
Less 400 coups
Honour Books/Livres distingués:
Written by Mireille Messier
Illustrated by France Cormier
Éditions D’eux
Written by Andrée Poulin
Illustrated by Lucile Danis Drouot
Dominique et compagnie
Winner/Lauréat
Aventurosaure 01: Le réveil de Rex
Written and illustrated by Julien Paré-Sorel
Presses Aventure
Written and illustrated by Julien Paré-Sorel
Presses Aventure
Honour Books/Livres distingués:
Written by Rémy Simard
Illustrated by Julie Rocheleau
La courte échelle
Written and illustrated by Jean Lacombe
Soulières éditeur
Winner/Lauréat
Vingt-cinq moins un
Written by Geneviève Piché
Éditions Québec Amérique
Written by Geneviève Piché
Éditions Québec Amérique
Honour Books/Livres distingués:
Written and illustrated by Jacques Goldstyn
Bayard Canada Livres
Written and illustrated by Dom Pelletier
Éditions Scholastic
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Congratulations to everyone!
