Yellow Cedar, Red Maple and White Pine: 2020 Forest of Reading® Nominated Titles

Here are this year's nominated titles for the 2020 Yellow Cedar, Red Maple and White Pine Awards of the Forest of Reading. (n.b. The new Yellow Cedar is a list of non-fiction titles for Grades 4-8, essentially non-fiction for Silver Birch and Red Maple readers.)

(A full description of all programs is available at https://canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2019/10/2020-forest-of-reading-nominated-titles.html)

  

YELLOW CEDAR

Be Prepared! The Frankie MacDonald Guide to Life, the Weather, and Everything
Written by Frankie MacDonald & Sarah Sawler
Nimbus Publishing Limited

The Superpower Field Guide to Beavers
Written By Rachel Poliquin
Illustrated by Nicholas John Frith
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Extreme Abilities: Amazing Human Feats and the Simple Science Behind Them
Written by Galadriel Watson
Illustrated by Cornelia Li
Annick Press

Follow Your Stuff: What Makes It, Where Does It Come From, How Does It Get To You?
Written by Kevin Sylvester and Michael Hlinka
llustrated by Kevin Sylvester
Annick Press 

Hayley Wickenheiser: Amazing Hockey Stories
Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by D. A. Bishop
Scholastic Canada

Highrise: The Towers in the World and The World in the Towers
Written by Katerina Cizek
Adapted by Kristy Woudstra
Firefly Books

Hubots: Real-World Robots Inspired by Humans
Written by Helaine Becker
Illustrated by Alex Ries
Kids Can Press

Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History
Written by Allison Matthews-David and Serah-Marie McMahon
Illustrated by Gillian Wilson
Owlkids Books

My River: Cleaning Up the LaHave River
Written by Stella Bowles and Anne Laurel Carter
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Reviewed here

Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to be Reunited with Her Family
Written by Van Ho and Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Pajama Press
Reviewed here

 RED MAPLE™\

Call of the Wraith (The Blackthorn Key, Book 4)
Written by Kevin Sands
Aladdin

Crush
Written and illustrated by Svetlana Chmakova
Yen Press

A Grain of Rice
Written by Nhung Tran-Davies
Tradewind Books

In the Key of Nira Ghani
Written by Natasha Deen
Running Kids Press

The Light Between Worlds
Written by Laura E. Weymouth
HarperTeen

No Fixed Address
Written by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books

Operatic
Written by Kyo Maclear, Illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiller
Groundwood Books
Reviewed here

Stowaway
Written by Pam Withers
Dundurn Press

Surviving the City
Written by Tasha Spillet
Illustrated by Natasha Donovan
Highwater Press
Reviewed here

The Unteachables
Written by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Canada
Reviewed here

WHITE PINE™

All Our Broken Pieces
Written by L.D. Crichton
Disney-Hyperion

Baggage
Written by Wendy Phillips
Coteau Books

The Beauty of the Moment
Written by Tanaz Bhathena
Penguin Random House Canada
Reviewed here

Comics Will Break Your Heart
Written by Faith Erin Hicks
Roaring Book Press

Crown of Feathers
Written by Nicki Pau Preto
Simon & Schuster

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
Written by Ben Philippe
HarperCollins Canada

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali
Written by Sabina Khan
Scholastic Press
Reviewed here

Sadie
Written by Courtney Summers
Wednesday Books/Raincoast Books
Reviewed here

Synchro Boy
Written by Shannon McFerran
Arsenal Pulp Press

We Contain Multitudes 
Written by Sarah Henstra
Penguin Teen Canada
Reviewed here







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Nominees for the other programs can be linked from below:

 

Blue Spruce

Silver Birch Express

Silver Birch Fiction

Le prix Peuplier

Le prix Mézèle

Le prix Tamarac

2020 Red Cedar Book Awards: Short lists announced

On the heels of the announcement of the winners of the 2019 Red Cedar Book Awards comes the announcement about the two short-lists, Fiction and Information, of nominated titles for 2020 Red Cedar awards. Though not officially launching until November, these nominated titles will be read by students in Grades 4 through 7 who will vote on their favourites next April.

Congratulations to all nominees!

FICTION

Clara Voyant 
Written by Rachelle Delaney
Puffin Canada

Anyone’s Game (Cross Ups, Book 2)
Written by Sylv Chiang
Illustrated by Connie Choi
Annick Press

Crush 
Written and illustrated by Svetlana Chmakova
Yen Press

Inkling 
Written by Kenneth Oppel
Illustrated by Sydney Smith
HarperCollins

Kasey & Ivy 
Written by Alison Hughes
Orca Book Publishers

Krista Kim-Bap 
Written by Angela Ahn
Second Story Press

My Deal with the Universe
Written by Deborah Kerbel
Scholastic

My Life as a Diamond 
Written by Jenny Manzer
Orca Book Publishers

No Fixed Address 
Written by Susin Nielsen
Tundra

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster 
Written by Jonathan Auxier
Puffin Canada









INFORMATION

Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas of the Night
Written by Rob Laidlaw
Pajama Press

Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Else Schiaparelli
Written by Kyo Maclear 
Illustrated by Julie Morstad
HarperCollins

Dive In: Exploring Our Connections with the Oceans
Written by Ann Eriksonn
Orca Book Publishers

Eat This: How Fast Food marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (and How to Fight Back)
Written by Andrea Curtis
Illustrated by Peggy Collins
Red Deer Press

Fania’s Heart 
Written by Anne Renaud
Illustrated by Richard Rudniki
Second Story Press

Out of the Ice: How Climate Change is Revealing the Past
Written by Claire Eamer
Illustrated by Drew Shannon
Kids Can Press

Ramadan: The Holy Month of Fasting
Written by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Orca Book Publishers

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

Space Adventurer’s Guide: Your Passport to the Coolest Things to See and Do in the Universe
Written by Peter McMahon
Illustrated by Josh Holinaty
Kids Can Press

Super Cats: True Stories of Felines That Made History
Written by Elizabeth MacLeod
Annick Press

Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to be Reunited with Her Family
Written by Van Ho & Marsha Forchuk Skypuch
Pajama Press

Wild Buildings and Bridges: Architecture Inspired by Nature
Written by Etta Kaner
Illustrated by Carl Wiens
Kids Can Press