FOREST OF READING OFFICIAL WINNERS 2009
They’ve just been announced, and here are the official winners for Blue Spruce and Red Maple:
Blue Spruce Winner :
CHESTER by Melanie Watt
Red Maple Fiction Winner:
OUT OF THE COLD by Norah McClintock
Red Maple Non-Fiction Winner:
ROYAL MURDER by Elizabeth MacLeod
And here are the winners announced for Silver Birch Express, and Silver Birch:
Silver Birch Express Winner :
DEAR SYLVIA by Alan Cumyn
Silver Birch Fiction Winner:
THE THIRD EYE by Mahtab Narsimhan
Silver Birch Non-Fiction Winner:
GOLD MEDAL FOR WEIRD by Kevin Sylvester
Congratulations to all of the winners!
We’ve just completed the Forest of Reading Program at the Carleton Place Public Library, and there were some great books this year! If you aren’t familiar with the program, it is the only book award given to a Canadian children’s author that is voted on only by children! There are several levels for kids of all ages, and this year, our library participated in the Silver Birch, Silver Birch Express and Red Maple programs.
We just finished voting on April 23rd and this year, we picked the following winners at our local level:
Silver Birch Express : Dear Sylvia
Silver Birch Fiction : Newton and the Time Machine
Silver Birch Non-Fiction : Birds of Prey and Gold Medal for Weird (a TIE!)
Red Maple Fiction : Frost
Red Maple Non-Fiction : Royal Murder
You can read all about these books and the others in each category below.
Here are the nominations for each category. You can click on each book title to find out more:
Silver Birch Express Nominations:
Old Man with Otter Medicine by George Blondin
Breakout Dinosaurs : Canada’s Coolest, Scariest Ancient Creatures Return! by Hugh Brewster
Feather Brain by Maureen Bush
Dear Sylvia by Alan Cumyn
TJ and the Quiz Kids by Hazel Hutchins
Boy in Motion : Rick Hansen’s Story by Ainslie Manson
Addison Addley and the Things That Aren’t There by Melody DeFields McMillan
One Hen : How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway
Tuk and the Whale by Raquel Rivera
Bugs Up Close by Diane Swanson
Silver Birch Fiction Nominations:
The Moon Children by Beverley Brenna
Peril at Pier Nine by Penny Draper
The Royal Woods by Matt Duggan
Sacred Leaf by Deborah Ellis
The Chocolate River Rescue by Jennifer McGrath Kent
Swindle by Gordon Korman
Newton and the Time Machine by Michael McGowan
Reading the Bones by Gina McMurchy-Barber
The Third Eye by Mahtab Narsimhan
Eye of the Crow : The Boy Sherlock Holmes by Shane Peacock
Silver Birch Non-Fiction Nominations:
Brave Deeds : How One Family Saved Many From the Nazis by Ann Alma
Birds of Prey : An Introduction by Robert Bateman
The World of Penguins by Evelyne Daigle
The Strongest Man in the World : Louis Cyr by Nicolas Debon
Inuit Thought of It : Amazing Arctic Innovations by Alootook Ipellie
Wild Animals in Captivity by Rob Laidlaw
Everything But the Kitchen Sink by Elizabeth MacLeod
Gold Medal For Weird by Kevin Sylvester
How Soccer Works by Keltie Thomas
This is My Planet : The Kids’ Guide to Global Warming by Jan Thornhill
Watch for more of the Forest of Reading nominations coming soon!
RED MAPLE FICTION NOMINATIONS:
Way Lies North by Jean Rose Baxter
Perilous Passage by B. J. Bayle
Payback by James Heneghan
Not Fair, Claire! by Yvonne Prinz
Frost by Nicole Luiken
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Egghead by Caroline Pignat
Castaways by Iain Lawrence
A Perfect Gentle Knight by Kit Pearson
RED MAPLE NON-FICTION NOMINATIONS:
At Vimy Ridge by Hugh Brewster
Canadian Boys Who Rocked the World by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Dangerous Crossings by Antonia Banyard
Desperate Glory by John Wilson
Fire on the Water by Wendy Lewis
Healing Our World by David Morley
Island of Hope and Sorrow by Anne Renaud
The Kids Book of Canada at War by Elizabeth MacLeod
Royal Murder by Elizabeth MacLeod
SOS – Stories of Survival by Ed Butts
Please visit the official Forest of Reading website for more information:
http://www.accessola.com/forest2009/
