Blue Spruce Award
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Administered By:
Ontario Library Association
Scope:
national
Award Status:
Active
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Contact Info:
Meredith Tutching Suite 201, 50 Wellington Street East Toronto, ON M5E 1C8 Tel: 416 363-3388 or 1-866-873-9867 Fax: 416 941-9581 or 1-800-387-1181 mtutching@accessola.comThe Blue Spruce is a provincial primary reading program developed by the Ontario Library Association. Originally designed for students in Kindergarten to Grade 3, in 2007 the Blue Spruce Award and the Silver Birch Award were realigned. The Blue Spruce Award is now geared for students in Kindergarten to Grade 2, while the Silver Birch Award expanded to include students in Grade 3. Students read 10 nominated Canadian picture books and then vote for their favourite book. Based on the student voting across the province, the best picture book is then selected and the author/illustrator is honoured with the Blue Spruce Award. The official sponsor of the Blue Spruce Award reading program is S & B Books.
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Submitted by lily on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 10:23.
Award Recipients
Year | Detail | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jeremy Tankard, Boo Hoo Bird. New York: Scholastic Press, 2009. | |
| 2009 | Mélanie Watt, Chester. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2007. | |
| 2008 | Mélanie Watt, Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2007. | |
| 2007 | Mélanie Watt, Scaredy Squirrel. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2006. | |
| 2006 | George Elliott, The Boy Who Loved Bananas. Illustrated by Andrej Krystoforski. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2005. | |
| 2005 | Robert Heidbreder, Drumheller Dinosaur Dance. Illustrated by Bill Slavin and Esperança Melo. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2004. | |
| 2004 | Linda Bailey, Stanley’s Party. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2003. | |
| 2003 | Matthew Napier, Z is for Zamboni. Illustrated by Melanie Rose. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. | |
| 2002 | Valerie Coulman, When Pigs Fly. Illustrated by Rogé. Montreal: Lobster Press, 2001. |