2012 Forest of Reading® Nominees Announced

The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for the 2012 Forest of Reading® Program. The Forest of Reading® is Canada's largest recreational reading program! This initiative of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) offers seven reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. The Forest helps celebrate Canadian books, publishers, authors and illustrators. More than 250,000 readers participate annually from their School and/or Public Library. All Ontarians/Canadians are invited to participate via their local public library, school library, or individually. The nominees are listed below.

Blue Spruce™ Nominees (Grades K - 2)

A Flock of Shoes
Written by Sarah Tsiang
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Annick Press

Giraffe and Bird
Written and illustrated by Rebecca Bender
Dancing Cat Books/Cormorant Books

Kiss Me! (I'm a Prince!)
Written by Heather McLeod
Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

The Little Hummingbird
Written and illustrated by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
D&M Publishers/Greystone Books

Making the Moose Out of Life
Written and illustrated by Nicholas Oldland
Kids Can Press

Noni Says No
Written by Heather Hartt-Sussman
Illustrated by Geneviève Côté
Tundra Books

One Hockey Night
Written by David Ward
Illustrated by Brian Deines
Scholastic Canada/North Winds Press

Rosyln Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth!
Written and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Small Saul
Written and illustrated by Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press

Stanley's Little Sister
Written by Linda Bailey
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Kids Can Press

Silver Birch® Nominees (Grades 3 - 6)

Fiction

Better Than Weird
Written by Anna Kerz
Orca Book Publishers

Crossing to Freedom
Written by Virginia Frances Schwartz
Scholastic Canada

Ghost Messages
Written by Jacqueline Guest
Coteau Books

Ghosts of the Titanic
Written by Julie Lawson
Scholastic Canada

The Glory Wind
Written by Valerie Sherrard
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

The McGuillicuddy Book of Personal Records
Written by Colleen Sydor
Red Deer Press

Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
Written by Alan Silberberg
Simon & Schuster Canada

Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction
Written by Kevin Sylvester
Simon and Schuster Canada/Harper Collins Canada

That Boy Red
Written by Rachna Gilmore
Harper Trophy Canada/Harper Collins Publishers

Undergrounders
Written by David Skuy
Scholastic Canada

Non-Fiction

50 Poisonous Questions: A Book With Bite
Written by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird
Annick Press

Africans Thought of It: Amazing Innovations
Written by Bathseba Opini and Richard B. Lee
Annick Press

Animals That Changed the World
Written by Keltie Thomas
Annick Press

Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science
Written by Susan Hughes
Illustrated by Michael Wandelmaier
Kids Can Press

Don’t Touch That Toad & Other Strange Things Adults Tell You
Written by Catherine Rondina
Illustrated by Kevin Sylvester
Kids Can Press

Game Day: Meet the People Who Make It Happen
Written by Kevin Sylvester
Annick Press

Highway of Heroes
Written by Kathy Stinson
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Mathemagic! Number Tricks
Written by Lynda Colgan
Illustrated by Jane Kurisu
Kids Can Press

Totally Human: Why We Look and Act the Way We Do
Written by Cynthia Pratt Nicolson
Illustrated by Dianne Eastman
Kids Can Press

Who Wants Pizza? The Kids’ Guide to the History, Science & Culture of Food
Written by Jan Thornhill
Maple Tree Press

Express

All Aboard! Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine
Written by Monica Kulling
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Tundra Books

Banjo of Destiny
Written by Cary Fagan
Illustrated by Selçuk Demirel
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Written by Gordon Lightfoot
Illustrated by Ian Wallace
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

The Gargoyle Overhead
Written by Philippa Dowding
Napoleon & Co.

The Last Loon
Rebecca Upjohn
Orca Book Publishers

Our Earth: How Kids are Saving the Planet
Written and illustrated by Janet Wilson
Second Story Press

Saving Arm Pit
Written by Natalie Hyde
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

The Time Time Stopped
Written by Don Gillmor
Scholastic Canada

umajut: Learn About Arctic Wildlife!
Written by Simon Awa, Anna Ziegler and Stephanie McDonald
Translated by Leah Otak
Illustrated by Romi Caron
Inhabit Media

When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean
Written by Jan Andrews
Illustrated by Dušan Petričić
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Red Maple™ Nominees (Grades 7 - 8)

Fiction

Dear George Clooney Please Marry My Mom
Written by Susin Nielsen
Tundra Books

Dust City
Written by Robert Paul Weston
Puffin Canada / Penguin Group Canada

Fanatics
Written by William Bell
Random House Canada / Doubleday Canada

Fly Boy
Written by Eric Walters
Puffin Canada / Penguin Group Canada

Half Brother
Written by Kenneth Oppel
Harper Collins Canada

Haunting Violet
Written by Alyxandra Harvey
Walker & Company

Home Truths
Written by Jill MacLean
Dancing Cat Books/Cormorant Books

No Safe Place
Written by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Thunder Over Kandahar
Written by Sharon E. McKay
Photos by Rafal Gerszak (photographs)
Annick Press

Torn from Troy
Written by Patrick Bowman
Ronsdale Press

White Pine™ Nominees (Grades 9 - 12)

Fiction

Ashes, Ashes
Written by Jo Treggiari
Scholastic Canada

Beat the Band
Written by Don Calame
Candlewick Press

Blood Red Road
Written by Moira Young
Random House Canada/Doubleday Canada

Chance to Dance for You Gail
Written by Sidonie Sobat
Great Plains Publications

Death Benefits
Written by Sarah N. Harvey
Orca Book Publishers

The Fifth Rule
Written by Don Aker
Harper Trophy Canada/ Harper Collins Publishers

The Gathering
Written by Kelley Armstrong
Random House Canada/Doubleday Canada

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass
Written by Drew Hayden Taylor
Random House Canada/Vintage Canada

Something Wicked
Written by Lesley Anne Cowan
Puffin Canada/Penguin Group Canada

The Way It Is
Written by Donelda Reid
Second Story Press

Non-Fiction

The Book of Awesome
Written by Neil Pasricha
Penguin Group U.S.A/Amy Einhorn Books

Call Me Russell
Written by Russell Peters
Random House Canada/ Doubleday Canada

Canada’s Wars: An Illustrated History
Written by Jonathan Webb
Illustrated by J.L. Granatstein
Scholastic Canada

Hockey Now!
Written by Mike Leonetti
Firefly Books

I.D.: Stuff That Happens to Define Us
Written by Kate Scowen
Illustrated by Peter Mitchell
Annick Press

Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World
Written by Tom Rand
Edited by Dave Clark
Eco Ten Publishing

Nice Recovery
Written by Susan Juby
Penguin Group Canada/Viking Canada

Stick to Your Vision: How to Get Past the Hurdles & Haters to Get Where You Want to Be
Written by Wes “Maestro” Williams
McClelland & Stewart

Two Generals
Written by Scott Chantler
McClelland & Stewart

Will to Live: Dispatches from the Edge of Survival
Written by Les Stroud
Harper Collins Publishers

Le Prix Tamarack Nominees (Grades 3-6)

Anne Frank: une jeune écrivaine
Written by Marie Sylvie Legault
Éditions du Renouveau Pédagogique Inc.

Le Cristal qui pousse
Written by Steve Proulx
Illustrated by Vincent Giard
Les Éditions du Trécarré

Les échecs
Written by Sylvie Roberge
Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Dominique et Compagnie

L’étrange affaire du 413
Written by Nadya Larouche
Éditions Vents d’Ouest

Une Fin de semaine mouvementée
Written by France Lorrain
Éditions Caractère

Le garçon qui aimait les contes de fées
Written by Lyne Vanier
Illustrated by Julie Rocheleau
Éditions Pierre Tisseyre

Philibert Tanguay: L’ère glaciaire dans la glacière
Written by Sylvie Desrosiers
Illustrated by Rémy Simard
la courte échelle

Secrets de Famille
Written by Sylvie Marcoux
Éditions du Phoenix

Vlad et moi et les nids-de-poule
Written by Brigitte Huppen
Soulières

La Zone: Les Adventures D’Edwin Robi
Written by Stéphanie Hurtubise
Éditions Michel Quintin

Express

Connais-tu? Maurice Richard
Written by Johanne Ménard
Illustrated by Pierre Berthiaume
Éditions Michel Quintin

Coup de théâtre à Stratford
Written by Mireille Messier
Illustrated by Marc Keelan-Bishop
Vermillon

Capitaine Static: Le Maître des Zions
Written by Alain M. Bergeron
Illustrated by Sampar
Québec Amérique Jeunesse

Une Petite bouteille jaune
Written by Angèle Delaunois
Illustrated by Christine Delezenne
Éditions de l’Isatis

Peur, voleur et film d’horreur
Written by Sylviane Thibault
Illustrated by Claude Thivierge
Éditions du Phoenix

Pierre et les voyous
Written by Mathieu Boutin
Illustrated by Paule Trudel Bellemare
Planète rebelle

The Réveil du dragon chinois
Written by Stéphanie Decelles
Illustrated by Jessie Chrétien
Éditions du Phoenix

Rouge-Babine et l’Opération
Written by Jade Lili Chartrand
Illustrated by Marie-Pierre Oddoux
la courte échelle

Les Dragouilles: Les Rouges de Tokyo
Written by Karine Gottot
Illustrated by Maxim Cyr
Éditions Michel Quintin

Le Zaillemeur
Written by Marie-Pierre Meunier
Illustrated by Sébastien Pinard
Les Éditions Z’ailées

The OLA also offers two adult reading categories: Evergreen™ and Golden Oak™. The Golden Oak program provides new readers in adult literacy programs to read books chosen specifically for them. The nominees in this category are:

Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Written by Gordon Lightfoot
Illustrated by Ian Wallace
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Fatty Legs
Written by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
Annick Press

Highway of Heroes
Written by Kathy Stinson
Fitzhenry & Whiteside

No Safe Place
Written by Deborah Ellis
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

Our Earth: How Kids Are Saving the Planet
Written and illustrated by Janet Wilson
Second Story Press

Out of Darkness: The Jeff Healey Story
Written by Cindy Watson
Dundurn Press

The Second Wife
Written by Brenda Chapman
Raven Books/Orca Book Publishers

Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged
Written by Jody Nyasha Warner
Illustrated by Richard Rudnicki
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press

For more information, please contact:

Meredith Tutching
Program Co-ordinator
Phone: 416-363-3388 or 1-866-873-9867 ext 22 | Fax: 416-941-9581 or 1-800-387-1181 | mtutching@accessola.com