Forest of Reading
The Forest of Reading is Canada’s largest recreational reading program! This initiative offers reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. The Forest helps celebrate Canadian books, publishers, authors and illustrators.
The Forest of Reading Award Programs are where children and young adults pick the winner! Readers choose a program that they would like to be a part of, based on their age or grade, and simply begin reading! You can read all ten of the titles, or pick and choose to read only the ones they are interested in.
Read the Books
To find the Forest of Reading books in our catalogue, click on the icons below.
Age 4 - 7, JK - Grade 2 Age 8 - 12, Grades 3 - 6 Age 12 - 14, Grades 7 - 8 High School
Track Your Progress
Download a passport or bookmark to help you keep track of which books you've read.
Vote
Voting is closed for 2022. Thank you to all who voted!
Please vote only once and only in your age category.
To vote, please ensure that you have read at least five of the books in your chosen category. Blue Spruce readers should read all ten books prior to voting.
Winner
Blue Spruce: Harley the Hero
Silver Birch: Deadman's Castle
Red Maple: The King of Jam Sandwiches
White Pine: What Unbreakable Looks Like
Activities
Download these activities to do at home. Printing is also available at the library.
Blue Spruce
48 Grasshopper Estates |
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Beep Beep Bubbie |
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The Doll |
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Harley the Hero |
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The Library Bus |
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Malaika's Surprise |
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No More Plastic |
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The Sorry Life of Timothy Shmoe |
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Thunder and the Noise Storms |
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When We Are Kind |
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Silver Birch
Alice Fleck's Recipes for Disaster |
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Deadman's Castle |
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Elvis, Me and the Lemonade Stand Summer |
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The Fabulous Zed Watson! |
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The Great Bear: The Misewa Saga 02 |
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Harvey Holds His Own |
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The Language of Ghosts |
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No Vacancy |
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ParaNorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse |
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Peter Lee's Notes From the Field |
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Red Maple
Birdspell |
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The Coming Storm |
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Firefly |
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The King of Jam Sandwiches |
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Linked |
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Sisters of the Snake |
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Sisters of the Wolf |
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Surviving the City 02 From the Roots Up |
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Tremendous Things |
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Under Amelia's Wing |
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White Pine
Blood Like Magic |
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Bruised |
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Don't Breathe a Word |
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Fight Like a Girl |
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The Forest of Stolen Girls |
Gutter Child |
The Montague Twins 01 The Witch's Hand |
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Nothing But Life |
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What Unbreakable Looks Like |
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The Wild |
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