January 2015
Dear Parents,
The Forest of Reading Program ® is starting up at school. This is
a recreational reading program run by the Ontario Library
Association. It promotes French and English fiction and non-fiction
books written by Canadian authors in different age categories.
The Parent Council has provided funds for our library to purchase two sets of books for each category. Only students
registered to the program will be able to sign these out, until the program finishes. Lists of the nominated books for
each category are attached. Many of these books may also be available through the public library.
Students in Grades 1 to 6 must register for a program in order to borrow these books. Kindergarten students can
participate by reading the books with their teachers. There are 10 books in each category and students are encouraged
to read all ten on their own or with a family member. Students who read a at least 5 books in a category will qualify to
vote for their favourite book in April, and the book awards will be announced in May.
Picture books should be returned within two days, and novels within a week. If students need longer for a novel,
they can let me know. But if it is not finished after a couple of weeks, they may want to exchange it for one they find
more engaging.
The program will begin in two stages this year. The junior programs (Silver Birch, Tamarac) will begin the week of
January 26. This is to allow students extra time to read the novels, as these usually take longer than picture books. The
primary programs (Blue Spruce, Prix Peuplier) will begin the week of February 9.
When a student has read a book, they are asked to demonstrate this in some way. Primary students and students
reading Tamarac Express will see their teacher and answer a few short questions about the book. Students in the Silver
Birch programs will be asked to write a brief response on a children’s book review website. They will be given a login for
the website, and the review can be done at home or by visiting the library computer lab.
In order to register in the Forest of Reading Program, students must complete and return the form below to their
teacher.
Thank you for supporting your child’s love of reading.
- Marcia Williamson (Teacher-Librarian)
FOREST OF READING ® REGISTRATION
NAME OF STUDENT _______________________________________________________________________
Grade ______
Room _____
Forest of Reading Category ______________________________________________
We accept the responsibility for borrowing and returning the Forest of Reading ®books and, should
one be damaged or lost, will repay the replacement cost.
Student’s Signature _____________________________________________________________________
Parent’s Signature _____________________________________________________________________
FOREST OF READING NOMINATED TITLES 2015
Readers must read 5 titles from the official selections in any one category to qualify to vote.
LE PRIX PEUPLIER
(livres d’images, moins de texte, sujets simples, convenant
parfaitement à la lecture à haute voix) / (picture books, less text,
simpler subject matters, perfect for read alouds)
1. Le cadeau des frères Bravo par Caroline Merola
2. Une Charlotte olympique par Mireille Messier, Benoît
Laverdière
3. Je suis riche! par Angele Delaunois, Philippe Beha
4. Je veux un animal de compagnie par Jennifer Couëlle, Pierre
Girard
5. La limace par Elise Gravel
6. Ma petite boule d'amour par Jasmine Dubé, Jean-Luc Trudel
7. Meuh où est Gertrude? par Benoit Dutrizac, BelleBrute
(Marianne Chevalier and Vincent Gagnon)
8. Rocheux anniversaire par Léopold! Isabelle Gaul
9. La vie rêvée de Crapaud la grenouille par Carine Paquin,
Laurence Dechassey
10. Le voleur de couche par Nadia Sevigny, Anne Marie Bourgeois
LE PRIX TAMARAC EXPRESS
(miniromans plus courts, maximum 100 pages ou livres d’image
plus complexes, temps de verbes et vocabulaire plus simples)
(shorter chapter books maximum 100 pages or more mature picture
books, larger text with pictures, simpler vocabulary and verb tenses)
1.
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6.
7.
Le catalogue de robots par Jean-Pierre Guillet, Jessica Lindsay
Embrouilles à Embrun par Mireille Messier, Marc Keelan-Bishop
Guiby : Une odeur de soufre par Sampar (Samuel Parent)
Il m'énerve, ce William Parker! par Alain M. Bergeron
Julie et Alexis le Trotteur par Martine Latulippe
Lucie Wan en danger par Agnes Grimaud, Stephane Jorisch
Mission... à donner le frisson! par Lili Chartrand, Mathieu
Benoît
8. Moi, Zèbre bouchard par Myriam De Repentigny, Yvan
Deschamps
9. Pablo trouve un trésor par Andrée Poulin, Isabelle Malenfant
10. Tsuki, princesse de la Lune par Suzanne de Serres, Virginie
Rapiat
BLUE SPRUCE (Grades 1-2 picture books)
1.
The Day My Mom Came To Kindergarten by Maureen
Fergus, Mike Lowery
2. The Highest Number In The World by Roy Macgregor,
Genevieve Despres
3. Kenta and the Big Wave by Ruth Ohi
4. Loula is Leaving for Africa by Anne Villeneuve
5. The Man with the Violin by Kathy Stinson, Dusan Petricic
6. Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine
Baldacchino, Isabelle Malenfant
7. The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
8. My Blue Is Happy by Jessica Young, Catia Chien
9. Oddrey and the New Kid by Dave Whamond
10. Young Frank, Architect by Frank Viva
SILVER BIRCH EXPRESS (Grades 3- 4 fiction, non-fiction)
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9.
10.
Be a Wilderness Detective by Peggy Kochanoff
Every Day is Malala Day by Rosemary McCarney
The Fly by Elise Gravel
From There To Here by Laurel Croza, Matt James
The Great Bike Rescue by Hazel Hutchins
How To Save A Species by Jonathan Baillie, Marilyn Baillie
Kung Pow Chicken #1 Let’s Get Cracking by Cyndi Marko
My Name is Blessing by Eric Walters, Eugenie Fernandes
Prove It, Josh by Jenny Watson
Seconds by Sylvia Taekema
SILVER BIRCH FICTION (Grades 3-6 fiction)
1.
2.
The Creature Department by Robert Paul Weston
Dial M for Morna – The Dead Kid Detective Agency by Evan
Munday
3. The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden by Jill MacLean
4. The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis
5. Me & Mr. Bell by Philip Roy
6. The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
7. Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance
8. Saving Houdini by Michael Redhill
9. September 17: A Novel by Amanda West Lewis
10. Striker by David Skuy
SILVER BIRCH NON-FICTION (Grades 3-6 non-fiction)
1.
50 Body Questions: A Book That Spills Its Guts by Tanya Lloyd
Kyi, Ross Kinnaird
2. Annaleise Carr: How I Conquered Lake Ontario to Help Kids
Battling Cancer by Annaleise Carr, Deborah Ellis
3. The Big Book of Hockey for Kids by Eric Zweig
4. Cat Champions: Caring for our Feline Friends by Rob Laidlaw
5. Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home by Michelle
Mulder
6. The Extraordinary Life of Anna Swan by Anne Renaud
7. From Vimy to Victory: Canada's Fight to the Finish in World War
I by Hugh Brewster
8. A History of Just about Everything: 180 Events, People and
Inventions That Changed the World by Elizabeth MacLeod,
Frieda Wishinsky
9. It’s a Feudal, Feudal World: A Different Medieval History by
Stephen Shapiro, Ross Kinnaird
10. Zoobots: Wild Robots Inspired by Real Animals by Helaine
Becker, Alex Ries