Books & Audiobooks
Cute boy reading book in library
About the Forest
The Forest of Reading Award Programs empower children and adults to choose the winners by reading and voting for their favorite books. Participants select a program based on their age or grade, and can read all ten titles or just those that interest them. To be eligible to vote in April, readers should read at least five of the ten titles. The program fosters a lifelong love of reading, supports Canadian literature, and puts libraries at the heart of the action with engaging activities.
Did you know?
Reading for fun has been shown to boost literacy scores and success in other subjects.
2024 Winners
Blue Spruce Award™ Nominees 2025
JK-Grade 2: Picturebooks
Silver Birch Express Award® Nominees 2025
Grades 3-4: Fiction & Non-Fiction
Silver Birch Fiction Award® Nominees 2025
Grades 5-6: Fiction
Yellow Cedar Award Nominees 2025
Grades 5-8: Non-Fiction
Red Maple Award™ Nominees 2025
Grades 7-8: Fiction
White Pine Award™ Nominees 2025
Grades 9-12: Fiction
COMING SOON – Le prix Peuplier 2025 Liste de finalistes
(albums, moins de texte, sujets simples, convenant parfaitement à la lecture à haute voix)
(picture books, less text, simpler subject matters, perfect for read alouds)
COMING SOON – Le prix Mélèze 2025 Liste de finalistes
(courts romans, des albums plus avancés, des documentaires ou des BD. Le vocabulaire et le temps de verbes sont peu complexes)
(shorter novels or more mature picture books, non-fiction or comics. Vocabulary and verb tenses are not very complex)
COMING SOON – Le prix Tamarac 2025 Liste de finalistes
(romans de 100 à 250 pages, texte plus petit avec peu ou pas d’illustrations, des albums avec un sujet mature, des documentaires ou des BD. Le vocabulaire et le temps de verbes sont complexes)
(chapter books from 100 to 250 pages, smaller text with little or no illustrations, books with more mature subject matter, non-fiction or comics. Vocabulary and verb tenses are complex)