Forest of Reading
FALL 2020
If you haven't read a FOREST book this year, put one on hold through Destiny Discover or ask me!
FOREST OF READING 2020 WINNERS!
The 2020 winners are:
Blue Spruce Award: That's Not Hockey! by Andrée Poulin, illustrated by Félix Girard
Silver Birch Express Award: Megabat by Anna Humphrey, illustrated by Kass Reich
Silver Birch Fiction Award: The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane by Julia Nobel
Yellow Cedar Award: Too Young to Escape by Van Ho & Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Red Maple Award: No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
Over 110,000 people voted in this contest by the Ontario Library Association. That is a lot of reading fans!
If you would like to know more about each book, click on the award. CBC broadcast the awards ceremony. You can watch replays of all the ceremonies here. The festival was cancelled due to COVID-19.
Blue Spruce~
You can listen to these wonderful picture books for K-3 (and up;) read aloud. Go to:
Click on a book title and the video pops up.
Plus, for each book, there are fun learning activities like word searches and drawing.
Please note: If you are using Pages on iOS, you may experience issues opening the resources files.
Blue Spruce 2020 Nominees
Sloth at the Zoom by Helaine Becker
Giraffe and Bird Together Again by Becca ender
The Reptile Club by Maureen Fergus
Mustafa by Marie-Louse Gay
Me, Toma and the Concrete Garden by Andrew Larsen
The Magic Boat by Kit Pearson
That's Not Hockey by Andree Poulin
A Plan for Pops by Heather Smith
Silver Birch ~ Red Maple~
Great news! For students in Grades 3 to 8 who wish to read more fabulous novels from the Forest of Reading, almost all of them can be found on the SORA app in our Virtual Library. If you read five or more in a category, you can vote for your favourite one on the Forest of Reading website. Who knows, maybe your pick will winJ
How to get to SORA:
Way 1: The Virtual Library https://kprdsb.libguides.com/4-6.
Go to ebooks, choose SORA.
Way 2: Go to the KPR website, choose student tab, then “KPR Students Portal”, choose the Virtual Library.
Way 3: Download the free SORA app onto a tablet or smartphone.
The set-up code is kawarthaca. Then, search for the book you want to read. Some are audible books too.
If you find one you love, please let me know.
Happy reading or listening!
