The Blue Spruce Award™ program brings recently published Canadian children's picture books to children between the ages of 4 and 7 (Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2). This program promotes reading for enjoyment and begins to develop a child’s skill in evaluating a picture book based on story, text and pictures! These books will enrich their learning experiences with beautiful illustrations blended with fun, interesting, and exciting stories. This is Canada’s only picture book choice award program.