Forest of Reading®

Offered in both English and French, with 270,000 readers taking part every year, this program offers young readers the opportunity to celebrate Canadian authors and to vote on their favourite fiction, and non-fiction books. This initiative is made available through the Ontario Library Association (OLA). 

There are ten categories, each of which is associated with a grade range. Read as many of the books as you can in your grade category and then vote for your favourite at the library! 

Kindergarten – Grade 12 can vote for their favourite with us at our branches or online on our website beginning April 18 – 25, 2026.

2026 Winners:

Blue Spruce™:

The Great Dinosaur Sleepover

Written by Linda Bailey

Illustrated by Joe Bluhm

Silver Birch Express®: 

The Great Puptective: Purranormal Activity

Written by Alina Tysoe

Silver Birch Fiction®:

The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents

Written by Nicki Pau Preto

Yellow Cedar:

A Sick History of Medicine: A Warts-And-All Book Full of Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries

Written by Jelena Poleksic

Illustrated by Ella Kasperowicz

Red Maple™:

If We Tell You

Written by Nicola Dahlin

White Pine™:

For She is Wrath

Written by Emily Varga