See the winner announcements on Day One of the 2022 Forest of Reading Festival

CBC Books is presenting the 2022 Forest of Reading Award ceremonies on May 17, 18 and 19, 2022. 

Hosted each spring, the Forest of Reading is Canada's largest annual recreational reading program where children and young adults pick their favourite authors and illustrators. 

Each spring, the Forest of Reading curates a wide selection of Canadian titles for school-aged children. Forest of Reading has nine awards selected by Canadian students, divided by age group and reading level. Each award has 10 nominated titles and students across Canada vote on their favourite to determine the winner.

More than 270,000 students across Canada participate each year through their schools, public libraries, literacy centres and at home. Those with a subscription can tune in through Curio, CBC's educational service. The awards will also be available at CBC Books.

On Day One of the festival (May 17, 2022), the Blue Spruce Award (10 a.m. ET), Red Maple Award (11:30 a.m. ET) and the White Pine Award (1:00 p.m. ET) are announced. You can see the complete schedule here.

• CBC Books teams up with Forest of Reading Festival to celebrate the 2022 awards online

You can see the nominees and Day One winners below.

Blue Spruce Award

Forest of Reading 2022: Blue Spruce Award

3 years ago

Duration 21:51

The Blue Spruce Award is part of the Forest of Reading program, in which students from kindergarten to high school are encouraged to read from a selection of shortlisted books and vote for their favourites over several months.

The Blue Spruce Award is for picture books for readers in kindergarten to Grade 2.

The 2022 nominees are:

• 48 Grasshopper Estates by Sara de Waal, illustrated by Erika Medina
• Beep Beep Bubbie by Bonnie Sherr Klein, illustrated by Élisabeth Eudes-Pascal
• The Doll by Nhung N. Tran-Davies, illustrated by Ravy Puth
• Harley the Hero by Peggy Collins
• The Library Bus by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
• Malaika's Surprise by Nadia L. Hohn, illustrated by Irene Luxbacher
• No More Plastic by Alma Fullerton
• The Sorry Life of Timothy Shmoe by Stephanie Simpson McLellan, illustrated by Zoe Si
• Thunder and the Noise Storms by Jeffrey Ansloos & Shezza Ansloos, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley
• When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt

The 2021 winner was That's Not Hockey! by Andrée Poulin, illustrated by Félix Girard.

Red Maple Award

Forest of Reading 2022: Red Maple Award

3 years ago

Duration 19:42

The Red Maple Award is a fiction reading program for readers in Grades 7-8

The Red Maple Award is for fiction for readers in Grades 7-8.

The 2022 nominees are:

• Birdspell by Valerie Sherrard
• The Coming Storm by Regina M. Hansen
• Firefly by Philippa Dowding
• The King of Jam Sandwiches by Eric Walters
• Linked by Gordon Korman
• Sisters of the Snake by Sarena & Sasha Nanua
• Sisters of the Wolf by Patricia Miller-Schroeder
• From The Roots Up by Tasha Spillett, illustrated by Natasha Donovan
• Tremendous Things by Susin Nielsen
• Under Amelia's Wing by Heather Stemp

The 2021 winner was No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen.

White Pine Award

Forest of Reading 2022: White Pine Award

3 years ago

Duration 20:34

The White Pine Award program celebrates fiction for readers in high school.

The White Pine Award is for fiction for readers in high school.

The 2022 nominees are:

• Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
• Bruised by Tanja Boteju
• Don't Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor
• Fight Like a Girl by Sheena Kamal
• The Forest of Stolen Girls by June  Hur
• Gutter Child by Jael Richardson
• The Montague Twins: The Witch's Hand by Nathan Page, illustrated by Drew Shannon
• Nothing But Life by Brent van Staalduinen
• What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin
• The Wild by Owen Laukkanen

The 2021 winner was Sadie by Courtney Summers.