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Owls Gets a Perch in Prestigious Forest of Reading Awards Program

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Owls: Who Gives a Hoot? is a 2024/25 Yellow Cedar Award nominee in Canada’s largest recreational reading program, the Forest of Reading. Just 10 nonfiction books for grades 5-8 make it onto this list each year. Between now and next April, kids all across Canada will read the nominated books and then vote for their favourite.

Registering in this young readers’ choice program gives participants access to a multitude of book-related activities, as well as voting privileges for all 10 Forest of Reading awards categories. Participation is often organized by teachers and librarians, but homeschoolers, families and book clubs are equally welcome to join the fun. More than 270,000 readers participate each year!

The Forest of Reading nurtures a love of reading for everyone from confirmed bookworms to reluctant readers. It also celebrates and supports Canadian authors, illustrators and publishers. You can learn more about the program’s goals and history here.

 

Grizzly Bears Vies for Red Cedar Award

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Grizzly Bears: Guardians of the Wilderness has been nominated for a 2024/25 Red Cedar Award!

Each fall, the Young Readers’ Choice Awards Society of British Columbia selects 24 Canadian books (half nonfiction and half fiction) written for grades 4-7. Then it invites kids to read the books and vote for their favourite in each category in the spring. Participants form reading groups, which can involve as many or as few people as they want — even just one — and group registration is free. To be eligible to vote, readers must read at least five of the nominated books in that category.

What a great way to encourage kids to read, talk about and think about books. If you know, or are, a young reader who would like to join in the fun, visit the Red Cedar Awards website for all the details, including the full list of 2024/25 nominees.