The Forest of Reading is Canada's largest recreation reading program! It helps celebrate Canadian books, publishers, authors and illustrators and more than 250,000 participate annually from their school or public library.  The Ontario Library Association offers eight reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. 

The 2015 Forest of Reading Award Winners are:

The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten - Blue Spruce Award
Mauree Fegus, Illustrated by Mike Lowery                                        

Kung Pow Chicken: Let's Get Cracking  - Silver Birch Express Award
Cyndi Marko                                

The Last Train: A Holocaust Story  -  Red Maple Non-Fiction Award
Rona Arato                     

The Rule of Three  - Red Maple Fiction Award
Eric Walters

Rush  - White Pine Award
Eve Silver                                       

The Night Gardener  -  Silver Birch Fiction Award
Jonathan Auxier   

How I Conquered Lake Ontario to Help Kids Battling Cancer  -  Silver Birch Award
Annaleiser Carr, Deborah Ellis

La plus grosse poutine du monde  -  Le Prix Tamarac Award
Andree Poulin

Guiby - Une odeur de soufre  -  Le Prix Tamarac Express Award
Sampar

Le voleur de couche -  Le Prix Peuplier Award
Nadia Sevigny