Reading in the Forest

This year more than 280 students from JK to Grade 8 participated in the Forest of Reading Program™ sponsored by the Ontario Library Association. The HSC Library offered titles from the Blue Spruce, Silver Birch Express, Silver Birch Fiction and Silver Birch Non-Fiction programs. All eligible readers had a voting day where they were invited to dine and vote in the library during their scheduled lunch period.

HSC’s favourites were sent to Toronto in early May to add to the nearly 250,000 votes that were collected from across the province of Ontario. The Official Award winners were announced during the Festival of Trees™ Celebration at the end of May at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.

This is a fantastic program that exposes children to Canadian literature from various genres while promoting reading at all levels.

Thank you to all who read with us!!

Congratulations to the authors of the official winning books!
Blue Spruce: Dave Whamond for My Think-A-Ma-Jink
Silver Birch Express: Ashley Spires for Binky the Space Cat
Silver Birch Non-Fiction: Valerie Wyatt & Fred Rix for How to Build Your Own Country
Silver Birch Fiction: Maureen Fergus for Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders
Red Maple Non-Fiction: Mariatu kamara with Susan McClelland for The Bite of the Mango
Red Maple Fiction: Vicki Grant for Not Suitable for Family Viewing