Blue Spruce Award

Given by OLA Forest of Reading

229 Works / 231 Items 27,903 Books 2,006 Reviews 4.1

The Blue Spruce Award™ program brings recently published Canadian children’s picture books to children between the ages of 4 and 7 (Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2). For many children, this is

show more their first introduction to the world of books. This program promotes reading for enjoyment and begins to develop a child’s skill in evaluating a picture book based on story, text and pictures.

Award Given: Forest of Reading Festival in Toronto in May show less

Stages:
All, Winner (22), Honour Book (2), Finalist (1), Shortlist (3), Nominee (229)
Years:
All, 2024 (10), 2023 (10), 2022 (10), 2021 (10), 2020 (9), 2019 (10), 2018 (10), 2017 (10), 2016 (10), 2015 (10), 2014 (10), 2013 (10), 2012 (10), 2011 (10), 2010 (10), 2009 (10), 2008 (10), 2007 (10), 2006 (10), 2005 (10), 2004-2005 (1), 2004 (10), 2003 (10), 2002 (10)

Winner 22

WorkYear
Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo2023
Harley the Hero by Peggy Collins2022
Bad Dog by Mike Boldt2021
That's Not Hockey! by Andrée Poulin2020
Barnaby Never Forgets by Pierre Collet-Derby2019
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating2018
The Night Gardener by Terry Fan2017
If Kids Ruled the World by Linda Bailey2016
The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten by Maureen Fergus2015
Oddrey by Dave Whamond2014
Kate & Pippin: An Unlikely Love Story by Martin Springett2013
Giraffe and Bird by Rebecca Bender2012
My Think-a-ma-jink by Dave Whamond2011
Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard2010
Chester by Melanie Watt2009
Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend by Melanie Watt2008
Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt2007
Boy Who Loved Bananas, The by George Elliott2006
Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by Robert Heidbreder2005
Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey2004
Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet by Matt Napier2003
When Pigs Fly by Valerie Coulman2002

Honour Book 2

WorkYear
Friends Are Friends, Forever by Dane Liu2023
That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed2023

Finalist 1

WorkYear
Lily and the Paper Man by Rebecca Upjohn2008

Shortlist 3

WorkYear
The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield2018
Our Canadian Flag by Maxine Trottier2004-2005
Caribou Song / atíhko níkamon by Tomson Highway

Nominee 229

WorkYear
Cocoa Magic by Sandra Bradley2024
My Name is Saajin Singh by Kuljinder Kaur Brar2024
Garden of Lost Socks by Esi Edugyan2024
Princess Pru and the Ogre on the Hill by Maureen Fergus2024
My Fade Is Fresh by Shauntay Grant2024
Benny the Bananasaurus Rex by Sarabeth Holden2024
How to Party Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab2024
The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship (The Proudest Blue, 2) by Ibtihaj Muhammad2024
The Words We Share by Jack Wong2024
Dear Street by Lindsay Zier-Vogel2024
Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo2023
Friends Are Friends, Forever by Dane Liu2023
That's Not My Name! by Anoosha Syed2023
Meena's Mindful Moment by Tina Athaide2023
Abuelita and Me by Leonarda Carranza2023
Rodney Was a Tortoise by Nan Forler2023
Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes by Mahak Jain2023
Be a Good Ancestor by Leona Prince2023
A Sky-Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman2023
Granny's kitchen by Joann Swanson2023
Harley the Hero by Peggy Collins2022
Thunder and the Noise Storms by Jeffrey Ansloos2022
48 Grasshopper Estates by Sara de Waal2022
No More Plastic by Alma Fullerton2022
When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith2022
Malaika's Surprise by Nadia L. Hohn2022
Beep Beep Bubbie by Bonnie Sherr Klein2022
The Library Bus by Bahram Rahman2022
The Sorry Life of Timothy Shmoe by Stephanie Simpson McLellan2022
The Doll by Nhung N. Tran-Davies2022
Bad Dog by Mike Boldt2021
The Truth About Wind by Hazel Hutchins2021
Going Up! by Sherry J. Lee2021
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad2021
Fast Friends by Heather M. O'Connor2021
Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan2021
Be You! by Peter H. Reynolds2021
Grandmother School by Rina Singh2021
Boxitects by Kim Smith2021
My Day with Gong Gong by Sennah Yee2021
That's Not Hockey! by Andrée Poulin2020
Sloth at the Zoom by Helaine Becker2020
Giraffe and Bird Together Again by Rebecca Bender2020
The Reptile Club by Maureen Fergus2020
Mustafa by Marie-Louise Gay2020
Me, Toma and the Concrete Garden by Andrew Larsen2020
The Magic Boat by Kit Pearson2020
A Plan for Pops by Heather Smith2020
Sleep, Sheep! by Kerry Sparrow2020
Barnaby Never Forgets by Pierre Collet-Derby2019
Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson2019
I Love My Purse by Belle Demont2019
The Magician's Secret by Zachary Hyman2019
What's My Superpower? by Aviaq Johnston2019
Sun Dog by Deborah Kerbel2019
The Better Tree Fort by Jessica Scott Kerrin2019
Harry's Hiccups by Jean Little2019
Tricky by Kari Rust2019
I Love Sharks, Too! by Leanne Shirtliffe2019
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist by Jess Keating2018
The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield2018
The Owl and the Lemming by Roselynn Akulukjuk2018
Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker2018
Milo and Georgie by Bree Galbraith2018
Great by Glen Gretzky2018
A Squiggly Story by Andrew Larsen2018
The Branch by Mireille Messier2018
The Little Boy Who Lived Down the Drain by Carolyn Huizinga Mills2018
French Toast by Kari-Lynn Winters2018
The Night Gardener by Terry Fan2017
Stanley at School by Linda Bailey2017
Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox by Danielle Daniel2017
The Wolf-Birds by Willow Dawson2017
InvisiBill by Maureen Fergus2017
SNAP! by Hazel Hutchins2017
The Good Little Book by Kyo Maclear2017
The Artist and Me by Shane Peacock2017
Harry and Walter by Kathy Stinson2017
If I Had a Gryphon by Vikki Vansickle2017
If Kids Ruled the World by Linda Bailey2016
Sam's Pet Temper by Sangeeta Bhadra2016
Henry Holton Takes the Ice by Sandra Bradley2016
Super Red Riding Hood by Claudia Dávila2016
In a Cloud of Dust by Alma Fullerton2016
Butterfly Park by Elly MacKay2016
The Cardinal and the Crow by Michael Moniz2016
We're All Friends Here by Nancy Wilcox Richards2016
Fishermen Through and Through by Colleen Sydor2016
Stop, Thief! by Heather Tekavec2016
The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten by Maureen Fergus2015
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino2015
The Highest Number in the World by Roy MacGregor2015
Kenta and the Big Wave by Ruth Ohi2015
The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires2015
The Man With the Violin by Kathy Stinson2015
Loula Is Leaving for Africa by Anne Villeneuve2015
Young Frank, Architect by Frank Viva2015
Oddrey and the New Kid by Dave Whamond2015
My Blue Is Happy by Jessica Young2015
Oddrey by Dave Whamond2014
I Dare You Not to Yawn by Hélène Boudreau2014
Willow Finds a Way by Lana Button2014
Uncle Wally's Old Brown Shoe by Wallace Edwards2014
Mr. Zinger's Hat by Cary Fagan2014
A Good Trade by Alma Fullerton2014
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen2014
In the Tree House by Andrew Larsen2014
If You Hold a Seed by Elly MacKay2014
Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds2014
Kate & Pippin: An Unlikely Love Story by Martin Springett2013
JoJo the Giant by Jane Barclay2013
Don't Laugh at Giraffe by Rebecca Bender2013
Ella May and the Wishing Stone by Cary Fagan2013
Here Comes Hortense! by Heather Hartt-Sussman2013
You Are Stardust by Elin Kelsey2013
The Busy Beaver by Nicholas Oldland2013
Really and Truly by Émilie Rivard2013
Larf by Ashley Spires2013
Splinters by Kevin Sylvester2013
Giraffe and Bird by Rebecca Bender2012
Stanley's Little Sister by Linda Bailey2012
Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth! by Marie-Louise Gay2012
Noni Says No by Heather Hartt-Sussman2012
Kiss Me! I'm a Prince by Heather McLeod2012
Making the Moose Out of Life by Nicholas Oldland2012
Small Saul by Ashley Spires2012
A Flock of Shoes by Sarah Tsiang2012
One Hockey Night by David Ward2012
The Little Hummingbird by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas2012
My Think-a-ma-jink by Dave Whamond2011
Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion by Jane Barclay2011
Willow's Whispers by Lana Button2011
C'mere, Boy! by Sharon Jennings2011
The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen2011
Jack the Bear by Christina Leist2011
Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland2011
Perfect Snow by Barbara Reid2011
Violet by Tania Duprey Stehlik2011
Have I Got a Book for You! by Mélanie Watt2011
Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard2010
Stanley's Beauty Contest by Linda Bailey2010
Bradley McGogg: The Very Fine Frog by Tim Beiser2010
When Stella Was Very, Very Small by Marie-Louise Gay2010
Crocodiles Play! by Robert Heidbreder2010
Farley Follows His Nose by Lynn Johnston2010
The King Has Goat Ears by Katarina Jovanovic2010
The King's Taster by Kenneth Oppel2010
There's a Cow Under My Bed! by Valerie Sherrard2010
You're Mean, Lily Jean by Frieda Wishinsky2010
Chester by Melanie Watt2009
Stanley at Sea by Linda Bailey2009
Such a Prince by Dan Bar-el2009
Buttercup's Lovely Day by Carolyn Beck2009
Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero by Anne Cottringer2009
My New Shirt by Cary Fagan2009
Making Grizzle Grow by Rachna Gilmore2009
Who Lives Here? by Pamela Hickman2009
Mattland by Hazel Hutchins2009
Clancy with the Puck, DVD included! [includes an animated short narrated by legendary hockey commentator Bob Cole] by Chris Mizzoni2009
Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend by Melanie Watt2008
Lily and the Paper Man by Rebecca Upjohn2008
The Farm Team by Linda Bailey2008
The List by Hazel Hutchins2008
Fox Walked Alone by Barbara Reid2008
In My Backyard by Margriet Ruurs2008
Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard2008
A Sack Full of Feathers by Debby Waldman2008
Jeffrey and Sloth by Kari-Lynn Winters2008
Please, Louise! by Frieda Wishinsky2008
Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt2007
Stanley's Wild Ride by Linda Bailey2007
Taming Horrible Harry by Lili Chartrand2007
Sophie and the Sea Monster by Don Gillmor2007
Earth to Audrey by Susan Hughes2007
Clara and the Bossy (A Ruth Ohi Picture Book) by Ruth Ohi2007
Penelope and the Monsters by Sheri Radford2007
Wake Up, Henry Rooster! by Margriet Ruurs2007
Camilla Chameleon by Colleen Sydor2007
Where's My Hockey Sweater? by Gilles Tibo2007
Boy Who Loved Bananas, The by George Elliott2006
Gummytoes by Sean Cassidy2006
Ben Over Night by Sarah Ellis2006
Stella, Princess of the Sky by Marie-Louise Gay2006
Rainy Days with Bear by Maureen Hull2006
Beneath the Bridge by Hazel Hutchins2006
Mile High Apple Pie by Laura Langston2006
Leon's Song by Stephanie Simpson McLellan2006
Penelope and the Humongous Burp (The Penelope Series) (The Penelope Series) by Sheri Radford2006
Nathaniel McDaniel and Bigbeards Hook by Evan Solomon2006
Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by Robert Heidbreder2005
Bagels from Benny by Aubrey Davis2005
A Very Unusual Dog by Dorothy Joan Harris2005
The Sidewalk Rescue by Hazel Hutchins2005
Camels ALWAYS DO by Lynn Manuel2005
This is the Dog by Sheryl McFarlane2005
Too Many Books! by Gilles Tibo2005
Our Canadian Flag by Maxine Trottier2005
Suki's Kimono by Chieri Uegaki2005
Perfect Man by Troy Wilson2005
Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey2004
How Hot Was It? by Jane Barclay2004
You Can't Rush A Cat by Karleen Bradford2004
The F Team by Anne Laurel Carter2004
Sink or Swim by Valerie Coulman2004
Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow by Phoebe Gilman2004
It Couldn't Be Worse by Vlasta Kampen2004
An Alien in My House by Shenaaz Nanji2004
Hank and Fergus by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund2004
The Subway Mouse by Barbara Reid2004
Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet by Matt Napier2003
Alphabeasts by Wallace Edwards2003
Stella, Fairy of the Forest by Marie-Louise Gay2003
When the Giant Stirred: Legend of a Volcanic Island by Celia Godkin2003
Courage to Fly by Troon Harrison2003
Badger's New House by Robin Muller2003
The Name of the Child by Marilynn Reynolds2003
Full Moon Rising by Joanne Taylor2003
The Rumor: A Jataka Tale from India by Jan Thornhill2003
Give Maggie a Chance by Frieda Wishinsky2003
When Pigs Fly by Valerie Coulman2002
The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World by Linda Bailey2002
Oma's Quilt by Paulette Bourgeois2002
Big Ben by Sarah Ellis2002
No Two Snowflakes by Sheree Fitch2002
Caribou Song / atíhko níkamon by Tomson Highway2002
What the Animals Were Waiting For by Jonathan London2002
Emma's Cold Day by Margriet Ruurs2002
Its Raining, Its Pouring by Andrea Spalding2002
M is for Maple: A Canadian Alphabet by Michael Ulmer2002

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