The Queen's Education Library supports Ontario's Forest of Reading® by purchasing all K-12 nominated titles each year and supporting classes that read Forest books and prepare Forest classroom activities.
Congratulations to the 2025 Forest Winners!
Blue Spruce Award Winner
Lost Stick by Anoosha Syed
Silver Birch Express Award Winner
Lost & Found: Based on a True Story by Mei Yu
Silver Birch Fiction Award Winner
The Legendary Mo Seto 01 by A. Y. Chan
Yellow Cedar Award Winner
Haunted Canada Graphic Novel 01: Four Terrifying Tales by Joel A. Sutherland
Red Maple Award Winner
40 Days in Hicksville by Christina Kilbourne
White Pine Award Winner
The Space Between Here & Now by Sarah Suk
Le prix Peuplier
Hugo by Catherine Braun-Grenier
Le prix MélèzeLe prix Mélèze
Le Cumulus Machinus by Ugo Monticone, illustrated by Orbie
Le prix Tamarac
L'homme aux araignées by Jocelyn Boisvert
McConnel, J., & de Leon, C. (2020). The brightest part of the Forest: A grit analysis of an Ontario children’s book award. Language & Literacy 22(2).