Blue Spruce Award
The Blue Spruce Award is an award in the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Forest of Reading Awards. The Blue Spruce Award celebrates English-language Canadian picture books for grades Kindergarten to grade 2 (ages 12–14) every year.[1] Out of ten nominated books in each category students must read a minimum of five to vote for their favourite. The winner is chosen by the most popular book in all participating libraries, schools, groups, etc. The Blue Spruce Award was established in 2002.[2] A French-language version of the Forest of Reading prize for picture books is Le prix Peuplier.
Award Winners
[edit]2002-2009
[edit]| Year | Author | Illustrator | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002[2] | Valerie Coulman | Rogé Girard | When Pigs Fly | Winner |
| Linda Bailey | Alan Daniel, Lea Daniel, and Heather Collins |
The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World | Finalist | |
| Paulette Bourgeois | Stephane Jorisch | Oma's Quilt | ||
| Sarah Ellis | Kim LaFave | Big Ben | ||
| Sheree Fitch | Janet Wilson | No Two Snowflakes | ||
| Tomson Highway | John Rombough | Caribou Song | ||
| Jonathan London | Paul Morin | What the Animals Were Waiting For | ||
| Andrea Spalding | Leslie Elizabeth Watts | It's Raining, It's Pouring | ||
| Margriet Ruurs | Barbara Spurll | Emma's Cold Day | ||
| Mike Ulmer | Melanie Rose | M is for Maple | ||
| 2003[3] | Matthew M. Napier | Melanie Rose | Z is for Zamboni | Winner |
| Wallace Edwards | Alphabeasts | Finalist | ||
| Marie-Louise Gay | Stella, Fairy of the Forest | |||
| Celia Godkin | When the Giant Stirred | |||
| Troon Harrison | Zhong-Yang Huang | Courage to Fly | ||
| Robin Muller | Badger's New House | |||
| Marilynn Reynolds | Don Kilby | The Name of the Child | ||
| Joanne Taylor | Susan Tooke | Full Moon Rising | ||
| Jan Thornhill | The Rumor | |||
| Frieda Wishinsky | Dean Griffiths | Give Maggie a Chance | ||
| 2004[4] | Linda Bailey | Bill Salvin | Stanley's Party | Winner |
| Jane Barclay, Kathryn Cole[a] | Janice Donato | How Hot Was It? | Finalist | |
| Karleen Bradford | Leslie Elizabeth Watts | You Can't Rush a Cat | ||
| Anne Laurel Carter | Rose Cowles | The F Team | ||
| Valerie Coulman | Rogé[b] | Sink or Swim | ||
| Phoebe Gilman | Jillian Jiggs and the Great Big Snow | |||
| Shenaaz Nanji | Chum McLeod | An Alien in My House | ||
| Susin Nielsen-Fernlund | Louise-Andrée Laliberté | Hank and Fergus | ||
| Barbara Reid | The Subway Mouse | |||
| Vlasta van Kampen | It Couldn't Be Worse | |||
| 2005[5] | Robert Heidbreder | Bill Slavin & Esperanca Melo | Drumheller Dinosaur Dance | Winner |
| Aubrey Davis | Duesan Petriecic | Bagels from Benny | Finalist | |
| Dorothy Joan Harris | Kim LaFave | A Very Unusual Dog | ||
| Hazel J. Hutchins | Ruth Ohi | The Sidewalk Rescue | ||
| Lynn Manuel | Kasia Charki | Camels Always Do | ||
| Sheryl McFarlane | Chrissie Wysotski | This is the Dog | ||
| Gilles Tibo | Bruno St-Aubin | Too Many Books! | ||
| Maxine Trottier & Brian Deines | Our Canadian Flag | |||
| Troy Wilson | Dean Griffiths | Perfect Man | ||
| Chieri Uegaki | Stéphane Jorisch | Suki's Kimono | ||
| 2006[6] | George Elliott | Andrej Krystoforski | The Boy Who Loved Bananas | Winner |
| Sean Cassidy | Gummytoes | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Ellis | Kim LaFave | Ben Over Night | ||
| Marie-Louise Gay | Stella, Princess of the Sky | |||
| Maureen Hull | Leanne Franson | Rainy Days with Bear | ||
| Hazel J. Hutchins | Ruth Ohi | Beneath the Bridge | ||
| Laura Langston | Lindsey Gardiner | Mile-High Apple Pie | ||
| Stehpanie Simpson McLellan | Dianna Bonder | Leon's Song | ||
| Evan Solomon | Bill Slavin | Bigbeard's Hook | ||
| Sheri Radford | Christine Tripp | Penelope and the Humongous Burp | ||
| 2007[7] | Mélanie Watt | Scaredy Squirrel | Winner | |
| Linda Bailey | Bill Slavin | Stanley's Wild Ride | Finalist | |
| Lili Chartrand, Susan Ouriou[c] | Rogé Girard | Taming Horrible Harry | ||
| Don Gillmor | Michael Martchenko | Sophie and the Sea Monster | ||
| Susan Hughes | Stephane Poulin | Earth to Audrey | ||
| Ruth Ohi | Clara and the Bossy | |||
| Sheri Radford | Christine Tripp | Penelope and the Monsters | ||
| Margriet Ruurs | Sean Cassidy | Wake Up, Henry Rooster! | ||
| Colleen Sydor | Pascale Constantin | Camilla Chameleon | ||
| Gilles Tibo | Bruno St-Aubin | Where's My Hockey Sweater? | ||
| 2008[8] | Melanie Watt | Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend | Winner | |
| Barbara Reid | Fox Walked Alone | Finalist | ||
| Jeremy Tankard | Grumpy Bird | |||
| Margriet Ruurs | Ron Broda | In My Backyard | ||
| Linda Bailey | Bill Slavin | The Farm Team | ||
| Kari-Lynn Winters | Ben Hodson | Jeffery and Sloth | ||
| Rebecca Upjohn | Renne Benoit | Lily and the Paper Man | ||
| Hazel Hutchins | Maria van Lieshout | The List | ||
| Frieda Wishinsky | Marie-Louise Gay | Please, Louise! | ||
| Debby Waldman | Cindy Revell | A Sack Full of Feathers | ||
| 2009[9] | Mélanie Watt | Chester | Winner | |
| Carolyn Beck | Andrea Beck | Buttercup's Lovely Day | Finalist | |
| Chris Mizzoni | Clancy with the Puck | |||
| Anne Cottringer & Alex T. Smith | Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero | |||
| Pamela Hickman | Geraldo Valéro | It's Moving Day! | ||
| Rachna Gilmore | Leslie Elizabeth Watts | Making Grizzie Grow | ||
| Hazel Hutchins & Gail Herbert | Dusan Petricic | Mattland | ||
| Linda Bailey | Bill Slavin | Stanley At Sea | ||
| Cary Fagan | Dusan Petricic | My New Shirt | ||
| Dan Bar-el | John Manders | Such a Prince | ||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About the Forest – Forest of Reading". Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ a b "Blue Spruce Nominees, 2002". Queen's University Library. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Blue Spruce Nominees, 2003". Queen's University Library. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Blue Spruce Nominees, 2004". Queen's University Library. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Blue Spruce Nominees, 2005". Queen's University Library. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Blue Spruce Nominees, 2006". Queen's University Library. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Team, Education Library. "Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, K to 6 Programs: Blue Spruce Nominees, 2007". guides.library.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Team, Education Library. "Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, K to 6 Programs: Blue Spruce Nominees, 2008". guides.library.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ Team, Education Library. "Research Guides: Forest of Reading®, K to 6 Programs: Blue Spruce Nominees, 2009". guides.library.queensu.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-05.