Transatlantic Agency congratulates agency clients and Orca authors who are finalists on the 2017 Forest of Reading Awards shortlists! These awards recognize the best work by Canadian authors and illustrators. Over a quarter of a million readers participate in the program through schools, public libraries, literacy centres and within their homes. These awards encourage a love of reading through programs aimed at children and adults who vote for the winning books.
Children
INVISIBILL (Tundra Books) by Maureen Fergus, illustrated by Dušan Petričić (Blue Spruce)
EVERYDAY HERO (Orca Book Publishers) by Kathleen Cherry (Silver Birch Fiction)
DEEP ROOTS: How Trees Sustain Our Planet (Orca Book Publishers) by Nikki Tate (Silver Birch Non-Fiction)
TANK & FIZZ: The Case of the Battling Bots (Orca Book Publishers) by Liam O’Donnell and Mike Deas (Silver Birch Express)
SHOOTER (Razorbill) by Caroline Pignat (Red Maple Fiction)
SHATTERED (Orca Book Publishers) by Teresa Toten (Red Maple Fiction)
THE UNQUIET PAST (Orca Book Publishers) by Kelley Armstrong (Red Maple Fiction)
DNA DETECTIVE (Annick Press), by Tanya Kyi, illustrated by Lil Crump (
Red Maple Non-Fiction)
PRIDE (Orca Book Publishers) by Robin Stevenson (Red Maple Non-Fiction)
RODENT (Orca Book Publishers) by Lisa J. Lawrence (White Pine)
EPIC GAME (Orca Book Publishers) by William Kowalski (Golden Oak)
Adult
THEY LEFT US EVERYTHING (Penguin Canada) by Plum Johnson (Evergreen)
PUNISHMENT (Vintage Canada) by Linden MacIntyre (Evergreen)
Transatlantic would also like to congratulate all of the other authors who are finalists for this year’s Forest of Reading Awards.
For a full list of the nominees, please see the Ontario Library Association’s announcement at the following link www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Forest_of_Reading/Nominated_Lists/.