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This year the Children and Youth services is participating in the Silver Birch reading program (Forest of Reading program) held by the Ontario Library Association for the first time. This reading program brings an excellent selection of recent Canadian children's books to the attention of Ontario children. It rewards them for reading by making them the judges in a province-wide event. Through the participation of the children, the Silver Birth Awards encourages Canadian wirting, Canadian authors and the improvement of reading skills.
How to participate
We encourage all children (grades 3-6) to read at least 5 of the nominated books and come to the library to vote for their favouirte book on April 23rd. Here is a list of nominated books and the books are on the display right now at the children's area. The loan period for these books will be 2 weeks instead of 3.
Fiction
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Death in the air by Shane Peacock
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Grim Hill: the secret deepens by Linda DeMeulenmeester
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Jolted, Newton Starker's rules for survival by Arthur Slade
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Liberated by Alma Fullerton
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The mealworm diaries by Anna Kerz
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The nine lives of Travis Keating by Jill MacLean
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The odds get even by Natale Ghent
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When the sergeant came marching home by Don Lemna
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White Cave excape by Jennifer McGarth Kent
- Zorgamazoo by Robert Pual Weston
Non-Fiction
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Alien invaders: species that threaten our world by Jane Drake
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At the edge: daring acts in desperate times by Larry Verstraete
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Children of war: voices of Iraqi refugees by Deborah Ellis
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Courage & compasion: ten Canadians who make a difference by Rona Arato
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Dieppe: Canada's darkest day of World War II by Hugh Brewster
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The insecto files: amazing insect science & facts you'll never believe by Helaine Becker
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Inside Hockey! The legends, facts and feats that made the game by Keltie Thomas
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Pharaoh's & foot soldies: one hundred ancient Egyptian jobs you might have desided or dreaded by Kristin Butcher
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Robert Munsch : portrait of an extraordinary Canadian by Frank B. Edwards
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You are weird: your body's peculiar parts & funny functioins by Diane Swanson
Express
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Animal aha! Thrilling discoveries in wildlife science by Diane Swanson
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A bear in war by Stephanie Innes
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Call me Aram by Marsha Forchuk
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Dear Toni by Cyndi Sand
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The Delta is my home by Tom McLeod
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Focus on flies by Norma Dixon
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Going places by Fran Hurcomb
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Meeting miss 405 by Lois Peterson
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Shin-chi's canoe by Nicola I. Campbell
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Ten Lessons for Kasper Snit by Cary Fagan
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