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🐾📚 Ned would LOVE to be in your classroom this year!

Don't Let Ned Plant a Tree THERE! is perfect for:
📚 Classroom libraries
🍎 Back-to-school read-alouds
🌎 STEM and environmental education
🌿 Earth Day and nature units

Get your copy: lnkd.in/gW9EGpjF

#BackToSchool #ChildrensBooks #ForestofReading
July 26, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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🚜 #FarmLife between Honeywood and Creemore, Ontario. I had never seen this photo until today!

#OutdoorLearning #SummerReading #ForestOfReading #ReadCanadian #PictureBooks #CanKidLit #Momtalk #KidLit #PictureBook #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #Teachers #Parents #CanKidLit
July 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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Do your kids have the Tree Planting Zoomies?

Don't Let Ned Plant a Tree THERE! is a fun #SummerCamp read that inspires teamwork, laughter, and caring for nature. 🌳

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#CCamping #ForestOfReading #ChildrensBooks #SummerReading #Momtok @canadiancamps.bsky.social #CanKidLit
Ned the puppy is zooming around, digging everywhere.
July 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Can you help Ned on his journey to becoming a great tree planter?

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#SummerReading #ForestOfReading #ReadCanadian #PictureBooks #CanKidLit #Momtalk #KidLit #PictureBook #Booksky #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #Teachers #Parents
Ned is asking the reader for help. Arden is beside him. They are under an apple tree.
July 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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✨ Books That Feel Like Childhood Magic ✨

Thank you so much, Jessica l Kids Books l SLP, for including Don’t Let Ned Plant a Tree There! in your list of books that feel like childhood magic. 📚💕✨

#ReadAlouds #PictureBooks #KidsBooks #SLPApproved #CanadianChildrensBooks #ForestOfReading #KidsLit
July 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
charitree-foundation.org
🌱 From the founder of The ChariTree Foundation comes a new picture book about nature, teamwork, and making a difference.

𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀! is now available.

Read more:
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#KidLit #PictureBooks #BookLaunch #ForestofReading #childrensbooks
June 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
andreakoehlejones.com
𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀! is officially out in the world!

A wildly enthusiastic puppy with big tree-planting dreams plants trees in ALL the wrong places—and learns that helping the planet is a team effort.: andreakoehlejones.com/ned

#KidLit #PictureBooks #BookLaunch #ForestofReading
June 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
lpl.ca
Big news! 📢

Thank you for voting, London. The 2026 #ForestOfReading winners are here! 🏆

Congratulations to all the Canadian authors and illustrators behind these favourite reads.

Explore the list at the Library: buff.ly/S8IqZHe
Six book covers in a grid: The Great Dinosaur Sleepover, The Great Puptective: Purranormal Activity, The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents, If We Tell You, A Sick History of Medicine, and For She Is Wrath.
May 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
cormorantbooks.bsky.social
So proud to have JULIA AND ROMANO on the Red Maple Kid Committee Summer Reading List and BRIARWOOD on the Silver Birch Kid Committee Summer Reading List! Congratulations Eric Walters and Natalie Hyde.
@mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #ForestofReading #SummerReading2026
May 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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The Forest of Reading Festival took place from May 12-14, where the winner and honour books for the program's nine youth categories were announced. Learn more at https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/news/winners-announced-for-the-2026-forest-of-reading

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Winners announced for the 2026 Forest of Reading®
A project of the Ontario Library Association, the Forest of Reading® is Canada’s largest recreational reading program offering 10 reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. More than 270,000 readers participate annually from their school and/or public library. From May 12-14, the winners and
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May 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
forestofreading.bsky.social
Emily Varga’s book, For She is Wrath, just received the 2026 #ForestofReading White Pine Award! 🏆 Wow!! It was the most highly voted fiction book among students in grades 9–12. A big congratulations, Emily!
An orange and white Forest of Reading Festival graphic with one book cover. Text reads: “Congratulations. 2026 Forest of Reading White Pine Award Winner.”
May 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Thinking of all the @forestofreading.bsky.social nominees and winners - the "win" is to be shortlisted, read, and discussed.

Congratulations to all - authors, publishers, and illustrators!

#kidlit #ForestOfReading
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May 12, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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And the winner is… The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents, written by Nicki Pau Preto! Congratulations, Nicki, for winning the #ForestofReading Silver Birch Fiction Award! 💚 #IReadCanadian @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
A turquoise and white Forest of Reading Festival graphic with one book cover. Text reads: “Congratulations. 2026 Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction Award Winner.”
May 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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We’re so excited to be hosting 38 nominated authors and illustrators, 20 vendors, AND 5,000+ young readers at the 2026 Festival! Thank you, Ontario Arts Council and Government of Ontario, for your support in producing this year’s Festival. It's going to be the best one yet! #ForestofReading
A green and white Forest of Reading graphic with the Ontario Arts Council logo and the Government of Ontario logo. Text reads: "Thank you. The Forest of Reading acknowledges funding support for this year’s Festival from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario."
May 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
forestofreading.bsky.social
Drum roll, please… The winner of the Silver Birch Express Award is The Great Puptective 02 Purranormal Activity, written and illustrated by Alina Tysoe! A huge congratulations! 👏🏼 Thank you, readers, for voting in #ForestofReading.
A blue and white Forest of Reading Festival graphic with one book cover. Text reads: “Congratulations. 2026 Forest of Reading Silver Birch Express Award Winner.”
May 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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WHAT’S UP NEXT?
Jan. 28-31, 2026
I will be presenting my session MY BOOK IS BANNED, NOW WHAT? at the @ontariolibraryassociation #OLA conference for my 3rd year in a row, and taking part in @ForestofReading festivities.

Register here
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January 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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#CanadaStrong
#canadians
#Alberta
#ForestofReading
#CanKidlit
#Canlit
#instagood
#happybook
#happy
#bestselling

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December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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#ireadcanadian
#forestofreading
#CanLit

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December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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#iread
#ForestofReading
#ireadcanadianbooks
#ireadCanLit

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December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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#ForestofReading
#CanKidlit
#Canadians
#Canada
#canbooks

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December 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Congratulations to all the #GGBooks2025 #ForestOfReading finalists! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...
October 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
nadialhohn.bsky.social
Please join me at the #OLA Superconference in Jan 2026. My proposals- MY BOOK IS BANNED, NOW WHAT?— was accepted and I’m so excited.

@ForestofReading #PattyDreams #OLASuperconference #bannedbooks #bookbans #theantiracistkitchen @owlkids.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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And learn more about the book on our website! thistledownpress.com/product/the-...

#ForestOfReading #shortlist #award #BookAwards #MiddleGrade #fiction #HistoricalFiction #CanLit #IndiePress
The Discovery of Finnegan Wilde
A thrilling novel of self-discovery that is part adventure, part mystery, and part Celtic myth, set in Dublin in 1913. Fifteen-year-old Finnegan Wilde steals to survive. Always on the run from gangs…
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October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
stephaniegibeault.bsky.social
Woohoo! Thank you to @forestofreading.bsky.social for nominating my book with @bambiedlund.bsky.social DOGS VS. HUMANS (published by @owlkids.bsky.social) for a Silver Birch Express award in this year's #ForestofReading. I can't wait for kids to read our book! #kidlit #cankidlit
Photo of the author of the book Dogs vs. Humans and the words I'm thrilled to announce I'm nominated for a Silver Birch Express award!
October 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
westwoodcreative.bsky.social
Congratulations to the 2026 #ForestofReading nominees! We're thrilled to see Linda Bailey's THE GREAT DINOSAUR SLEEPOVER, @nadialhohn.bsky.social's PATTY DREAMS, Charlene Smith's GAME CHANGERS, and @kerncarter.bsky.social's IS THERE A BOY LIKE ME?
forestofreading.bsky.social Forest of Reading @forestofreading.bsky.social · Oct 15
Without further ado, we are pleased to announce the Canadian books chosen for the 2026 #ForestofReading program. 🎉 There are so many incredible stories to dive into and we can’t wait for you to discover them all! Visit bit.ly/ForestNomine...
A turquoise Forest of Reading nominee announcement graphic with 90 book cover images. Text reads: “Congratulations to the 2026 Forest of Reading nominees! For the full nominated lists, visit forestofreading.com.”
October 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM