2010 Silver Birch® Express Winner:
Cyndi Sand-Eveland
Dear Toni (Tundra Books)
2010 Silver Birch® Fiction Winner:
Robert Paul Weston
Zorgamazoo (Penguin Group Canada)
2010 Silver Birch® Non-fiction Winner:
Larry Verstraete
At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times (Scholastic Canada Ltd.)
The Blue Spruce™ and Silver Birch® programs were realigned in 2007. Blue Spruce™ now is geared to Kindergarten to Grade 2, with Silver Birch® covering Grade 3 to Grade 6. In order to appeal to all of the readers from Grade 3 to 6, a third list has been created, the Silver Birch® Express. This list is a combination of fiction and non-fiction, aimed at the Grade 3 - 4 reading level. The idea is to offer this option to all Silver Birch® readers, allowing the ESL student, reluctant reader, special need student and the younger students in the group a list that will encourage reading both fiction and non-fiction. All of the books on this list are accessible and will allow all readers to be successful participants/voters. As in all of the independent reading programs, a reader only needs to read 5 books out of a list of 10 to qualify to vote.
There will still be a fiction and non-fiction list offered on Silver Birch®, but with the twist that these books will be aimed at the Grade 5 - 6 reader, offering a challenging list for those students who are more mature and capable. Nowhere is it written that only Grade 5 and 6 students can read these lists. It will truly depend on the capabilities of the individual reader. Certainly a proficient Grade 4 reader will be drawn to the regular lists, just as a struggling Grade 6 reader may be more interested in participating using the Express list.
The Silver Birch Award® is given by Grade 3, 4, 5 and 6 students in 3 spectacular ceremonies (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Express) held annually in May before 4,500 of their peers. The children choose winners of the three lists when they cast their ballots on the province-wide Voting Day in April. It is the most democratic and unbiased process possible when the children make their choice. The program is administered by the Ontario Library Association and run by teacher-librarians, teachers and parents in schools and by librarians, library staff or volunteers in public libraries. But the choice belongs to the children.
SILVER BIRCH AWARD®: Information/Sites
- How the Silver Birch Award® program works
- What you can do as a parent!
- Committees: Steering Group / Selection Committee
- Canadian Children's Literature: Award-Winning Books
- Silver Birch Award® Selection Committee:
- 2010 Silver Birch Award® Steering Group: see 'committees' above
S&B Books Ltd.
is the official wholesaler for the Forest of Reading® and all of its
seven programs. The company's ongoing support and dedication to the
Forest® programs allows the OLA to continue to offer such a service to
our members. Please consider S&B Books when purchasing titles for
the reading program.
Note: Readers who are blind or visually impaired will be able to access a selection of the nominated books in alternate format at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) Library. Contact CNIB Library Reader Services at: 1-800-268-8818 for more information.
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