• Charming as a verb by Ben Philippe
• Facing the sun by Janice Lynn Mather
• Followers by Raziel Reid
• He must like you by Danielle Younge-Ullman
• The silence of bones by June Hur

The BC Summer Reading Club is a free literacy program designed to engage school-aged children, ages 5-14, with libraries and reading, throughout the summer! 

• Books for early readers
• Picture books
• Non-fiction titles
• Novels

The  BC & Yukon Book Prizes celebrate outstanding writers and publishers in British Columbia.  

• Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize: Genius Jolene by Sara Cassidy, illustrated by Charlene Chua
• Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize: Grandmother School by Rina Singh, illustrated by Ellen Rooney

It’s a Mitig! is a beautiful children’s book that combines Anishnaabemowin and English in a creative rhyming form. Children can learn some new words like amik (beaver) and gaag (porcupine) as they travel through the forest.  Bridget wrote this special book especially for families learning the language together and reconnecting with their culture. 

Read the selected Title in the Young Adult/Adult Category: It’s a Mitig! by Bridget George

The Forest of Reading® is Canada's largest recreational reading program! This initiative of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) offers ten reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. The Forest helps celebrate Canadian books, publishers, authors and illustrators. More than 270,000 readers participate annually from their school and/or public library. All Canadians are invited to participate via their local public library, school library, or individually.

Check out our dedicated Forest of Reading page, to get the scoop on accessible titles!

• Firefly by Philippa Dowding Winner!
• Blood like Magic by Liselle Sambury
• Peter Lee's Notes from the Field by Angela Ahn
• The Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester
• Unravel by Sharon Jennings

• The Barren Grounds by David. A Robertson
• A Beginner’s Guide to Goodbye by Melanie Mosher
• Clan by Sigmund Brouwer
• Girl of the southern sea by Michelle Kadarusman
• Harvey Comes Home by Colleen Nelson
• The Hermit by Jan L. Coates Coming soon!
• The Lost Scroll of the Physician by Alisha Sevigny
• No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen
• The Paper Boat by Thao Lam Coming soon!
• Screech! Ghost Stories from Old Newfoundland by Charis Cotter

• Be a Weather Detective by Peggy Kochanoff
• Canadian Women Now + Then by Elizabeth MacLeod Coming soon!
• Fight on! : Cape Breton Coal Miners, 1900-1925 by Joanne Schwartz
• It Began with a Page by Kyo Maclear
• It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Ted Staunton
• Return from Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal by Linda L. Richards
• Sergeant Billy by Mireille Messier
• So Imagine Me: Nature Riddles in Poetry by Lynn Davies
• What Kids Did: Stories of Kindness and Invention in the Time of COVID-19 by Erin Silver

• The Barnabus Project by Terry Fan
• Golden threads by Suzanne Del Rizzo Coming soon!
• Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki 
• Swift Fox All Along by Rebecca Thomas
• Weekend Dad by Naseem Hrab

All enchanted youngsters of New Brunswick can register for the 2021 Summer Reading Club. This years' theme is Reading is fantastic! featuring popular books on the theme of myths and magic.

Read accessible books from the New Brunswick Summer Reading Club 

Over the course of a calendar year, the OLA Best Bets Committee reads hundreds of Canadian books, choosing what they consider to be the best, from picture books to young adult, in both fiction and non-fiction.

• Picture books
• Juniors (intermediate readers)
• Young Adult

• The Barnabus Project by Terry Fan
• The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
• A Beginner's Guide to Goodbye by Melanie Mosher
• Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
• When Emily Was Small by Lauren Soloy Coming soon!

TD Summer Reading Club is Canada’s biggest, bilingual summer reading program for kids of all ages, all interests, and all abilities. This free Club celebrates Canadian authors, illustrators and stories, and inspires kids to explore the fun of reading their way. This is key to building a lifelong love of reading. 

The 2021 TD Summer Reading Club books are now available in alternative formats!

2021 Recommended reads