Caroline Fernandez – Silver Birch Nominee 2016! This is HUGE dear readers. HUGE! Oct. 15 (today) the Ontario Library Association announced the 2016 Forest of Reading nominees and I am included in the Silver Birch (non-fiction) category for my 1st book Boredom Busters (Cico Books, 2014).
This is one of those things where it is a tremendous honour to just be nominated (thousands of books are presented for consideration). Boredom Busters by Caroline Fernandez (that’s ME) was kid-tested (by my three children) and kid approved (by every kid who came for a play date!).
I encourage all ages to participate in the program (because books are awesome).
By the way – my favourite activity from Boredom Busters is the Coffee Filter Watercolors (because we created this Boredom Buster by accident – we were colouring on coffee filters, while sitting on the floor, as an art project and my baby son dropped his sippy cup and spilled water all over our art!). Accidents can be the best discoveries sometimes. 🙂
ABOUT THE FOREST OF READING
The Forest of Reading® is Canada’s largest recreational reading program! This initiative of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) offers eight 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 250,000 readers participate annually from their School and/or Public Library. All Ontarians/Canadians are invited to participate via their local public library, school library, or individually.
Here is the list of the 10 nominees for The Silver Birch Award (I’m honoured to be in such great company!)
The Silver Birch® Award
The Silver Birch® Award is comprised of three separate lists of Fiction, Non-Fiction, and an Express list that is made up of both Fiction and Non-Fiction, geared to the more reluctant reader. The Silver Birch® program is meant for readers aged 8 to 12, from Grades 3-6, with the Express list focusing on the lower grade levels and the Fiction and Non-Fiction focusing on the Grade 5 and 6 readers.
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Congratulations! As a Librarian, I am familiar with these books and I know they are always high quality Canadian books so kudos to you!
best. comment. ever. Thank you! 🙂
Congratulations, Caroline! What an achievement! Super proud of you!
Thanks Maria! I am thrilled. And I’m pretty excited about YOUR book too! #authorsupport
BIG HONOUR – YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THIS RECOGNITION.
Proudly flabbergasted
What a great achievement!! Congratulations that is truly and honor! This is SO cool!
That is really, really awesome. Good for you and HUGE congratulations!!
Congrats! How wonderful. Thanks for sharing 🙂 Big smiles!
This is such a great achievement. Congratulations on your nomination!
Congratulations on your outstanding achievement and nomination. I know there are plenty of times when my own kids could use some boredom busters.
Wow! Congrats on such a wonderful achievement. That is just fantastic.
How awesome! Congrats to you! This is very cool, what an honor!
Congrats on your nomination!! This sounds like a great book for kids my kids are always saying that they are bored.
You must be so happy to have been nominated. I love the Coffee Filter Watercolors art. I will have to try this with my friends little ones the next time they come over.
Congrats on being nominated. You must be so excited. I love doing craft projects with the kids. The Coffee Filter Watercolors have caught my eye to try next.
Oh my gosh this is awesome! Now even more people will be able to try your boredom busting activities!
This is such a great accomplishment! Congrats to you!
Congratulations on your nomination! You must be so excited!
Congratulations! That is a great accomplishment!
Congrats! What an accomplishment! I agree, books are amazing – opening up a whole new world of possibilities!
Aww so cute. I gotta check into this for my little monkeys
What a terrific achievement! I have really enjoyed your book and all the fun ideas it contains. Good luck!
Thank you everyone – I am flabbergasted-ly proud of being nominated!
Total aside: feel free to lobby your kids’ schools and public libraries to vote for Boredom Busters! 😉 lol
Congrats – what a great honor to be nominated!
What an achievement!
The Silver Birch® Award is comprised of three separate lists of Fiction, Non-Fiction, and an Express list that is made up of both Fiction and Non-Fiction, geared to the more reluctant reader. The Silver Birch® program is meant for readers aged 8 to 12, from Grades 3-6, with the Express list focusing on the lower grade levels and the Fiction and Non-Fiction focusing on the Grade 5 and 6 readers.