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OLAs Reading Programs Grow Readers _at_your LibraryC
Silver Birch
The Evergreen
White Pine
Blue Spruce
Red Maple
Golden Oak
The Awards in The Forest of Trees TM
Ontario Library Association.
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The Trees in the ForestTM
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Designed to grow readers in the forest
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What makes you want to read?Teens in grades 9/10
answer the question
- attractive cover - friends recommendation
- good theme - funny - suspense -
pictures - Stop, Drop and Read - love it
-not being forced to read like Stop, Drop and
Read - exciting summary - it won a award
- its a movie - Im bored with nothing
else to do - road trips - biographies -
reason to stay up late, parents wont complain -
media ads - length - not too many pages
- famous author - the way
they are displayed - if I have to do research
- when Im stressed - escape my terrible
life! - availability - I just love
books - to learn - fantasy books - sports -
to impress the ladies - musicians - poetry
- magazines with celebrities on them - learn
how to do something - to find out about our
past - a good book - ya just gotta! -
good reviews - a world disaster - current
events
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How are the books selected?

1. Canadian, current, paperback preferred
2. Good literary quality
3. Range of reading levels
4. Male and female protagonists
5. Cultural diversity
6. Range of genre
7. Range of geographical locations
8. Urban/rural
9. Appropriate language and content,

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How it Works!

• Read 5 of the White Pine titles.
• Conference with Mrs. Onstein or your English
  teacher about the book.
• Vote for your favourite title to receive the
  White Pine Award.
• Join everyone for monthly book talks at lunch in
  the library.
• Attend the pizza lunch celebration.

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Timeline!

• October - Titles are announced.
• November - Books ready for check-out
• - Start Reading
• - Monthly meetings
• March/April - White Pine Jeopardy
• April - Voting
• May - Pizza lunch and Final
  Jeopardy Championship

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White Pine 2008 Nominees
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• After Riverby Donna Milner
• Chandas Warsby Allan Stratton
• The Corps of the Bare Boned Plane
• by Polly Horvath
• Daughter of Warby Marsha Skrypuch
• Dooley Takes the Fallby Norah McClintock

• Gotchaby Shelley Hrdlitschka
• Gravity Journalby Gail Sobat
• Little Brotherby Cory Doctorow
• Mountain Girl, River Girlby Ting-Xing Ye
• Tweakedby Katherine Holubitsky

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Getting Started

• Put your name on the sign up list.
• Indicate the name of your English teacher and the
  semester you are taking English.
• White Pine novels can count for book reports in
  your English class.
• Browse through and choose a book.
• Sign the book out at the circulation desk.
• Listen to the announcements for upcoming
  activities

Have Fun!
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Coming Second Semester

• White Pine Jeopardy!
• Stay tuned to the announcements for more details.

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White Pine

• A trip down memory lane

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White Pine Participants 2006
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Pizza and Pop!
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Friends and Fun!
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Great conversations!
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Smiles!
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This is Jeopardy!
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Ill take AUTHORS for 600 Alex!
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Jeopardy Final Contestants
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2007 Jeopardy Champions! 2008 Jeopardy Champions!
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Thanks to the following people for sharing their
work and ideas

• Ontario Library Association.
• Education Institute with Liz Kerr and Sya Van
  Geest

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The END

• Start Reading!