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Celebrate Gold Medal Reading, the 2009 Canadian Children’s Book Week theme, by participating in Oshawa Public Libraries Book Olympics!

Read one or all of the titles listed below and vote for your favourites in the polls to the right. All votes must be received by December 31, 2009. Voting is open to children and teens ages 2-18. The winning titles in each category will be announced in January 2010.

Big Week for Little Mouse Eugenie Fernandes [OPL Catalogue Link] Little Mouse’s birthday is coming up and she has one week to get the house ready for her party! Will she finish the baking, cleaning and decorating on time? The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch [OPL Catalogue Link] Princess Elizabeth lives in a castle and wears fancy clothes. Just when she is about to marry Prince Ronald, a dragon smashes her castle, burns her clothes and prince-naps Ronald. Wearing only a paper bag, Elizabeth sets off to find the dragon and save her prince. Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend Melanie Watt [OPL Catalogue Link] Scaredy Squirrel is lonely, but he is afraid to make new friends. With a great deal of humour along the way, Scaredy Squirrel quickly learns that friends come in all sorts of packages!

The Fortress of Kaspar Snit Cary Fagan [OPL Catalogue Link] When the evil Kaspar Snit sets out to steal the Blande family’s fountain, eleven-year-old Eleanor must enlist the help of her family to foil Snit’s plans. Join this family of four as they set out on a hilarious adventure over the mountains and across the seas to retrieve their lost fountain. Swindle Gordon Korman [OPL Catalogue Link] When a mean collector named Swindle takes Griffin’s valuable baseball card, he rounds up a group of friends to break into Swindle’s compound and reclaim the card that is rightfully his. The Sky Is Falling Kit Pearson [OPL Catalogue Link] The lives of ten-year-old Norah and five-year-old Gavin are drastically changed when they are evacuated from England to Canada during World War II. Both children must learn to adapt to life in the city of Toronto, as well as living with their wealthy hostess Mrs. Ogilvie.

Jurassic Poop: What Dinosaurs (And Others) Left Behind Jacob Berkowitz [OPL Catalogue Link] Left behind long ago, durable doo-doo survived the long journey through the ages. To a scientist it is anything but gross – it’s an artifact that can help piece together the puzzle of ancient life! Kids Who Rule: The Remarkable Lives of Five Child Monarchs Charis Cotter [OPL Catalogue Link] Many kids dream of becoming royalty. But being a child monarch is not all glory and bossing people around! Read about boy king Tutankhamun, Mary Queen of Scots, the current Dalai Lama of Tibet, and others in this intriguing collection of stories. Our Game: The History of Hockey in Canada David Stubbs [OPL Catalogue Link] Along with essential information about rules, gear, and stats, Our Game shares stories about hockey’s most unforgettable moments, most talented stars and the history of Canada’s national sport.

Dooley Takes the Fall Norah McClintock [OPL Catalogue Link] When 17-year-old Dooley discovers the body of a twelve-year-old boy, he knows he is in trouble. For one thing he’s already got a record. For another, the dead kid isn’t exactly a stranger – and he’s no friend. Slowly the net begins to close around Dooley as others begin to suspect he is responsible for other murders in the city. Little Brother Cory Doctorow [OPL Catalogue Link] Marcus is only seventeen years old, but he already knows how the system works. He is wise to the ways of the networked world and has no trouble outwitting his high school’s surveillance system. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. Me and the Blondes Teresa Toten [OPL Catalogue Link] Sophie Kandinsky has spent the last six years trying to keep her crazy family life secret – she has an eccentric Bulgarian mother, and a father who has been charged with murder and is in prison. But with a move to a new school, Sophie has the opportunity to wipe the slate clean and has come up with a plan to befriend the popular clique.