Blue Spruce Reading Program 
(2003 Official Selections)

The Blue Spruce is a reading program for grades SK-3.   It is a selection of ten picture books all by Canadian authors.  The following books were chosen for the Blue Spruce Reading Program for 2003:

Alphabeasts
by: Edwards, Wallace
Kids Can Press
ISBN: 1-55337-386-3

Badger's New House
by: Muller, Robin
Scholastic Canada
ISBN: 0-439-98734-2

Courage to Fly
by: Harrison, Troon & Zhong-Yang Huang
Red Deer Press
ISBN: 0-88995-273-6

Full Moon Rising
by: Taylor, Joanne & Tooke, Susan
Tundra Books
ISBN: 0-88776-548-3

Give Maggie a Chance
by: Wishinsky, Frieda & Griffiths, Dean
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN: 1-55041-682-0

The Name of a Child
by: Reynolds, Marilynn & Kilby, Don
Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1-55143-221-8

The Rumor: a Jataka Tale from India
by: Jan Thornhill
Maple Tree Press
ISBN: 1-894379-39-X

Stella: Fairy of the Forest
by: Gay, Marie-Louise
Groundwood Books
ISBN: 0-88899-448-6

When the Giant Stirred: Legend of a Volcanic Island
by: Godkin, Celia
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN: 1-55041-683-9

Z is for Zamboni: a Hockey Alphabet
by: Napier,Matt & Rose, Melanie
Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN: 1-58536-065-1

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