This may be the most minor award I ever announce, but it's always nice to encourage the kids.

Fourth, fifth and sixth graders in Ontario, Canada, annually vote for their favorite book, in both fiction and non-fiction categories. It's called the Silver Birch Award.

This year, the award for Fiction went to Wolf Pack by Edo van Belkom.

Congratulations to Mr. van Belkon, and good for the kids for picking a fantasy book and not one of those dreary novels where the mother dies.