Dajin Karatu

The Forest of Reading wato (dajin karatun),shine shirin karatu mafi girma da  nishaɗi na Kasar Kanada (Canada), wanda ke nuna shirye-shiryen kyauta Wanda take nuni ga kuma kungiyar Ontario Library Association (OLA) dake  gudanarwa.  Shirye-shiryen su da farko an tsara su ne ga masu karatu a harshen Faransanci da kuma Ingilishi a makarantun sakandare zuwa aji goma sha biyu, amma kuma sun haɗa da shirye-shiryen masu niyya ga masu karatu da masu koyo na ESL. Masu karatu da kansu ne ke zaɓar lambobin yabo a Forest, waɗanda ke zaɓar sunayen sarauta masu cin nasara don kowane lambar yabo ta hanyar jefa kuri'a ga littattafan da suka fi so.

Ana sanar da wa Dan da suka lashe kyautar Forest of Reading a kowani shekara a ranar bikin Forest of Reading (a baya bikin The Festival of Trees), wanda shine babban taron na wallafe-wallafen shekara-shekara na Kasar  Kanada ga yara,  yana jan hankalin matasa dubu shabiyar (15,000) a kowace shekara. Baya ga bukukuwan bayar da kyaututtuka, bikin ya hada da yawancin marubuta da masu zane-zane, gami da bita na hannu. 

 Tarihinsa 
A farkon shekarun 1990s, OLA ta gudanar da karamin bincike game da shirye-shiryen karatu na a Kasar kanada nishaɗi da ɗakin karatu na makaranta dake bayarwa kuma ta kammala cewa ana buƙatar yin ƙarin don ƙarfafa karatu don jin daɗi a cikin yara masu zuwa makaranta. An yi sanarwa zuwa gare shi ta hanyar nasarar Texas Bluebonnet Awards, shirin kyautar karatu wanda ake zaba ta hanyar jefag kuri'un masu karatu, wakilan OLA sun daidaita shirin don Ontario don sake motsa sha'awar ɗakin karatu na makaranta a karatu ta hanyar inganta karatu don jin daɗi. An kuma yi niyyar shirin ne don kara wayar da kan jama'a ga littattafan Kasar Kanada da marubuta.

Shirin farko na Forest of Reading Awards,ya kasance  shirin Silver Birch Awards, Wanda aka  ƙaddamar da shi a cikin shekarar 1994. Ya yi niyya ga yara a cikin maki 4-6 kuma ya mai da hankali kan littattafan almara da wadanda ba na almara ba. Yayin da shirin ya sami karfin gwiwa, lambar yabo ta Silver Birch ta ja hankalin shugabanni da malamai wadanda suka karfafa karbar ta a cikin yankuna masu fadadawa, suna ba da malamain-librarians da goyon baya da ake buƙata. Shekaru biyar bayan haka, a cikin 1999, an kafa shirin Red Maple Awards don Grades 7-9 don mayar da martani ga karuwar bukatar makaranta. A yau, Forest of Reading ya fadada ya hada da ƙarin shirye-shiryen karatu guda takwas kuma shine mafi girman shirin irin sa a kasar.

 Manufofin kungiyar 
Manufofin da aka bayyana Akan Forest of Reading sune kamar haka:

 Inganta son karatu
 karfafawa ga ilimi da nasarar zamantakewa a cikin yara ta hanyar karatu
 Da kuma jaddada muhimmancin ɗakunan karatu
 yana tallafawa littattafan Kanada, masu bugawa, marubutan da masu zane-zane.

 Shirye-shiryen Kyauta 
The Forest of Reading ya ƙunshi shirye-shiryen karatu guda goma: 

 Blue Spruce Award - shekaru 4-7 (JK-Grade 2), Turanci, littattafan hoto
 Silver Birch Express Award - shekaru 8-10 (Grades 3-4), Turanci, fiction / non-fiction
 Silver Birch Fiction Award - shekaru 8-12 (Grades 3-6), Turanci, fiction
 Yellow Cedar Award - shekaru 9-14 (Grades 4-8), Turanci, ba fiction ba
 Red Maple AwardTM - shekaru 12-14 (Grades 7-8), Turanci, fiction
 Kyautar White Pine - makarantar sakandare (Grades 9-12), Turanci, fiction
 Le prix Peuplier - shekaru sun bambanta, labaran da za a iya karantawa da ƙarfi, Faransanci, littattafan hoto
 Kyautar Mélèze (tsohon Kyautar Tamarac Express) - shekaru sun bambanta, gajerun littattafan babi, ƙasa da shafuka 100, ko littattafan hoto masu ci gaba, Faransanci, fiction / nonfiction
 Kyautar Tamarac - shekaru sun bambanta, littattafan babi, shafuka 100-250, Faransanci, fiction / nonfiction
 Kyautar Evergreen - manya, fiction / wadanda ba fiction ba

Kyaututtuka masu ritaya na Forest of Reading sune:

 Kyautar Golden Oakwanda ya kasance daga shekaru kamar haka (2003-2018) 

Sauran jerin sunayen sune kamar haka: 

 Light Reads, Great Stories (don masu karatu a cikin shirye-shiryen karatu da rubutu na manya, ɗaliban ESL da masu karatu, da masu koyo na manya) 
 Jerin Kwamitin Yara
 Jerin Kwamitin Matasa
 Jerin Kwamitin Ciniki mafi Kyawu na OLA

 Bukukuwan da Hidindimu 
Shirye-shiryen shekarun makaranta suna da babban bikin bayar da kyauta a cikin yanayi bazara, wanda aka kawo a bikin Forest of Reading (tsohon bikin bishiyoyi) a Cibiyar Harbourfront, Toronto. Ana gudanar da bikin a cikin kwanaki uku kuma ya haɗa da bita, sa hannu na marubuci, da kuma bukukuwan kyaututtuka da kansu. A cikin 2012, bikin ya fara yawon shakatawa tare da bukukuwan Satellite, waɗanda aka gudanar a Thunder Bay, North Bay, Parry Sound, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Kitchener da London. 2014 kuma ya ga ƙarin bikin Faransanci a Toronto.

An sanar da wanda ya lashe kyautar Wanda ya kasance Evergreen a watan Nuwamba kuma an gabatar da kyautar a lokacin Babban Taron OLA a Kasar Toronto.

 Inda Aka Samu Bayanan da aka ambata