Monarch Award | |
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Awarded for | Reader's choice award for K-3rd Illinois students |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Illinois school library media association |
First awarded | 2003 |
Website | ISLMA website |
The Monarch Award: Illinois' K-3 Readers' Choice Award was established in 2003 by the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) to help Kindergarten through 3rd grade readers become familiar with books, illustrators and authors; encourage children to read critically; and to develop a statewide awareness of outstanding literature for children. [1]
The award name and image was chosen as a symbol of growth, change and freedom [2] and to help familiarize students with the state's insect. [3]
The award is given annually (beginning in 2005) [4] to a single author and/or illustrator by a collective vote of Kindergarten through 3rd grade students in Illinois. [5] The award is administered by a steering committee that seeks nominations from public librarians, school library media specialist, teachers, and students. [1] A volunteer reading committee then forms a master list of 20 of the nominated titles [6] which include a range of interests and reading levels as well as 3 of each of the following types of children's books:
Students vote in February of each year for their favorite from the master list and the results are announced the following month.
Yellow background distinguishes winners from those runners-up that are listed.
Year | Writer | Illustrator | Title | Citation |
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2005 | David Shannon | Shannon | David Gets in Trouble | Winner |
Helen Lester | Lynn Munsinger | Hooway for Wodney Wat | 2nd Place | |
Lauren Child | Child | I Will Never Not Eat a Tomato | 3rd Place | |
2006 | Keiko Kasza | Kasza | My Lucky Day | Winner |
2007 | Caralyn Buehner | Mark Buehner | Superdog: The Heart of a Hero | Winner |
2008 | Chris Van Dusen [8] | Van Dusen | If I Built a Car | Winner |
2009 | Kevin O'Malley | O'Malley, Carol Heyer and Scott Goto | Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude | Winner |
2010 | Mélanie Watt | Watt | Scaredy Squirrel | Winner |
2011 | Jan Thomas | Thomas | Rhyming Dust Bunnies | Winner |
2012 | Chris Barton | Tom Lichtenheld | Shark vs. Train | Winner |
Amy Krause Rosenthal | Tom Lichtenheld | Duck! Rabbit! | 2nd Place | |
David Ezra Stein | Stein | Interrupting Chicken | 3rd Place |
Monarch Award | |
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Awarded for | Reader's choice award for K-3rd Illinois students |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Illinois school library media association |
First awarded | 2003 |
Website | ISLMA website |
The Monarch Award: Illinois' K-3 Readers' Choice Award was established in 2003 by the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) to help Kindergarten through 3rd grade readers become familiar with books, illustrators and authors; encourage children to read critically; and to develop a statewide awareness of outstanding literature for children. [1]
The award name and image was chosen as a symbol of growth, change and freedom [2] and to help familiarize students with the state's insect. [3]
The award is given annually (beginning in 2005) [4] to a single author and/or illustrator by a collective vote of Kindergarten through 3rd grade students in Illinois. [5] The award is administered by a steering committee that seeks nominations from public librarians, school library media specialist, teachers, and students. [1] A volunteer reading committee then forms a master list of 20 of the nominated titles [6] which include a range of interests and reading levels as well as 3 of each of the following types of children's books:
Students vote in February of each year for their favorite from the master list and the results are announced the following month.
Yellow background distinguishes winners from those runners-up that are listed.
Year | Writer | Illustrator | Title | Citation |
---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | David Shannon | Shannon | David Gets in Trouble | Winner |
Helen Lester | Lynn Munsinger | Hooway for Wodney Wat | 2nd Place | |
Lauren Child | Child | I Will Never Not Eat a Tomato | 3rd Place | |
2006 | Keiko Kasza | Kasza | My Lucky Day | Winner |
2007 | Caralyn Buehner | Mark Buehner | Superdog: The Heart of a Hero | Winner |
2008 | Chris Van Dusen [8] | Van Dusen | If I Built a Car | Winner |
2009 | Kevin O'Malley | O'Malley, Carol Heyer and Scott Goto | Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude | Winner |
2010 | Mélanie Watt | Watt | Scaredy Squirrel | Winner |
2011 | Jan Thomas | Thomas | Rhyming Dust Bunnies | Winner |
2012 | Chris Barton | Tom Lichtenheld | Shark vs. Train | Winner |
Amy Krause Rosenthal | Tom Lichtenheld | Duck! Rabbit! | 2nd Place | |
David Ezra Stein | Stein | Interrupting Chicken | 3rd Place |