| Awarded for | Reader's choice award for K-3rd Illinois students |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Illinois school library media association |
| Country | United States |
| Year | 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]
Award Process
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:
- Picture books
- Easy readers
- Chapter books
Students vote in February of each year for their favorite from the master list and the results are announced the following month.
Criteria for nomination
- Nominator must have read the book
- Book copyrighted within the past 5 years
- Be in print at the time of selection
- Author and/or illustrator must be living at the time of selection of mater list
- Book must be of interest and appeal to children in grades kindergarten through 3rd grade
- Must have literary merit
- May be fiction or nonfiction
- No title or series may be on two consecutive master lists
- If a title in a series has been awarded, other books in that series are ineligible for 5 years
- Book must not be a textbook, anthology, translation, toy, puzzle, pop-up or formula fiction[7]
Recipients
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 |
References
- ^ ISLMA Monarch Award Guidelines
- ^ ISLMA
- ^ "Insect". www.museum.state.il.us. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Highland Park Public Library". Highland Park Public Library. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ "Champaign Public Library - Monarch Award". Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Merli, Melissa. "Former storyteller to share story line of her second book"[dead link], The News-Gazette, 20 April 2008, accessed 1 January 2011.
- ^ 2012 Monarch Criteria
- ^ Winnacunnet student wins award at FFA convention Daily News (Newburyport, MA). [dead link]