- Monarch Award
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Monarch Award Awarded for Reader's choice award for K-3rd Illinois students Presented by Illinois school library media association Country United States First awarded 2003 Official 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]
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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
Note: Winners are highlighted in yellow.
Year Author Illustrator Book Citation 2005 David Shannon David Gets in Trouble Winner 2005 Helen Lester Lynn Minsinger Hooway for Wodney Wat 2nd Place 2005 Lauren Child I Will Never Not Eat a Tomato 3rd Place 2006 Keiko Kasza My Lucky Day Winner 2007 Caralyn Buehner Mark Buehner Superdog: The Heard of a Hero Winner 2008 Chris Van Dusen[8] Chris Van Dusen If I Built a Car Winner 2009 Kevin O'Malley Kevin O’Malley, Carol Heyer and Scott Goto Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude Winner 2010 Melanie Watt Scaredy Squirrel Winner References
- ^ a b ISLMA Monarch Award Guidelines
- ^ http://www.islma.org/monarch.htm
- ^ Illinois State Symbols and their history
- ^ http://www.hplibrary.org/kids/booklists/special/monarch.html
- ^ Champaign Public Library - Monarch Award
- ^ Merli, Melissa. "Former storyteller to share story line of her second book", The News-Gazette, 20 April 2008, accessed 1 January 2011.
- ^ 2012 Monarch Criteria
- ^ Newbury Port, MA Local News
External links
Categories:- United States children's literary awards
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