Monarch Award

Illinois kids in kindergarten to third grade pick the winner of The Monarch Award each year. Twenty books are nominated. Kids need to read five of those books before they vote. The award goes to the author and illustrator of the winning book.

The award is named for our state insect, the monarch butterfly.

2008 Monarch Award Winner Announced!

If I Built a Car book cover

Illinois students have selected If I Built a Car by Chris van Dusen as the winner of this year’s contest.

Second place went to Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel, and Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor came in third.

The Monarch Award is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA). It was designed to encourage students to read critically and learn about children‘s books, authors, and illustrators.

2009 Nominees

(http://champaign.org/justkids/good_books/monarch_award/2009_nominees.html)

These are the twenty books nominated for the 2009 Monarch Award

Monarch Award logo.