Barrington Area Library

Kids' Catalog | Award Winners | Monarch Award

The Monarch Award, Illinois' K–3 Children's Choice Award, is presented annually to the author and/or illustrator of the book voted as their favorite by students in kindergarten through grade three in participating Illinois schools or public libraries. The Monarch, awarded for the first time in 2005, is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association. Monarch Award Terms and Criteria.

2009 Nominees
Butterworth, Chris.  Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea.
Crimi, Carolyn.  Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies.
Davies, Nicola.  Surprising Sharks.
Harrington, Janice.  The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County.
Jurmain, Suzanne.  George Did It.
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie.  Nora’s Ark.
Knudsen, Michelle.  Library Lion.
McDonald, Megan.  Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid.
McLeod, Bob.  Superhero ABC.
McKissack, Patricia.  Precious and the Boo Hag.
O’Malley, Kevin.  Once upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude.
Pennypacker, Sara.  Clementine.
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse.  Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons.
Rylant, Cynthia.  Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas.
Schachner, Judith.  Skippyjon Jones.
Sierra, Judy.  The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School.
Stevens, Janet.  The Great Fuzz Frenzy.
Walker, Alice.  There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me.
Willems, Mo.  Today I Will Fly!
Wright, Betty Ren.  The Blizzard.

Previous Winners
2008 Van Dusen, Chris.  If I Built a Car.
2007 Buehner, Caralyn.  Superdog: The Heart of a Hero.
2006 Kasza, Keiko.  My Lucky Day.
2005 Shannon, David.  David Gets in Trouble.