• Source: Monarch Award

      • 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.
      The award name and image was chosen as a symbol of growth, change and freedom and to help familiarize students with the state's insect.


      Award Process


      The award is given annually (beginning in 2005) to a single author and/or illustrator by a collective vote of Kindergarten through 3rd grade students in Illinois. The award is administered by a steering committee that seeks nominations from public librarians, school library media specialist, teachers, and students. A volunteer reading committee then forms a master list of 20 of the nominated titles 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


      Recipients


      Yellow background distinguishes winners from those runners-up that are listed.


      References




      External links


      Chicago Public Library Kid's Catalog
      MacMillan Monarch Award Winners

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