The Monarch Award - Past Winners

The Monarch Award is given annually to an author and/or illustrator of a book voted as their favorite by participating K–3 children in Illinois. The award is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) and is designed to encourage Illinois students to read critically and to become familiar with children’s books, authors, and illustrators. The award is named in honor of the Monarch Butterfly, Illinois’ state insect. The butterfly symbolizes growth, change and freedom––qualities that also characterize the emergent reader.

Past Monarch Award Winners

2008		If I Built a Car by Chris van Dusen
2007		Superdog: the Heart of a Hero by Caralyn Buehner
2006		My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
2005		David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon

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