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MONARCH AWARD |
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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 is sponsored by the Illinois School Library Association.
The name Monarch (butterfly) was chosen because of its familiarity to K-3 children and to symbolize the growth, change and freedom that becoming a reader brings. The Monarch is designed to encourage children to read critically and become familiar with children's books, authors and illustrators. The program is open to all K-3 age children in Illinois.
Each year a committee creates a list of 20 books to be read by the children. The titles include a range of interest and reading levels for grades K-3. The list contains picture books, easy readers, and chapter books. Students are encouraged to read books from the list during the school year.
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Monarch Book Award Winners for 2010 |
Official Winner:
1st Place: Scaredy Squirrel
2nd Place: Once I Ate a Pie
3rd Place: Gingerbread Girl |
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Coming in September 2010*****Bluestem Readers****** |
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The Bluestem Award Reading Program is a brand new offering of the Illinois State Library Media Association. It is designed for Grades 3-5. It includes a list of up to 20 recently published titles.Students will read selected titles and then vote for the award winner for the 2010-2011 school year. | |
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Winner for 2010 Rebecca Caudill Book Award |
The winner of the 2010 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award:
All the Lovely Bad Ones by Margaret Downing Hahn
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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS (What is it?) |
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This is a reading program sponsored by the Wheaton Public Library in which students from different schools read books from a selected list, form teams representing their schools, and play against other local schools in a College-Bowl type format.
The new season for 4th and 5th grade begins in January. Lincoln, St. John, St. Michael and Wheaton Christian Grammar School are participating.
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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS (4th & 5th) LIST FOR 2009-2010 |
Alphin, Elaine. GHOST SOLDIER
Atwater, Richard. MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS
Banks, Lynn Reid. THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
Birdsall, Jeanne. THE PENDERWICKS
Blume, Judy. TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING
Burnett, Frances. THE SECRET GARDEN
Cleary, Beverly. DEAR MR. HENSHAW
Codell, Esme. SAHARA SPECIAL
Creech, Sharon. GRANNY TORRELLI MAKES SOUP
Creech, Sharon. LOVE THAT DOG
DeAngeli, Marguerite. THE DOOR IN THE WALL
DeYoung, C. Coco. LETTER TO MRS. ROOSEVELT
DiCamillo, Kate. THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
Farley, Walter. THE BLACK STALLION
Fleischman, Sid. THE WHIPPING BOY
Gates, Doris. BLUE WILLOW
George, Jean. MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
Graff, Lisa. THE THING ABOUT GEORGIE
Green, Michelle. A STRONG RIGHT ARM
Gutman, Dan. MILLION DOLLAR SHOT
Harlow, Joan. THUNDER FROM THE SEA
Henkes, Kevin. SUN & SPOON
Kehret, Peg. EARTHQUAKE TERROR
King-Smith, Dick. PIGS MIGHT FLY
Lawson, Robert. RABBIT HILL
L'Engle, Madeleine. A WRINKLE IN TIME
Lindgren, Astrid. PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Lowry, Lois. NUMBER THE STARS
MacDonald, Betty. MRS. PIGGLE-WIGGLE
MacLachlan, Patricia. SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL
McCloskey, Robert. HOMER PRICE
Murphy, Jim. THE GREAT FIRE
Naylor, Phyllis. SAVING SHILOH
Norton, Mary. THE BORROWERS
O'Brien, Robert. MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH
O'Dell, Scott. ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
Orlev, Uri. ISLAND ON BIRD STREET
Park, Barbara. THE KID IN THE RED JACKET
Rockwell, Thomas. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Selden, George. CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE
Smith, Robert. BOBBY BASEBALL
Sperry, Armstrong. CALL IT COURAGE
St. John, Lauren. THE WHITE GIRAFFE
Steig, William. ABEL'S ISLAND
Taylor, Sydney. ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY
Urban, Linda. CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT
White, E. B. THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN
Wilder, Laura. LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
Wiles, Deborah. LOVE, RUBY LAVENDER
Woodruff, Elvira. MAGNIFICENT MUMMY MAKER
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Young Adult Battle of the BOOKS (Young Adult) List for 2009-2010 |
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Adams, Richard - Watership Down
Bauer, Joan - Hope was Here
Bruchac, Joseph - Code Talker
Colfer, Eoin - Artemis Fowl
Creech, Sharon - Walk Two Moons
Deuker, Carl - Heart of a Champion
Horowitz, Anthony - Stormbreaker
Kadohata, Cynthia - Kira-Kira
Lester, Julius - Day of Tears
Lisle, Janet Taylor - Black Duck
Lowry, Lois - Gathering Blue
Lubar, David - Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
McCaughrean, Geraldine - The Kite Rider
McKinley, Robin - The Hero and the Crown
North, Sterling - Rascal
Patneaude, David - The Last Man's Reward
Pfeffer, Susan Beth - Life As We Knew It
Sachar, Louis - Holes
Sonnenblick, Jordan - Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Tolan, Stephanie - Surviving the Applewhites
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