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    Mrs. Dawn Mueller
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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.
Monarch Book Award Winners for 2010
Official Winner:

1st Place: Scaredy Squirrel

2nd Place: Once I Ate a Pie

3rd Place: Gingerbread Girl
Coming in September 2010*****Bluestem Readers******
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.
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
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS (What is it?)
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.
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
Young Adult Battle of the BOOKS (Young Adult) List for 2009-2010
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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