Monarch Award - Grades K-3

Awards List

2016

8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel // 1 Dog = Chaos
(Nominee)
Vivian Vande Velde

Bad Kitty School Daze
(Nominee)
Nick Bruel

Building Our House
(Nominee)
Jonathan Bean

The Dark
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

The Watermelon Seed
(Nominee)
Greg Pizzoli

Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash
(Nominee)
Monica Brown

Deep in the Sahara
(Nominee)
Kelly Cunnane

The Girl Who Heard Colors
(Nominee)
Marie Harris

Lost Cat
(Nominee)
Roger Mader

A Dance Like Starlight
(Nominee)
Kristy Dempsey

The Scraps Book
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

This Is a Moose
(Nominee)
Richard T. Morris

Breaking News: Bear Alert
(Nominee)
David Biedrzycki

2015

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Winner)
Drew Daywalt

Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin
(Nominee)
Duncan Tonatiuh

Me... Jane
(Nominee)
Patrick McDonnell

Prudence Wants a Pet
(Nominee)
Cathleen Daly

Over and Under the Snow
(Nominee)
Kate Messner

The Princess and the Pig
(Nominee)
Jonathan Emmett

Look Out, Jeremy Bean!
(Nominee)
Alice Schertle

Frog and Fly
(Nominee)
Jeff Mack

Creepy Carrots!
(Nominee)
Aaron Reynolds

Each Kindness
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Helen's Big World
(Nominee)
Doreen Rappaport

If I Built a House
(Nominee)
Chris Van Dusen

If I Built a House
(Second Place)
Chris Van Dusen

Penny and Her Marble
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Take Me Out to the Yakyu
(Nominee)
Aaron Meshon

Like Bug Juice on a Burger
(Nominee)
Julie Sternberg

That Is Not a Good Idea!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

The Day the Crayons Quit
(Nominee)
Drew Daywalt

Creepy Carrots!
(Third Place)
Aaron Reynolds

2014

The Gingerbread Man: Loose in the School
(Winner)
Laura Murray

One
(Nominee)
Kathryn Otoshi

Chicken Big
(Nominee)
Keith Graves

I Wanna New Room
(Nominee)
Karen Kaufman Orloff

The Trouble With Chickens
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

Perfect Square
(Nominee)
Michael Hall

Say Hello to Zorro!
(Nominee)
Carter Goodrich

Tales for Very Picky Eaters
(Nominee)
Josh Schneider

The One and Only Stuey Lewis
(Nominee)
Jane Schoenberg

Same, Same But Different
(Nominee)
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

I Want My Hat Back
(Nominee)
Jon Klassen

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
(Nominee)
Joyce Sidman

One Cool Friend
(Nominee)
Toni Buzzeo

11 Experiments That Failed
(Third Place)
Jenny Offill

2013

Rocking in My School Shoes
(Winner)
Eric Litwin

Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom
(Nominee)
Eric Wight

Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes
(Nominee)
Margie Palatini

Clemente!
(Nominee)
Willie Perdomo

That Cat Can't Stay
(Nominee)
Thad Krasnesky

A Sick Day for Amos McGee
(Nominee)
Philip Christian Stead

How Rocket Learned to Read
(Nominee)
Tad Hills

Bink and Gollie
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo; Alison McGhee

Lulu and the Brontosaurus
(Nominee)
Judith Viorst

We Are in a Book!
(Second Place)
Mo Willems

Art & Max
(Nominee)
David Wiesner

The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
(Nominee)
Samantha R. Vamos

Ant and Grasshopper
(Nominee)
Luli Gray

Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic
(Nominee)
Robert Burleigh

Blackout
(Nominee)
John Rocco

The Circus Ship Big Book
(Nominee)
Chris Van Dusen

Even Monsters Need Haircuts
(Third Place)
Matthew McElligott

2012

Shark vs. Train
(Winner)
Chris Barton

Duck at the Door
(Nominee)
Jackie Urbanovic

Dogku
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Duck! Rabbit!
(Second Place)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Little Mouse Gets Ready
(Nominee)
Jeff Smith

Imogene's Last Stand
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

The Mitten
(Nominee)
Jim Aylesworth

Otis
(Nominee)
Loren Long

Testing the Ice
(Nominee)
Sharon Robinson

The Case of the Lost Boy
(Nominee)
Dori Hillestad Butler

Memoirs of a Goldfish
(Nominee)
Devin Scillian

Bridget's Beret
(Nominee)
Tom Lichtenheld

Let's Do Nothing!
(Nominee)
Tony Fucile

Interrupting Chicken
(Third Place)
David Ezra Stein

2011

Rhyming Dust Bunnies
(Winner)
Jan Thomas

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Squeaky Door
(Nominee)
Margaret Read Macdonald

Fred Stays with Me!
(Nominee)
Nancy Coffelt

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Cowboy & Octopus
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
(Nominee)
Elise Broach

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
(Nominee)
Marla Frazee

Help Me, Mr. Mutt!
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up
(Nominee)
Melissa Thomson

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Too Many Toys
(Nominee)
David Shannon

Abe's Honest Words
(Nominee)
Doreen Rappaport

Tsunami!
(Nominee)
Kimiko Kajikawa

Two Friends, Three Stories
(Nominee)
Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Bad Kitty
(Third Place)
Nick Bruel

2010

Scaredy Squirrel
(Winner)
Melanie Watt

Baa-Choo!
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
(Nominee)
Lenore Look

The Little Red Hen
(Nominee)
Jerry Pinkney

Max's Words
(Nominee)
Kate Banks

The Perfect Nest
(Nominee)
Catherine Friend

A Day with No Crayons
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Rusch

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal
(Nominee)
Paul Fleischman

Once I Ate a Pie
(Second Place)
Patricia MacLachlan

The Gingerbread Girl
(Third Place)
Lisa Campbell Ernst

2009

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
(Winner)
Kevin O'Malley

Skippyjon Jones
(Second Place)
Judy Schachner

Precious and the Boo Hag
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
(Nominee)
Cynthia Rylant

The Great Fuzz Frenzy
(Nominee)
Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies
(Nominee)
Carolyn Crimi

Cookies
(Nominee)
Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Library Lion
(Nominee)
Michelle Knudsen

Clementine
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
(Nominee)
Janice N. Harrington

Today I Will Fly!
(Nominee)
Mo Willems

Superhero ABC
(Third Place)
Bob Mcleod

2008

If I Built a Car
(Winner)
Chris Van Dusen

I Stink!
(Nominee)
Kate McMullan; Jim McMullan

Boxes for Katje
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

Our Tree Named Steve
(Nominee)
Alan Zweibel

Dear World
(Nominee)
Noda Takayo

Traction Man Is Here!
(Nominee)
Mini Grey

Hi! Fly Guy
(Nominee)
Tedd Arnold

Honey...Honey...Lion!: A Story from Africa
(Nominee)
Jan Brett

Bad Kitty
(Second Place)
Nick Bruel

Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen
(Nominee)
Cari Best

Fancy Nancy
(Third Place)
Jane O'Connor

2007

Dex: The Heart of a Hero
(Winner)
Caralyn Buehner

Goin' Someplace Special
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

Clever Beatrice
(Nominee)
Margaret Willey

My Light
(Nominee)
Molly Bang

Wild About Books
(Nominee)
Judy Sierra

Coming on Home Soon
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Manana, Iguana
(Nominee)
Ann Whitford Paul

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
(Second Place)
Karen Beaumont

Mercy Watson to the Rescue
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

Falling for Rapunzel
(Third Place)
Leah Wilcox

2006

My Lucky Day
(Winner)
Keiko Kasza

Waiting for Wings
(Nominee)
Lois Ehlert

Bear Snores On
(Nominee)
Karma Wilson

Dear Mrs. LaRue
(Nominee)
Mark Teague

Snowmen at Night
(Nominee)
Caralyn Buehner

My Name Is Yoon
(Nominee)
Helen Recorvits

Diary of a Worm
(Second Place)
Doreen Cronin

Mallory on the Move
(Nominee)
Laurie B. Friedman

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
(Nominee)
Mary Ann Hoberman

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
(Third Place)
Michael Garland

2005

David Gets in Trouble
(Winner)
David Shannon

Tonight on the Titanic
(Nominee)
Mary Pope Osborne

26 Fairmount Avenue
(Nominee)
Tomie DePaola

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

Dancing in the Wings
(Nominee)
Debbie Allen

A Fine, Fine School
(Nominee)
Sharon Creech

Mice and Beans
(Nominee)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Ruby's Wish
(Nominee)
Shirin Yim Bridges

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

How I Became a Pirate
(Nominee)
Melinda Long

Hooway for Wodney Wat
(Second Place)
Helen Lester

I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato
(Third Place)
Lauren Child

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