Monarch Award

Monarch Award
Awarded for	Reader's choice award for K-3rd Illinois students
Country	United States
Presented by	Illinois school library media association
First awarded	2003
Official website	ISLMA website

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.

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:

Students vote in February of each year for their favorite from the master list and the results are announced the following month.

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

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