The Monarch Award: Illinois K3 Childrens Choice Award

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The Monarch AwardIllinois K-3 Childrens
Choice Award

• Sponsored by ISLMA
• Schools/libraries register/participate
• Master List of 20 titles
• Award given annually to book voted favorite by
  K-3 children
• Specifics at website www.islma.org/ monarch.htm

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Monarch 2005 Winner

• 95,000 K-3 children voted!
• WinnerDavid Gets in Trouble by David Shannon
• Second PlaceHooway for Wodney Wat by Helen
  Lester
• Third PlaceI Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by
  Lauren Child

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Important Dates

• Nominate for 2008 by October 15, 2006
• Register for 2006 by January 15, 2006
• Read August 05-February 06
• Vote by February 28, 2006
• 2006 Winner announced in mid-March NIU and IRC
• Author honored at ISLMA Fall conference 2006

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Monarch Management

• Obtain at least 12 of the 20 titles, multiple
  copies.
• Code with stickers, orange tape, label
  protectors.
• Prepare displays and bulletin boards to promote.
• Provide bibliographies, bookmarks and checklists.
• Encourage student, teacher, parent participation.
• Collaborate with public library/school library.
• Ensure voting eligibility of students.
• Establish voting procedures.

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More FAQ/Ideas

• Carson Dellosa has monarch stickers to mark
  books.
• Follett is making a poster.
• Scholastic book fairs carry titles.
• Rotate books to classrooms.
• Read 5 or more to each class so all can vote.
• Make Monarch books Reading Counts or AR.
• PS or 4thparticipate, but dont send votes.

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Monarch at Carl Sandburg
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Actual Size

• By Steve Jenkins
• Parts or the whole of various creatures, large
  and small, are illustrated by gorgeous torn and
  cut paper collages in actual size.
• Caldecott What Can You Do with a Tail?
• Make collages.
• Research animals in book.

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Aero and Officer Mike

• By Joan Plummer Russell
• The partnership of a police officer and his K-9
  companion at work and at play are revealed in
  this photo essay made in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
• Pair with Officer Buckle and Gloria.
• Invite an officer/K-9.

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Bear Snores On

• By Karma Wilson
• In a hibernation story gone awry, Bears friends
  hide from the weather in his cave and have a
  party as bear snores on.
• Learn about hibernation.
• Sequels Bear Stays Up for Christmas and Bear
  Wants More

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Biscuits New Trick

• By Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• Repeated attempts to learn to fetch are finally
  met with success when Biscuit distresses his
  mistress by retrieving the ball from the mud.
• Visit Biscuits website.
• Read other Biscuit books partners or whole group!

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Book! Book! Book!

• By Debora Bruss
• Bored when the kids return to school, a group of
  farm animals meets with eventual success as they
  try to borrow a book at the library.
• Pair with other animal jokes/library stories.