Monarch Award Nominees

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Monarch Award Nominees

• 2008-2009

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• Marek
• SEA HORSE The Shyest Fish in the Sea
• By Chris Butterworth
• This book is mostly about sea horses growing up .
  But it talks about their camouflage and how they
  lay eggs . Try to vote for this book!!!

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Danny Shorner

• Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies
• By Carolyn Crimi
• Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies is a great book
  to read because its a book about books and
  bunnies. In the book the Buccaneer Bunnies steal
  books from other ships and Henry starts to read
  them.
• VOTE FOR IT

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• J.J. Pereira Monarch
• Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies
• This is a good book because it teaches us a lot
  about sharks.
• Did you know that there is a type
  of shark that can puff up 3 times its size? It is
  a swell shark!
• If you are a shark fan like me, read this book!
• VOTE FOR THIS BOOK!

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• Emily Mao
• The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
• By Janice N. Harrington
• This book is about a girl that loves chicken
  chasing. She only wants Miss Hen. She tries but
  never gets Miss Hen. Then she tries to find where
  Miss Hen hides. Finally she finds Miss Hen but
  she doesn't get her because she has baby chicks.
  I think you should vote for this book because it
  is a book with lots of imagination and humor.

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• Jacob Wilk
• George Did It by Suzanne Jurmain
• I like George Did It because it is about the
  first president. George Did It is about
  George Washington becoming president. I
  think you vote for George Did It.

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• Emily Woltmann
• Nora's Ark
• By Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
• This book is about a little girl named Wren who
  lives with her grandparents. Her grandpa builds
  them a bigger house. Her grandma says they would
  not need it. But no one knew that that there
  would be a flood and everybody including animals
  comes to their house because it is on high
  ground. Her grandpa says, " This house is like a
  ark."

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• Ivory Angio
• Library Lion By Michelle Knudsen
• This book is about a helpful lion in a library.
  It has wonderful illustrations. Everyone should
  read this book because it is a great book. Also
  every part in this book is amazing and wonderful.
  Vote for this book!!!

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• Tarun Vellanki
• Stink The Incredible Shrinking Kid
• By Megan McDonald
• This is a story about a kid named Stink who is
  shrinking. He was always a head lower than his
  sister. So stink asked his sister how did she get
  so tall. He asked his mother and father for help.
  His mom suggested to eat all your vegetables. His
  dad suggested drink all your milk. So he did. His
  present from his sister was a mirror On one
  side he was short on the other side he was
  skinny.
• Vote for this funny book

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• McKenzie Weaver
• Superhero ABC By Bob McLeod
• This book is about super heroes in ABC order. It
  is really funny and there are good illustrations.
  It also has a lot of details. It's kind of a
  comic book. It also teaches you your ABCS. The
  book is very creative and the pictures are also
  funny. I think you should vote for this because
  it is very funny and it's a good book.

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• Monarch
• Katie Sebastian
• Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C.
  McKissack
• This book is about a girl who has a stomachache
  and can't help in the garden. Her mom tells her
  to not let anyone in the house, not even her.
  Her brother tells Precious about Pruella the boo
  hag. Every time Pruella comes, Precious sings
  Pruella is a boo hag she's right outside my
  window. She's tricky and she's scary but I
  won't let her in!
• VOTE FOR PRECIOUS AND THE BOO HAG!

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• Noah Lieberenz
• Monarch
• Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Scott Goto,
  Carol Heyer and Kevin O'Malley
• This book is about a boy and a girl fighting
  over which fairy tale to pick. So if you like
  drama, you should pick this monarch book
• Vote for it!

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
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• Patrick Thornton
• Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
• This book is about a curious girl named
  Clementine.
• The best thing about this book is it's hilarious,
  humorous, and just plain silly. You should vote
  for Clementine because it's a good book for 1st
  2nd graders.
• VOTE FOR CLEMENTINE!!!!

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• Ian Narot
• Cookies Bite-size Life Lessons
• By Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• Illustrated by Jane Dyer
• This book is like a new version of a
  dictionary.
• The best thing about this book is you can open it
  to any page and you will find out something about
  life.

I think you should vote for this book.
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• Faith Manns
• Monarch
• Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
• By Cynthia Rylant
• You should vote for this book because it has
  interesting pictures. I like this book because it
  has grandpas in it. I think you should vote for
  this book.

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Chloe
Pokorny

• SkippyjonJones
• By Judy Schachner.
• This book is about a cat named Skippyjon his last
  name is Jones. Altogether it is Skippyjon Jones.
  Skippyjon has a magic closet and he goes in and
  ends up in Mexico.
• VOTE FOR SKIPPYJON JONES!

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• Elia Chudov
• The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate The
  School
• By Judy Sierra
• This book is great for boys but might be very
  gross. It is about a girl who gets a slime
  project on the internet. The project is very
  humongous and gross. All the people get eaten by
  the slime except the girl. First through third
  graders might like reading it so...
• VOTE FOR IT!!!!!

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• Nick Sima
• The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet
  Stevens
• This book is about some prairie dogs that get a
  lot of fuzz. At first they don't know what it is.
  But then they take all of it and do lots of
  crazy things. Then they fight about it. Then they
  get too tired. I am going to leave you there.
  But if you want to find out the rest... vote for
  it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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• Alexa Fasone
• There Is A Flower At The Tip Of My Nose Smelling
  Me By Alice Walker
• This book is about a girl telling us the
  opposites of different things using poetry. The
  coolest thing in this book is about the clouds.
  I hope you vote for this book!

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• By Audrey Strunewitz
• Today I Will Fly by Mo Willems
• This book is about a pig that wants to fly but he
  needs some help. The best thing about this book
  is that the pig tries to fly but the elephant
  does not believe that the pig can fly. So the
  elephant goes to lunch, comes back, and sees the
  pig fly! But he's actually getting help by a
  bird. Please vote for Today I Will Fly.

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• By Trevor Haen
• The Blizzard By Betty Ren Wright
• This book is about a boy named Billy and it is
  his birthday. He goes to school and Mr. Carter
  comes and says the road is covered with snow. He
  says they can't go home. I liked the ending. Itt
  was good. You should vote for this book.