The 2012 Monarch Award ISLMA Conference October 28, 2011

Judy Bauman,

Tate Woods Elementary School, Lisle

Peggy Burton,

Williams Elementary School, Mattoon

The Monarch Award: Illinois’ K-3 Readers’ 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

Monarch Steering Committee • Judy Bauman, Tate Woods, Lisle

• Peggy Burton, Williams Elementary, Mattoon

• Alice Joseph, Wilmette Public Library

• Molly Masulis, Williams Elementary, Mattoon

• Sharon Peterson, Oakview Elementary, Bolingbrook

• Dana Russell, New Lenox Public Library

• Volunteers

– Readers

– Nominations

– Website

The Monarch Award: Illinois’ K-3 Readers’ Choice Award

• Designed to encourage children to read critically and become familiar with books, authors and illustrators.

• Named in honor of the Monarch Butterfly, Illinois’ state insect which symbolizes growth, change and freedom, qualities that also characterize the emergent reader.

• Organized to find the children’s favorite.

Monarch Web Resources • 2012 Master List

• 2012 Master List Online Resources

• Monarch 2012 Presentation (ppt)

• Annotated List

• Online Packet

– Bookmark template, 3 per page

– Information sheet (general info about the program)

– Read all 20 stickers

– Read all 20 grid

– Nomination form and criteria for nominees

– Tally sheet to record ALL votes for online submission

– Sticker templates: Winner, Nominees

2012 Master List

2012 Master List with Resources

A Birthday for Bear Resources

Bibliography with Summaries

Bookmark Template

Read all 20 Stickers

Can print

on 2x4”

labels

Read all 20 Grid

Stickers fit

into these

squares

Ballot for Students

Vote Tally Sheet

Monarch Dates

• March, 2011: Winner announced NIU and IRC

• March, 2011: Website updated for 2011 resources

• March, 2011: 2012 Registration brochure mailed

• August 15, 2011: Online 2012 packet available and mailing of sticker and voting information

• 2011–2012: Read the 2012 Nominees

• September 15, 2011: 2013 Nominations close

• January 15, 2012: Official end of 2012 registration

• February, 2012: 2013 Master List announced

• February, 2012: Vote online by the 28th

The 2005 Monarch Award

Monarch 2005 Winner

• 95,000 K-3 children voted!

• 667 schools/libraries

• Winner: David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon

• Second: Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester

• Third: I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child

Monarch 2006 Winner

• 115,000 students voted

• 719 schools/libraries

• Winner: My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza

• Second: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin

• Third: Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland

Keiko Kasza 2006 Winner

Monarch 2007 Winner

• 120,712 students voted

• 753 schools/libraries

• Winner: Superdog: The Heart of a Hero by Caralyn Buehner, illus. by Mark Buehner (Dex)

• Second: I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont

• Third: Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox

2007 Monarch Award Winner

• Mark Buehner, illustrator of Superdog: The Heart of a

Hero, accepts the 2007 Monarch Award for himself and

his wife/author Caralyn. The book has been re-named

Dex due to a copyright question.

Monarch 2008 Winner

• Over 131,000 students

voted

• 780 schools/libraries

• Winner: If I Built a Car

by Chris Van Dusen

• Second: Bad Kitty by

Nick Bruel

• Third: Fancy Nancy by

Jane O’Connor

Monarch 2009 Winner

• 154,000 children voted

• 894 schools & libraries

• Winner: Once Upon a

Cool Motorcycle Dude

by Kevin O’Malley

• Second: Skippyjon

Jones by Judith

Schnacher

• Third: Superhero ABC

by Bob McLeod

Kevin O’Malley accepts the

2009 Monarch Award

Monarch 2010 Winner

• 156,158 children voted

• 840 schools & libraries

• Winner: Scaredy

Squirrel by Melanie Watt,

35,975 votes

• Second: Once I Ate a Pie

by Patricia MacLachlan

and Emily MacLachlan

Charest, 20,626 votes

• Third: The Gingerbread

Girl by Lisa Campbell

Ernst, 14,498 votes

Monarch 2011 Winner

• 140,720 children voted

• 711 schools & libraries

• Winner: Rhyming Dust

Bunnies by Jan Thomas,

23,370 votes

• Second: Two Bobbies: A

True Story of Hurricane

Katrina, Friendship and

Survival by Kirby Larson,

16,613 votes

• Third: Bad Kitty Gets a

Bath by Nick Bruel,

12,899 votes

Monarch Master List

Selection • Librarians, teachers, parents and students may nominate.

• Nominees are narrowed to 100 by the nomination committee, who considers the criteria, and the balance of fiction/nonfiction/picture books/chapter books/easy readers.

• Volunteer readers review groups of 10 books and submit evaluations based on a rubric.

• Their evaluations are used to narrow to 50 nominees.

• Readers attempt to read all 50 nominees.

• At the face-to-face meeting in January, each reader reviews one book in depth.

• Readers vote to select the Master List of 20.

• Volunteer at the website.

Monarch Award: Illinois’ K-3

Readers’ Choice Award

2012 Master List

Sponsored by the

Illinois School Library Media Association

The Buddy Files:

The Case of the Lost Boy

by Dori Butler • While searching for his

mysteriously lost human

family, Buddy the dog is

adopted by another family and

helps solve the mystery of

their missing boy.

• Discuss pets.

• Do a FREE Skype Q&A with

the author.

• Read the others in the series.

A Birthday for Bear

by Bonny Becker

• Despite Bear's efforts to ignore

his birthday, Mouse will not rest

until his friend celebrates.

• Discuss birthdays and how we

celebrate.

• Talk about manners and how

Mouse uses them.

• Prequel: A Visitor for Bear.

• Sequel: A bedtime for Bear.

Little Mouse Gets Ready

by Jeff Smith

• Little Mouse gets dressed

to go to the barn with his

mother, brothers, and

sisters.

• Discuss getting ready for

different activities.

• Talk about graphic books

and comics.

• Read other books by the

author.

Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths

by Nic Bishop

• This book provides full-color

photographs and

illustrations describing the

physical characteristics,

behaviors, habits, and life

cycle of butterflies and

moths.

• Visit Bishop’s website:

http://www.nicbishop.com

• Look at other books by

Bishop.

• Draw your own butterfly or

moth.

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

by Brian Floca

• Simple text and illustrations

describe the flight of "Apollo

11" and the Moon landing in

1969.

• Research NASA, the moon,

Apollo 11, and space travel.

Never Smile at a Monkey: and 17

Other Important Things to Remember

by Steve Jenkins • Some creatures have

developed unusual ways of

protecting themselves or

catching prey, and this can

make them unexpectedly

hazardous to your health. In

this book, you'll find out

what you should never do if

you encounter one of these

dangerous animals.

• Research some of the

animals in the book.

Testing the Ice: A True Story About

Jackie Robinson

by Sharon Robinson • As a testament to his

courage, Jackie Robinson's

daughter shares memories of

him, from his baseball career

to the day he tests the ice for

her, her brothers, and their

friends.

• Research Jackie Robinson.

• Discuss the concept of

courage.

• Talk about fathers.

Panda Kindergarten

by Joanne Ryder

• Photographs and text

follow sixteen panda cubs

at the Wolong Nature

Preserve, where they are

raised and observed by

scientists and workers

while they learn survival

skills that will allow them

to be re-released into the

wild.

• Research pandas.

• Compare to kindergarten

for humans.

The Mitten

by Jim Aylesworth

• This book is a retelling of the

traditional tale of how a

boy's lost mitten becomes a

refuge from the cold for an

increasing number of

animals.

• Read other versions of the

tale.

• Discuss winter and ways to

keep warm.

Shark vs. Train

by Chris Barton

• A shark and a train

compete in a series of

contests on a seesaw, in

hot air balloons, bowling,

shooting baskets, playing

hide-and-seek, and more.

• Discuss other toys which

could have a contest.

• Use a Venn diagram to

illustrate differences and

similarities.

• Think of other contests for

shark and train.

Dogku

by Andrew Clements

• This story, told through

haiku, is about the many

things a dog named

Mooch does, such as

riding in a car, barking at

the neighbors, and

chewing on dirty socks.

• Discuss dogs as pets.

• Write your own Haiku.

• Do a class poll about dog

breeds and graph the

results.

Grace for President

by Kelly DiPucchio

• Grace decides to run in her

school's mock election, where

she learns about the

American electoral system

and sets out to be the best

person for the job, even

though her opponent,

Thomas, seems to be

winning all the boys' votes.

• Talk about voting and the

electoral process.

• Hold a classroom election.

Imogene’s Last Stand

by Candace Fleming

• Enamored of history, young

Imogene Tripp tries to save

her town's Historical Society

from being demolished in

order to build a shoelace

factory.

• Talk about local history.

• Is Imogene a hero? What is

a hero?

Let’s Do Nothing

by Tony Fucile

• Frankie and Sal have

played every board

game, read every comic

book, and painted a

zillion pictures. Just when

it seems they will collapse

from boredom, Sal gets a

brilliant idea.

• Try to do nothing.

• Draw yourself as

something else.

Bridget’s Beret

by Tom Lichtenheld

• When Bridget loses the

beret that provides her with

artistic inspiration like other

great artists, she thinks she

will never be able to draw

again.

• What is “inspiration”?

• Discuss what things you are

good at doing.

Otis

by Loren Long

• When a big new yellow

tractor arrives, Otis, the

friendly little tractor, is

cast away behind the

barn, but when trouble

occurs, Otis is the only

one who can help.

• What is friendship?

• Talk about farms and how

they have changed.

Duck! Rabbit!

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

• Two unseen characters argue

about whether the creature

they are looking at is a rabbit

or a duck.

• Look at other optical illusions.

• Talk about perspective.

• Talk about trying to see both

sides of a situation.

Memoirs of a Goldfish

by Devin Scillian

• A goldfish presents a tell-all

tale of his experiences of

swimming around his bowl

as it slowly fills with

intruders. When he is

relocated for a cleaning, he

realizes how much he

misses his new

companions.

• Talk about what should go

in a goldfish bowl.

• Draw pictures of your ideal

goldfish bowl.

Interrupting Chicken

by David Ezra Stein

• It's bedtime for the little red

chicken, and Papa starts

reading her a story, but she

can't help herself. As soon

as the story gets going, out

jumps the little red chicken,

right into the story, saving

characters from danger and

ending the story early.

• Discuss bedtime rituals.

• Talk about favorite stories.

• Change the endings of other

favorite stories.

Duck at the Door

by Jackie Urbanovic

• When Max the duck

decides to stay behind

when his flock flies south,

Irene invites him to stay

with her for the winter.

• Discuss migration.

• Talk about being a “good

guest”.

• Read the other Max books:

Sitting Duck, Duck and

Cover, Duck Soup.

Maximizing the Monarch • Label the books: orange stickers, orange tape, label

protectors, butterfly stickers, logo stickers for sale and on web

• Display ideas: bulletin board, wall, special Monarch shelf

• Reading ideas – Reserve/rotate books, to every classroom

– Offer stickers/certificate for classroom reading ALL 20 nominees

– Make bookmarks/checklists for kids to keep track of books read

– Read in classroom/library/home

• Fun gimmicks–orange hat, shirt, butterfly balloons, puppets

• Ensure ALL students get to vote. (Read 5 books to them!)

• Establish voting procedures, ideas on the web.

Monarch Award:

Illinois’ K-3 Readers’ Choice Award Sponsored by the

Illinois School Library Media Association

http://www.islma.org/monarch.htm

dsmma@frontiernet.net

Questions/Comments

• Any questions?

• Don’t forget to register (only $10), read,

and vote!

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