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Monarch Award – Grades K-3 Winners

Browse Monarch Award Grades K-3 winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full Monarch Award history.

Monarch Award Grades K-3 Cross-year archive

2016

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2016 award year.

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Nominee

8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel // 1 Dog = Chaos

Vande Velde, Vivian

Twitch the Squirrel Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Oct-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Bad Kitty School Daze

Bad Kitty (Chapter Books) Series · Book 6 · General Fiction

Jan-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Breaking News: Bear Alert

Biedrzycki, David

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2014 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Building Our House

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

A Dance Like Starlight

Dempsey, Kristy

Standalone · Historical

Jan-2014 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Dark

Snicket, Lemony

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Deep in the Sahara

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Girl Who Heard Colors

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Lost Cat

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Scraps Book

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2014 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

This Is a Moose

Morris, Richard T.

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2014 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Watermelon Seed

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2015

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2015 award year.

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Winner

The Day the Crayons Quit

The Crayons Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jul-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Third Place

Creepy Carrots!

Reynolds, Aaron

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Creepy Carrots!

Reynolds, Aaron

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Day the Crayons Quit

The Crayons Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jul-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin

Tonatiuh, Duncan

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Each Kindness

Woodson, Jacqueline

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Frog and Fly

Standalone · Graphic Novel

Mar-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Helen's Big World

Rappaport, Doreen

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Second Place

If I Built a House

Van Dusen, Chris

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

Nominee

If I Built a House

Van Dusen, Chris

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Like Bug Juice on a Burger

Sternberg, Julie

Eleanor Series · Book 2 · General Fiction

Apr-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Look Out, Jeremy Bean!

Schertle, Alice

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Me... Jane

McDonnell, Patrick

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Over and Under the Snow

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Penny and Her Marble

Penny Series · General Fiction

Feb-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Princess and the Pig

Emmett, Jonathan

Standalone · Fantasy

Oct-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Prudence Wants a Pet

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Take Me Out to the Yakyu

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

That Is Not a Good Idea!

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2013 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2014

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2014 award year.

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Winner

The Gingerbread Man: Loose in the School

The Gingerbread Man Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jul-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Third Place

11 Experiments That Failed

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Chicken Big

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

I Want My Hat Back

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

I Wanna New Room

Orloff, Karen Kaufman

I Wanna Series · Book 2 · General Fiction

Dec-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

One

Otoshi, Kathryn

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2008 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The One and Only Stuey Lewis

Schoenberg, Jane

Stuey Lewis Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Jul-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

One Cool Friend

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Perfect Square

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Same, Same But Different

Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Say Hello to Zorro!

Goodrich, Carter

Mister Bud and Zorro Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Apr-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Tales for Very Picky Eaters

Schneider, Josh

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Trouble With Chickens

A J.J. Tully Mystery Series · Book 1 · Mystery

Mar-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2013

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2013 award year.

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Winner

Rocking in My School Shoes

Pete the Cat Series · General Fiction

Aug-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Ant and Grasshopper

Standalone · Fantasy

Mar-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Art & Max

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Bink and Gollie

DiCamillo, Kate; McGhee, Alison

Bink and Gollie Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Blackout

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred

Vamos, Samantha R.

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Circus Ship Big Book

Van Dusen, Chris

Standalone · Action Adventure

Sep-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Clemente!

Perdomo, Willie

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Third Place

Even Monsters Need Haircuts

McElligott, Matthew

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom

Frankie Pickle Series · Book 1 · Action Adventure

May-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

How Rocket Learned to Read

Rocket Series · General Fiction

Aug-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes

Palatini, Margie

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Lulu and the Brontosaurus

Lulu Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic

Burleigh, Robert

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Stead, Philip Christian

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

That Cat Can't Stay

Krasnesky, Thad

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Second Place

We Are in a Book!

Elephant and Piggie Series · General Fiction

Sep-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

2012

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2012 award year.

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Winner

Shark vs. Train

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Bridget's Beret

Lichtenheld, Tom

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Case of the Lost Boy

Butler, Dori Hillestad

The Buddy Files Series · Book 1 · Mystery

Mar-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dogku

Clements, Andrew

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Duck at the Door

Urbanovic, Jackie

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Second Place

Duck! Rabbit!

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

Nominee

Imogene's Last Stand

Fleming, Candace

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Third Place

Interrupting Chicken

Stein, David Ezra

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Let's Do Nothing!

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Little Mouse Gets Ready

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Memoirs of a Goldfish

Scillian, Devin

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Mitten

Aylesworth, Jim

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Otis

Otis Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Oct-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Testing the Ice

Robinson, Sharon

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2011

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2011 award year.

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Winner

Rhyming Dust Bunnies

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek

Hopkinson, Deborah

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2008 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Abe's Honest Words

Rappaport, Doreen

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2008 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Third Place

Bad Kitty

Bad Kitty (Picture Books) Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Oct-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2008 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Cowboy & Octopus

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Fred Stays with Me!

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Help Me, Mr. Mutt!

Stevens, Janet; Crummel, Susan Stevens

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2008 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up

Thomson, Melissa

Keena Ford Series · General Fiction

Jul-2008 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

Deedy, Carmen Agra

Standalone · Fantasy

Aug-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Squeaky Door

Macdonald, Margaret Read

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Too Many Toys

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2008 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Tsunami!

Kajikawa, Kimiko

Standalone · Fantasy

Feb-2009 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Two Friends, Three Stories

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2012 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2010

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2010 award year.

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Winner

Scaredy Squirrel

Scaredy Squirrel Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Feb-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Baa-Choo!

I Can Read: Level 1 Series · General Fiction

Mar-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

A Day with No Crayons

Rusch, Elizabeth

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Third Place

The Gingerbread Girl

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal

Fleischman, Paul

Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella Series · Fantasy

Sep-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Little Red Hen

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Max's Words

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Second Place

Once I Ate a Pie

MacLachlan, Patricia

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2010 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

Nominee

The Perfect Nest

Friend, Catherine

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything

Ruby Lu Series · Book 2 · General Fiction

Apr-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2009

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2009 award year.

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Winner

Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude

O'Malley, Kevin

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County

Harrington, Janice N.

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Clementine

Pennypacker, Sara

Clementine Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Cookies

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Great Fuzz Frenzy

Stevens, Janet; Crummel, Susan Stevens

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies

Standalone · Action Adventure

Sep-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry and Mudge Series · Book 26 · General Fiction

May-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas

Rylant, Cynthia

Ready-to-Read: Level 2 Series · General Fiction

May-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Library Lion

Knudsen, Michelle

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Precious and the Boo Hag

McKissack, Patricia C. / McKissack, Pat

Standalone · Fantasy

Jan-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Second Place

Skippyjon Jones

Schachner, Judy

Skippyjon Jones Series · Book 1 · Action Adventure

Sep-2003 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

Third Place

Superhero ABC

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Today I Will Fly!

Elephant and Piggie Series · General Fiction

Mar-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2008

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2008 award year.

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Winner

If I Built a Car

Van Dusen, Chris

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Second Place

Bad Kitty

Bad Kitty (Picture Books) Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Oct-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

Nominee

Boxes for Katje

Fleming, Candace

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2003 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dear World

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Third Place

Fancy Nancy

Fancy Nancy Series · General Fiction

Dec-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Hi! Fly Guy

Fly Guy Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Hi! Fly Guy

Scholastic Reader: Level 2 Series · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Honey...Honey...Lion!: A Story from Africa

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

I Stink!

McMullan, Kate; McMullan, Jim

I'm Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Apr-2002 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Our Tree Named Steve

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2006 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Traction Man Is Here!

Standalone · Action Adventure

Apr-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2007

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2007 award year.

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Winner

Dex: The Heart of a Hero

Buehner, Caralyn

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2007 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Clever Beatrice

Willey, Margaret

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2001 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Coming on Home Soon

Woodson, Jacqueline

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2004 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Third Place

Falling for Rapunzel

Standalone · Fantasy

Jan-2004 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Goin' Someplace Special

McKissack, Patricia C. / McKissack, Pat

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2001 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Second Place

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!

Beaumont, Karen

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

Nominee

Manana, Iguana

Paul, Ann Whitford

Standalone · Fantasy

Oct-2004 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

DiCamillo, Kate

Mercy Watson Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Sep-2005 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

My Light

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2004 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Wild About Books

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2004 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2006

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2006 award year.

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Winner

My Lucky Day

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2003 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

Bear Snores On

Bear Series · General Fiction

Jan-2002 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dear Mrs. LaRue

Dear Mrs. Larue Series · Action Adventure

Sep-2002 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Second Place

Diary of a Worm

Diary Series · General Fiction

Aug-2003 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

Nominee

Mallory on the Move

Friedman, Laurie B.

Mallory Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Feb-2004 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Third Place

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook

Garland, Michael

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2003 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

My Name Is Yoon

Recorvits, Helen

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2003 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Snowmen at Night

Buehner, Caralyn

Snowmen Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Oct-2002 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Waiting for Wings

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2001 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Standalone · Fantasy

Jun-2004 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

2005

Monarch Award Grades K-3 results for the 2005 award year.

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Winner

David Gets in Trouble

David Series · Book 3 · General Fiction

Sep-2002 Monarch Award Grades K-3 winner

Nominee

26 Fairmount Avenue

26 Fairmont Avenue Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Apr-1999 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2000 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Dancing in the Wings

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2000 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

A Fine, Fine School

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2001 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Second Place

Hooway for Wodney Wat

Wodney Wat Series · General Fiction

Mar-2011 Monarch Award Grades K-3 second place

Nominee

How I Became a Pirate

Standalone · Action Adventure

Sep-2003 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Third Place

I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato

Charlie and Lola Series · General Fiction

Sep-2000 Monarch Award Grades K-3 third place

Nominee

Mice and Beans

Ryan, Pam Munoz

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2001 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!

Fleming, Candace

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2003 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Ruby's Wish

Bridges, Shirin Yim

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2002 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

Nominee

Tonight on the Titanic

Osborne, Mary Pope

Magic Tree House Series · Book 17 · Action Adventure

Mar-1999 Monarch Award Grades K-3 nominee

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