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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Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies
By Carolyn Crimi
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies
is a great book to read because
it’s 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.
• 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."
• 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
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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
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Vote for it!
• Patrick Thornton
• Clementine by Sara
Pennypacker
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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.
• 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.
• 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.
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SKIPPYJON JONES!
• Elia Chudov
• The Secret Science Project
That Almost Ate The School
• By Judy Sierra
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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.