Young readers’ choice awards give kids an opportunity to vote for their favorite books. The kids in Illinois have selected the winners of the 2012 Monarch Award (Grades K-3) and Bluestem Award (Grades 3-5). My students think their fellow Illinoisans did a fine, fine job because the same books won in our library. Congratulations to the winners and nominees.
1st Place
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton and Tom Lichtenheld
2nd Place
Duck Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
3rd Place
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
1st Place
Adventures in Cartooning by James Strum
2nd Place
Sideway Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
3rd Place
The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney
