1. Monarch Award: Illinois’ K-3 Readers’ Choice Award 2015 Master List Sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Association

2. 2014 Monarch Award Winner

3. Nic Bishop Snakes by Nic Bishop Nic Bishop captures the scary, scaly world of snakes with expert photography.

4. A Little Book of Sloth by Lucy Cooke Photography captures the world of sloth in a sanctuary devoted to saving the much maligned animal.

5. Prudence Wants a Pet by Cathleen Daly Illustrated by Stephen Michael King Prudence wants a pet so much that she adopts a branch, a twig, a tire, and even a shoe named Formal Footwear; but none is a suitable pet for Prudence.

6. The Day the Crayons Quit By Drew Daywalt Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: We quit!

7. The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett Illustrated by Poly Bernatene When a new baby princess accidentally changes places with a piglet, both of their lives are forever changed.

8. Penny and Her Marble by Kevin Henkes Penny feels guilty after taking a beautiful blue marble that she sees in Mrs. Goodwin’s grass, but gets a pleasant surprise when she goes to return it the next day.

9. Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball by David A. Kelly Illustrated by Oliver Dominguez This is the true story of how Lena Blackburne discovered a mud from a riverbank which changed the game of baseball forever.

10. Frog & Fly: Six Slurpy Stories by Jeff Mack Through a series of easy-to-read scenes, Frog always gets the better of Fly. In the end, Fly has the last word.

11. Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell Hiding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals.

12. Take Me Out To the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon A little boy’s grandfathers, one in America and one in Japan, teach him about baseball and its rich varying cultural traditions.

13. Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner Illustrated by Chrisopher Silas Neal Under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snow hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many other animals who live through the winter safe and warm under the snow.

14. Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller by Doreen Rappaport Illustrated by Matt Tavares Helen Keller taught the world that her life was not small, but bigger than anyone imagined. And even though she could not see and could not hear, people listened.

15. Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds Illustrated by Peter Brown The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.

16. Jimmy the Joey: the True Story of an Amazing Koala Rescue by Deborah Lee Rose and Susan Kelly This is the true story of a koala injured on a road in Australia and how a team of rescuers nurtures him back to health.

17. Look Out, Jeremy Bean! by Alice Schertle Illustrated by David Slonim Jeremy Bean comes up with unusual solutions to problems he confronts.

18. Like Bug Juice on a Burger by Julie Sternberg Illustrated by Matthew Cordell As the days go on, nine- year-old Eleanor realizes that maybe being at summer camp isn’t so bad after all, and is full of special surprises.

19. Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh Two cousins, one in Mexico and one in New York City, write to each other and learn that even though their daily lives differ, at heart the boys are very similar.

20. If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen Imaginative Jack describes the kind of house he would build – one with a racetrack, a flying room, and a gigantic slide.

21. Mo Willems Presents That Is Not a Good Idea! by Mo Willems One day, a very hungry fox meets a very plump goose. A dinner invitation is offered. Will dinner go as planned?

22. Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson Illustrated by E.B. Lewis When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya’s shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.