2012 Monarch Award Nominees

The Monarch Award, established in 2002, is a K-3 children's choice book award. Past winners include Scaredy Squirrel, Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, and If I Built a Car. The 2012 list was released this past weekend.

The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Hillestad Butler

A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker

Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith

Butterflies and Moths by Nic Bishop

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember by Steve Jenkins

Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson

Panda Kindergarten by Joanne Ryder

The Mitten by Jim Aylseworth

Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton

Dogku by Andrew Clements

Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio

Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming

Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile

Bridget's Beret by Tom Lichtenheld

Otis by Loren Long

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krause Rosenthal

Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devn Scillian

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic