The Monarch Award:
Illinois' K-3 Children's Choice Award

2007 Master List

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Illinois School Library Media Association

2007 Nominee: Elisa Michaels: Bigger and Better

When a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself.

Author: Johanna Hurwitz
biography

Illustrator: Debbie Tilley
brief biography
  Book Activities
  • Are you big enough to babysit? Discuss the rules for babysitting and the job babysitters do.
  • What do you like to do with your grandma? Does she live close or far away?
  • Tell about a time you flew on a plane. Have you ever flown alone?
  • What food would you eat all day long?
  • Compare Elisa and Judy Moody. Which would you choose to be your friend? Why? 
Related books
  • Many other books about Elisa and her brother Russell.
  • Things to know about babysitting by Lisa Ann Marsoli
  • School's out by Johanna Hurwitz
  • Clarice Bean, Guess who's babysitting by Lauren Child

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Monarch Award

2007 Nominee Resources