| The Monarch Award: Illinois' K-3 Children's Choice Award 2009 Master List Sponsored by the |
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| Title | Author |
| Blizzard |
Betty Ren Wright |
| The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County | Janice Harrington |
| Clementine | Sara Pennypacker |
| Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons | Amy Krouse Rosenthal |
| Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel | |
| George Did It | Suzanne Jurmain |
| Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas | Cynthia Rylant |
| Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies | Carolyn Crimi |
| Library Lion |
Michelle Knudsen |
| Nora's Ark | Natalie Kinsey-Warnock |
| Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude | Kevin O'Malley |
| Precious and the Boo Hag | Patricia McKissack |
| Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea | Chris Butterworth |
| The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School | Judy Sierra |
| Skippyjon Jones | Judith Schachner |
| Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid | Megan McDonald |
| Superhero ABC | Bob McLeod |
| Surprising Sharks | Nicola Davies |
| There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me | Cari Best |
| Today I Will Fly | Mo Willems |