2021 Monarch Award Master List

Title Author Illustrator Publisher

Be Kind Pat Zietlow Miller Jen Hill Roaring Books Press

Can I Be Your Dog? Troy Cummings Troy Cummings Random House

Cute as an Axolotl Jess Keating David DeGrand Alfred Knopf

Douglas, You’re a Genius Ged Adamson Ged Adamson Schwartz & Wade Books

Drawn Together Minh Lê Dan Santat Disney-Hyperion

Dreamers Yuyi Morales Yuyi Morales Holiday House Publishing, Inc.

The Good Egg Jory John Pete Oswald HarperCollins

How to Give Your Cat a Bath Nicola Winstanley John Martz Tundra/Penguin Random House in Five Easy Steps

If Sharks Disappeared Lily Williams Lily Williams Roaring Book Press

King & Kayla and the Case of the Dori Hillestad Butler Nancy Meyers Peachtree Missing Dog Treats

Let the Children March Monica Clark-Robinson Frank Morrison Houghton Mifflin

My Papi Has a Motorcycle Isabel Quintero Zeke Peña Dial

A Normal Pig K-Fai Steele K-Fai Steele Balzer & Bray

Planting Stories: The Life of Anika Denise Paola Escobar HarperCollins Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal Nick Seluk Nick Seluk Orchard Books

Thank You, Omu! Oge Mora Oge Mora Little Brown and Company

The Undefeated Kwame Alexander Kadir Nelson Versify

Under My Hijab Hena Khan Aaliya Jaleel Lee & Low Books, Inc.

What If… Samantha Berger Mike Curato Little Brown and Company

What Is Chasing Duck? Jan Thomas Jan Thomas Houghton Mifflin Harcourt