Round 1 Stephanie Galvan Russell The Lispy Librarian Vlog Blog @lispylibrarian Elisabeth Ellington The Dirigible Plum @elisabethelling Christa Seeley Women Write About Comics @christasbooks Erin Warzala Crooks in Books @crooksinbooks Kristen Harvey The Book Monsters @bookgoil Maggi Rohde Books for Squids @mama_librarian Mel Schuit Let’s Talk Picture Books @spiky_penelope Round 2 Benedict Hutchinson A Goblin Reviews Graphic Novels Alysa Stewart …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Poetry
Round 1 Tess Eggleston-Alfonsin The Reading Countess on GoodReads Matt Esenwine Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme @MattForrestVW Margaret Simon Reflections on the Teche @MargaretGSimon Tricia Stohr-Hunt The Miss Rumphius Effect @missrumphius Anastasia Suen #kidlit Book of the Day @AnastasiaSuen Sylvia Vardell PoetryforChildren @SylviaVardell Ellen Zschunke On the Shelf 4 Kids @ontheshelf4kids Round 2 Alex Baugh Randomly Reading @randomlyreading Julie Larios The …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Middle Grade Fiction
Round 1 Shannon Griffin Picture Books to YA Brenda Beikert Goodreads Pamela Thompson Books by Pamela @MostlyMcLeod Julie Williams Reading by the Pond @juliewilliams89 Stacy Mozer It’s All About the Journey @SMozer Rajiv Ganesan Rajiv’s Reviews and YouTube @RajivsReviews Genevieve Ford @GenevieveFord1 Round 2 Jamie Dieterle The Never-ending TBR @justjaymied @Neverending_TBR Gina Reba Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers @GRgenius Mark Buxton …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
Round 1 Sondra Eklund Sonderbooks @Sonderbooks Jennifer Miller RaiseThemRighteous @jlmiller516 Beth Mitchell Imaginary Friends @BMitchellBooks Debbie Tanner The Booksearch @imtanner2 Charlotte Taylor Charlotte’s Library @charlotteslib Round 2 Jenna Grose Falling Letters @fallingletters Rebecca Herzog Sloth Reads @slothreads Nicole Hewitt Feed Your Fiction Addiction @NicoleMHewitt Rosemary Kiladitis Mom Read It @roesolo Benjamin Martin Tales of an Elementary School Librarian @mrbenjimartin
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Non-Fiction
Round 1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking Picture Book Power @pbworkshop and @SandyBrehl Earl Dizon www.earldizon.com @EarlDizonWriter Carrie Butler Becker Other Women’s Stories Nancy Bo Flood The Pirate Tree Sarah Prineas Prairie Lights Kids @sprineas Carol Wilcox Carol’s Corner @carwilc Reshama Deshmukh Stacking Books @stackingbks Round 2 Heidi Bee Roemer Steam Powered Poetry @poetweet4 D. …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books
Round 1 Kelly Karsner Clark Kidlit Underground @kidlitundrgrnd Sheri Howard Lobit Education Village Library Mindy Rhiger Proper Noun @mindyreads Kathy Ellen Davis www.instagram.com/wheeliegoodbooks/ and www.instagram.com/kathyellendavis/ @kathyellendavis Pam Jones Nill pjonesnill.com @pjonesnill Mary Kate Bolinder The Story Garden @the_storygarden Patricia Timbrook www.patriciatimbrook.wordpress.com @PATtimbrook Round 2 Claire Noland http://afieldtriplife.com/ @claire_noland Miranda Rosbach Bookbloom @bookbloom Terry Doherty thereadingtub @thereadingtub Lauren Bercuson …
2019 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Fiction Picture Books and Board Books
Round 1 Valerie Byrd Fort Library Goddess @librarygoddess Kirsti Call Kirsti Call/Writer’s Rumpus @kirsticall Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking (Blog and Instagram) @BlueSockGirl Maria Marshall The Picture Book Buzz & STEM Tuesday @MariaMarshall_ Deb Nance Readerbuzz @debnance Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground / Literally Lynne Marie @Literally_Lynne Cheryl Vanatti Reading Rumpus @cherylvanatti Round 2 Jana Eschner JanaTheTeacher @JanaTheTeacher Jilianne Hoffmann …
Meet the 2019 Cybils Team: Gary Anderson, YA Fiction Chair
Although I was a military brat for a big chunk of my childhood, I finished growing up in Iowa (or maybe not at all). I became a high school English teacher in 1980, and 2019-2020 will be my fortieth year in the classroom. Most of that was spent at William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois (1987-2014) where I served …
Meet the 2019 Cybils Team: Pam Margolis, YA Speculative Fiction Chair
Pam’s been an avid reader all of her life. In fact, she was probably in line for a book when they handed out map skills. Growing up she loved the classics but now that she’s a grown up she has learned to love all genres of books, especially books for kids and teens. Her passion is helping kids find books …
Meet the 2019 Cybils Team: Mel Schuit, Graphic Novels Chair
Mel Schuit is a children’s book author, illustrator, reviewer, and marketer with an MA in Children’s Literature, an MFA in Writing for Children, and a BA in Studio Art. She talks about children’s book illustration and design at Let’s Talk Picture Books, which started as a way for her to catalog the illustration styles and recurrent themes she found in …