Our featured blog review of the day comes from Joanne Roberts, a Round 1 panelist in Elementary and Juvenile Nonfiction. Joanne blogs at Bookish Ambition, and she is a children’s illustrator and writer herself. Last month, for Perfect Picture Book Friday, she posted about Fiction Picture Books nominee Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith. In …
REVIEW: Big Chickie, Little Chickie: A Book of Opposites
Hey, everyone–it’s another new category this year! Today’s blogger review is a nominee from our new Board Books category, which is a subdivision of Fiction Picture Books. Round 1 panelist Ami Jones blogs at A Mom’s Spare Time, where she posts book reviews and blogs about life as a Youth Services Librarian. Earlier this year, she reviewed Board Books nominee …
REVIEW: Duck, Duck, Porcupine!
You’ve met (virtually, anyway) Jennifer Wharton, our category organizer for Elementary and Middle Grade Nonfiction. But have you visited her blog yet? If not, go check out Jean Little Library for a review of Easy Reader nominee Duck, Duck, Porcupine! by Salina Yoon. (You’ll also find tons of other book reviews from picture book to middle grade, and posts about …
REVIEW: What’s Up, Chuck?
Today’s blogger review comes via Sue Morris, a Round 1 panelist for Fiction Picture Books and blogger at Kid Lit Reviews. She prides herself on her thoughtful reviews of children’s books, from picture books on up through middle grade, and she is a writer and social worker as well as a kidlit enthusiast. Over the summer she reviewed Early Chapter …
Kidlitcon 2017 – Call for West Coast Hosts!
On behalf of the Kidlitcon 2016 organizing team, we all wanted to let you know that KidLitCon 2016 was a big success! We missed those of you who couldn’t be there. Everyone who attended enjoyed lots of facetime with favorite authors, terrific food, and abundant swag. Bonds were formed with fellow bloggers and kidlit enthusiasts. The halls echoed with laughter! …
REVIEW: The Bronze Key [Audiobook]
We are so excited to kick off our new Audiobooks category this year, and what better way to start up this season’s blogger reviews? Our very first review is from Round 1 Audiobooks panelist Jeanene Johnson, who blogs about audiobooks at Got My Book. She has all of her audiobook reviews sorted into lists by title, author, narrator, rating, and …
Nominations Notes and Wish Lists!
Public nominations are still open through October 15th–thanks to everyone who has nominated so far!! If you haven’t nominated books yet and are having trouble thinking of something that hasn’t already been nominated, then here are a few nominations wish lists of worthy titles collected by our organizers and panelists: MG/YA Nonfiction titles, from Round 1 panelist Kelly Jensen at …
KidLitCon 2016 Program Announced
Our friends at KidLitCon have announced the program for their 2016 conference in Wichita, which is being held on Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15 (for registration information, click here). The conference theme this year is Gatekeepers and Keymasters: Connecting bloggers, librarians, teachers, authors, and parents to promote literacy. Besides two awesome keynote speakers, award-winning authors A.S. King and Clare …
List Fun: Baseball Stories You (Probably) Didn’t Know
Take me out to the ballgame! Cybils supporter Annette Bay Pimentel, who blogs about picture books (as well as writing them), has put together another great list of Cybils titles for us. For kids who enjoy the crack of the bat, these books are sure to be a home run. Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. …
List Fun: Diverse Cybils Picture Book Finalists
Having served on my first Cybils committee this year, I can attest that a great deal of thought, discussion, and debate goes into narrowing down the finalists to the eventual winner. This experience has made me realize that finalists and winners of any award should be considered on nearly-equal footing. This Top 10 list was created not only to honor …