Ellen Zschunke of the blog On the Shelf 4 Kids is today's featured reviewer. She's an elementary school librarian in Pennsylvania, and blogs not only about books (especially NFPB, where she's a Round 1 judge), but also about library projects and curriculum. Fun fact: She's also a coordinator for her school's TV studio! Recently, she reviewed Cybils nonfiction picture books …
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Caddy’s World by Hilary McKay
Ourintrepid Middle Grade Fiction category chair, Karen Yingling, is today's featured reviewer. She blogs at Ms. Yingling Reads, where she reviews books for middle school students (both MG and YA), particularly boys. Her reviews are helpfully divided into adventure, fantasy, historical, humor, and sports. Fun Fact: she's got a great list of websites about boy books, if you're looking for …
Cybils Panelist Update: YA SFF Blog
We love it when our Cybils panelists post about what it's like to volunteer as a judge. A couple of weeks ago, we linked to a post by Round 1 YA Fiction panelist William Polking about what it's really like behind the scenes. This week, we've got a post from YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi blog's Aurora Celeste about how being …
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Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks
Mama Librarian–aka Maggi Idzikowski–is a Cybils regular and a Round 1 panelist this year for Graphic Novels. She posts reviews on Goodreads as well as on her blog, where she and her kids rate books according to awesomeness, wordsmithing, personages, mesmerizitude, illustrations, and factfulness. Fun fact: She's also a member of The Newbery Project blog, which aims to read and …
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I’m Bored by Michael Ian Black
Rebecca Reid blogs, appropriately, at Rebecca Reads, and she's also a Round 1 judge for this year's Fiction Picture Books category. On her blog, she posts not only about children's literature from board books through young adult, but also nonfiction and classics. She also posts about homeschooling and other reader-ly topics. Fun fact: her favorite reads range from Winnie-the-Pooh to …
More Holiday Shopping Hints
Many, many of our bloggers provide lists of favorite books for your holiday shopping enjoyment, but in my opinion none is quite so much fun as MotherReader (and FPB category chair) Pam Coughlan's annual Ways to Give a Book list. This year, she's put up an updated list of 150 Ways to Give a Book with book recommendations paired with related gift …
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Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Today's review comes from Cybils regular Emma Carbone, of the wonderfully named blog Miss Print. She's a Round 2 judge for YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi, and on her blog she reviews various YA books as well as doing a weekly Chick Lit Wednesday post from a feminist perspective. Fun fact: she also loves making book lists, and has a number …
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Fly Guy #12: There’s a Fly Guy in My Soup by Tedd Arnold
Instantly Interruptible! It's a fab blog name, and it's where today's featured book review comes from, courtesy of Julie Azzam, a Round 2 judge for Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books. Her online home is "A Bookworm Mom's Blog about Parenting and Children's Books"–she's a mom, a lit Ph.D., and she posts a variety of reviews and interviews as well …
The Holidays Are Coming–Shop Cybils!
Psst! Hey! You! Have you been checking out our book review posts? Or our nominations lists? You might notice that every book has a link to Amazon. Because we're an Amazon affiliate, every purchase you make through a Cybils link means we get a dribble of cash to use for our prizes and other materials (like flyers and bookmarks). And …
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The Artifacts by Slap Happy Larry
Paula Willey of the blog Pink Me is a longtime blogger, Cybils regular, reviewer of apps for School Library Journal, public library employee, school library consultant, mom, and pink-haired science fan. On her blog, she reviews a wide range of titles, from picture books to YA, and she's particularly knowledgeable about nonfiction. Fun fact (besides the pink hair): she teaches …