Today's featured review comes from another Cybils returnee, Danielle Smith, who blogs at There's A Book. A reader, a writer, and a mom of two kids, Danielle is a Round 1 judge for Fiction Picture Books, and at her blog, she's always got something kidlit-related going, from reviews to interviews to giveaways. Fun Fact: Her very first favorite book as …
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Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities by Mike Jung
Cybils veteran Melissa Fox of Book Nut is today's featured blogger, and this year she's a Round 1 panelist for Middle-Grade Fantasy and Sci-Fi. She's a bookseller in Kansas who reviews primarily MG and YA fiction and SFF, with the occasional nonfiction book, adult read, or graphic novel thrown in. Fun Fact: she also contributes to a YA blog called …
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Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay
Jeff Barger of NC Teacher Stuff–a Round 1 judge for Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books–is today's featured blogger. He's a second grade teacher and returnee to the Cybils, and on his blog, he provides links, reviews, and other resources for classroom teachers. Fun fact: His blog sidebar has a ton of lists of online learning tools for math, science, …
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Pete’s Robot by Heartdrive Media LLC
Carisa Kluver, a Round 1 judge for Book Apps, writes reviews of book apps for Digital Storytime and Digital Media Diet, where she serves up thoughtful opinions on how we can best provide a balanced digital media diet for our kids. Fun Fact: Carisa and her husband have developed many smartphone apps of their own, mostly finance apps for Android. …
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The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder
Our review for the day comes from Round 1 YA judge Clementine Bojangles, of the fabulously named blog Early Nerd Special, where she posts about books, movies, TV shows, and pop culture. Fun Fact: She also has a Sweet Valley High blog headlined A Critical Analysis of Sweet Valley's Most Famous Twins. Earlier this year, she reviewed YA Fiction nominee …
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I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus by Jack Prelutsky
Mary Lee Hahn is a longtime Cybils judge, along with her co-blogger at A Year of Reading, Franki Sibberson. Mary Lee's a teacher, author of Reconsidering Read-Aloud, and, dare I say it, a Kidlitosphere fixture, especially when it comes to Poetry Friday. Fun Fact: her blog has an exhaustive list not only of other great kidlit blogs, but also teacher/librarian …
Cybils Updates
Cybils sends our best wishes to those of you (and those of us!) who were inundated by Hurricane Sandy over the past several days. We hope you all stayed warm, safe, and dry. Due to the wild weather, we're a little bit behind in making our contacts with publishers (many of whom have offices in the disaster zone), but we're …
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A Leaf Can Be… by Laura Purdie Salas
Today's featured review comes from our new NFPB category organizer, Jennifer Wharton, who blogs at Jean Little Library. You can read all about her in her Cybils bio, but I'll still provide you with a Fun Fact: She also keeps a blog called Storytime Extras, where she posts all the fun songs and activities she uses during library storytime. Since …
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The Fairy Ring: Or Elsie and Frances Fool the World by Mary Losure
Amelia Yunker of Challenging the Bookworm provides our featured review for the day. Amelia is actually a Round 2 judge for MG Fantasy and Sci-Fi, but as the Head of Children's and Young Adult Services at a library, she reads widely and blogs about everything from children's books to young adult literature and grown-up books. Fun fact: her blog tags …
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The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani
Today's featured review comes from Ali Breidenstein, a Round 1 Judge for Middle Grade Fiction who posts at Literary Lunchbox. She reviews a wide range of books from picture books through young adult novels, as well as participating in various blog challenges. Fun fact: One of her favorite books is Island of the Blue Dolphins. Another book she enjoyed was …