The Cybils is hitting the big time, guys. Well, really, I suppose it's a Cybils winner who's hitting the big time. Suzanne Collins, author of YA Fantasy & Science Fiction winner The Hunger Games, will be adapting her novel into a screenplay. In the press release announcing the acquisition deal is a synopsis of the novel and the accolades it's …
Not Just Another Blog
If you haven't yet visited Just One More Book, the online home of Non-Fiction Picture Books judging panelist Andrea Ross, then you're missing out on a fabulous resource. On JOMB, Andrea and her co-blogger Mark Blevis post podcasts three times a week, discussing children's books and interviewing authors. I'm not sure there's any other kidlitosphere site quite like it. In …
Kidlitosphere Resources
Ever wished you could find a list of kidlitosphere blogs all in one place, but didn't know where to find such a wondrous item? Well, look no more, because there are no fewer than FOUR (and probably more…) fabulous collections of kidlit links to help take you on a tour of children's and YA literature from the perspective of writers, …
Operation Teen Book Drop 2009
What are you doing on April 16, 2009? Maybe celebrating the fact that tax day has come and gone…but once you're done with that, you might want to take part in Operation TBD 2009, in honor of Support Teen Literature Day. As part of a group effort by readergirlz, GuysLitWire, YALSA, and publishers, teen patients in pediatric hospitals across the …
One Last Reviews Roundup
We really wanted to make sure that all of our winning titles were featured on the Cybils blog in some way–and we also wanted to plug just a few more of our wonderful, hardworking, blogging volunteers–so here's one last roundup of reviews of Cybils-winning titles that haven't yet been featured here on the main blog. Fantasy and Sci-Fi category organizer …
Updated Cybils Flyer Includes Winning Books
The final version of our printer-friendly flyer is here! In convenient, compact form, this document lists all of our 2008 shortlisted titles (without blurbs), and includes the winners in boldface type at the top of each category list. As before, the front page of the flyer includes a description of what the Cybils are all about, nomination instructions, important dates, …
More Graphic Cybils Love
Jack and Rapunzel of Cybils GN winner Rapunzel's Revenge–aka Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and Nathan Hale–have graced us with not just a fabulous page of comics ALL ABOUT US (click the comic to view larger), but have also said we're their favorite awards. Hooray! Looks like we're all in a celebratin' mood. Thanks, Shannon, Dean, and Nathan!
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Ain’t Nothing But a Man
Carol Wilcox of Carol's Corner is one of our nominating panelists for Middle Grade and Young Adult Non-Fiction, and throughout the whole process she's been blogging about some of her favorite nominees and writing detailed, thoughtful reviews. One of those reviews was of finalist title Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry, by Scott …
REVIEW: A Curse Dark As Gold
Miss Erin's blog has been a well-known corner of the kidlitosphere since January of 2006, and since then she's posted numerous excellent book reviews, author interviews, and other thoughts on writing and reading. She also happens to be one of the Postergirlz for Readergirlz, as well as our youngest Cybils judge. Recently, Miss Erin reviewed one of the finalists for …
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Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time
Andi, aka Cloudscome, describes herself as "a librarian posting about multiculti kid's books, poetry, knitting, my garden and gluten free cooking." She blogs at A Wrung Sponge, and she was also a nominating panelist for this year's Cybils Easy Readers category. Earlier this winter, Cloudscome reviewed a very wintry sort of book, finalist title Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet …