If you're looking for in-depth and thoughtful reviews of children's books, you'll want to check out the blog 100 Scope Notes, the online home of Fiction Picture Books nominating panelist Travis Jonker. He's an elementary school librarian, and about his blog name, he says "Scope notes help to clarify the meaning of a term or instruct on its usage. 100 …
Review….Haiku??
Today’s review of the day is actually several reviews by the same blogger, Emily Mitchell of Emily Reads, who sometimes reviews books in…haiku. Yep, that’s right–three-line, pithy, sometimes funny, sometimes truly gorgeous poems about books, including some of our Cybils finalists for 2008. Though Emily’s technically a judging panelist for Non-Fiction Picture Books, her review haiku cover a range of …
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Life Sucks
Gail Gauthier is the author of several books for children and middle-grade readers, but she's also a blogger at Original Content, where she writes thoughtfully on a number of writing-related topics as well as posting reviews. She's been doing it since…get ready…2002! Wow. This year, Gail is on our Graphic Novels judging panel. Recently, Gail reviewed a finalist for the …
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Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
Jackie Parker of Interactive Reader has been in the kidlitosphere since way back in 2005! That means oodles of reviews, author interviews, and YA book news from a knowledgeable source–Jackie is a Teen Librarian in the Seattle area, and she loves being able to share quality books with teens as part of her job. She's also our category organizer for …
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
Alysa Stewart, one of our nominating panelists for Middle Grade Fiction this year, contributes to Everead. Simply described as "a book blog," this site brings together the words of wisdom of a couple of book lovers who enjoy talking kids' books as well as sharing news, quotes, interviews, contests, and other tidbits. One of the reviews featured on Alysa's blog …
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Imaginary Menagerie: A Book of Curious Creatures
Kelly Fineman, our hardworking category organizer for Poetry this year, posts her thoughts about poetry, children's writing, and other kidlit topics on her blog, Writing and Ruminating. A poet herself, she is, of course, a regular participant in Poetry Friday. During one of her Poetry Friday posts, she featured all kinds of books featuring bird-related poetry, including one of this …
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Savvy by Ingrid Law
Oh, those wonderful 7-Imps! Jules and Eisha of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast have some of the coolest interviews and most in-depth reviews around. I know I speak for many of us around the kidlitosphere in saying that I feel like they're my blogging soul sisters; moreover, they've been an integral part of the Cybils from way back when in …
Updated Cybils Flyer!
We've updated our double-sided Cybils flyer with the 2008 shortlists, so you can get the latest information out to your nearest libraries, schools, bookstores and eager readers. As always, we thank you all for your help in spreading the word! As before, the front page of the flyer includes a description of what the Cybils are all about, nomination instructions, …
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Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig
If you haven't yet visited The Reading Tub, where Easy Readers panelist Terry Doherty is a blogger, then you're missing out on a wealth of reviews, interviews, and extensive book lists organized by age, reading level, and topic–including books for fans of Harry Potter. There's something for every young reader, from babies to teens. One of our Cybils finalists in …
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Chiggers by Hope Larson
You might remember Stacy Dillon from past years on the Cybils, but you also might be familiar with her blog, Welcome to My Tweendom, where she posts about books for kids and young adults, or Booktopia, where she recommends all sorts of books. This year, she's on the judging panel for the Graphic Novels category. One of Stacy's reviews on …