Multi-tasking Mary Ann is how she's introduced herself lately – but perhaps that's apt as we delve into the world of Book Apps that seem to do so many things at once. Mary Ann is a school librarian, mom to three, grad student and blogger. Each day she spreads a love of reading with 300 elementary students in Berkeley, CA …
Meet the Organizers: Liz Jones, Graphic Novels
Liz Jones has been involved with the Cybils since 2007… and always with graphics! Her blog at lizjonesbooks.livejournal.com has been suffering from neglect due to family health issues, but she's in pretty much constant reading mode behind the scenes! When she's not reading the year's new titles and figuring out who needs what on each committee, she's teaching writing to …
Timeless Artwork
View this photo Are you SO devoted to the Cybils that you want a logo without a year so that it is always in style and appropriate? Like a classic suit or little black dress, these logos are perfect for any situation. I'm thinking that a double chocolate sheet cake with a Cybils decal might just make my weekend. There's …
Meet the Organizers: Jen Robinson, Literary Evangelist
Jen Robinson is always on the lookout for great books. Throughout studying engineering in college and graduate school, she could often be found browsing the children's section of libraries and bookstores. She now works in the semiconductor industry, and reads and reviews children's and young adult books in her spare time. She also reads many picture books and early readers …
Meet the Organizers: Jackie Parker, YA Fiction
In this space you would normally be told a witty story about how young adult literature came to be important to Jackie and why she volunteers a significant portion of her life to the Cybils every year since its inception. But this year, Jackie is the mother of a three-month-old, her first, and really doesn't have time for clever bios. …
Meet the Organizers: Karen Yingling, MG Fiction
A middle aged, middle school librarian from the Midwest, I've been blogging since 2006 at Ms. Yingling Reads. I was on the Cybils' middle grade science fiction/fantasy panel in 2010, middle grade fiction panel in the 2011, and became the MG Fiction organizer last year. My next step is to use my evil minions and take over the world! Or …
Meet the Organizers: Anne Levy, Overlord
Our lovely Cybils Overlord and co-founder Anne Levy is known by many names: Cybils Sherpa, Cybils Editor, O Mighty One. Normally you can see her blog posts right here on the Cybils blog, but this year she's on a bit of a hiatus as her superhuman organizational skills are bent to the task of molding young minds as a 6th …
Meet the Organizers: Terry Doherty, Easy Readers/Early Chapter Books
To hear my 11-year-old tell it, I'm weird. I wear it as a badge of honor. Maybe its weird that I only read books for audiences under the age of 13 … but given the breadth and sincerity of the Kidlitosphere, I don't think so! For ten years – thanks to the generosity of authors and publishers – The Reading …
Meet the Organizers: Jone MacCulloch, Poetry
Jone contributes each Friday to the Poetry Friday community. She also interviews and features poets on a monthly basis. During the school year, she’s a teacher librarian and the rest of the time she’s either writing haiku and other poetry, or playing with her camera. Her passion for poetry is shared with her students and staff and on her two …
Meet the Organizers: Jennifer Wharton– Nonfiction Elementary/Middle Grade
Jennifer is excited to be chairing the newly revised Nonfiction Elementary/Middle- Grade category in her second year as a category chair. She has now been a Cybils panelist for four years and is continuing her plans to take over the book world one non-fiction title at a time. When not obsessively reading and reviewing for her two blogs, Jean Little …