Round 1: Sarah Sammis Puss Reboots @pussreboots Julie Williams Reading by the Pond @juliewilliams89 Jill Lurie The OWL @justkeepreading Beth Mitchell Imaginary Friends Brenda Kahn Prose and Kahn Debbie Tanner The Book Search @imtanner2 Shannon Griffin Picture Books to YA Round 2: Jamie Dieterle The Never-ending TBR @Neverending_TBR Pam Margolis An Unconventional Librarian @Pamlovesbooks A.J. Sterkel Read All the Things! …
Cybils 2018: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Judges
Round 1: Kristen Harvey The Book Monsters @bookgoil Jenni Frencham From the Biblio Files @jennifrencham Brenda Tjaden Log Cabin Library @logcabinlibrary Beth Mitcham Library Chicken @MitchamBeth Katy Kramp alibrarymama @alibrarymama Sherry Early Semicolon @semicolonblog Cherly Vanatti Reading Rumpus @Tasses Round 2: Stacy Mozer It’s All About the Journey Rosemary Kiladitis MomRead It @roesolo …
Cybils 2018: Elementary/Middle Grade Non-Fiction Judges
Round 1: Reshama Deshmukh Stacking Books @stackingbks Ellen Zschunke On the Shelf 4 Kids @ontheshelf4kids Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground @Literally_Lynne Jennifer Dieleman Picture Books 4 Learning @jensbooktalk Irene Latham (confirmed) Love Your Poem @irene_latham Elisa Bergslien Leopards and Dragons @DNAPL Roberta Gibson Wrapped in Foil @RobertaGibson Round 2: Megan Guderian Alohamora: Open a book Alyson Beecher Kid …
Cybils 2018: Easy Reader and Early Chapter Book Judges
Round 1 Kimberly Moran WeAreTeachers Jennifer Miller Raise Them Righteous @jlmiller516 Claire Noland A Field Trip Life @claire_noland Sarah Bean Thompson Green Bean Teen Queen @greenbeanreads Jennifer Wharton Jean Little Library Round 2 Lauren Bercuson Happily Ever Elephants @KidLitLauren Heidi Fiedler Barnes & Noble Reads @HeidiFiedler Eileen Manes Pickle Corn Jam @PickleCornJam Miranda Rosbach My Bookbloom @bookbloom …
Cybils 2018: Board Book and Fiction Picture Judges
Round 1: Sandy Brehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books and The Storied Past @pbworkshop and @SandyBrehl Kirsti Call ReFoReMo/Writer’s Rumpus @kirsticall Ami Jones A Mom’s Spare Time Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking @BlueSockGirl Dawn Mooney 5 Minutes for Books @mteblogmama Deb Nance Readerbuzz @debnance Mia Wenjen PragmaticMom @pragmaticmom Round 2: Alex …
Judges Announced Tomorrow!
We’re all set and ready for the first of our big reveals here at the Cybils: the panelists and judges! The announcements will start rolling out TOMORROW (Sept 18th) beginning at 9:30 a.m. and go every 15 minutes until all categories are announced. We have a GREAT group of people this year, and we’re excited to let you all know …
Meet the 2018 Organizers: William Polking, Young Adult Fiction
William’s path was set when he asked his third-grade teacher if he could move his desk by the window in order to continue reading during a power outage. A first-round panelist in this category consistently in the recent past, William teaches a ninth-grade reading class based entirely on student choice, a college composition class, a media literacy class, and a …
Meet the 2018 Organizers: Pam Margolis, Young Adult Speculative Fiction
Pam’s been an avid reader all of her life. In fact, she was probably in line for a book when they handed out map skills. Growing up she loved the classics but now that she’s a grown up she has learned to love all genres of books, especially books for kids and teens. Her passion is helping kids find books …
Meet the 2018 Organizers: Jennie Rothschild, Junior/Senior High Nonfiction
Jennie is returning to the CYBILS for the 8th time in her beloved Nonfiction category. She’s been a panelist and a judge and an organizer. A former youth services librarian and branch manager, she’s now a collection development librarian specializing in early literacy and readers advisory. On years when she hasn’t been doing CYBILS, she’s been on the YALSA Award …
Meet the 2018 Organizers: Bridget Wilson, Poetry
Bridget discovered children’s poetry while taking a children’s literature class in college. It was love at first read. As a youth services librarian, she loves sharing poetry with kids at her libraries. Bridget has served as a Round 1 Panelist for Poetry three times and as a Round 1 Panelist for Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction once. Bridget blogs intermittently at What …