Category Description: Elementary/Juvenile Non-Fiction

  Kids are curious about the world around them and nonfiction is the perfect way to introduce them to that amazing world. History? Biography? Art? Science? Math? Animals? Sports? It’s all here and more besides! We love text and illustrations or photographs that will wow kids and adults alike and topics so fascinating that kids will want to go digging …

Category Description: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books

The Easy Reader / Early Chapter Book category of the Cybils covers the whole spectrum of titles for early elementary kids who are learning to read, from the very basic books for emergent readers to longer, illustrated titles for kids who are not quite ready for novels. What we’re looking for in easy reader nominations are leveled readers with controlled …

Category Description: Board Books

Just say the phrase “board book” and you’re bound to hear an “awww” or a “that’s so cute!” It happens in my house all the time (even with the teenager)! We share these books with our youngest readers to be. These are our child’s first stories – at playtime, before nap, and as bedtime stories. Opening a board book to …

Category Description: Fiction Picture Books

Colorful. Beautiful. Funny. Poignant. Amazing. Pick your word. These are the stories – with and without words – that can capture our hearts and mind, whether we are two or 92! Fiction Picture Books are a show and tell art form. They introduce young readers to their worlds, present and past; take us on fantastic journeys, real and imagined; offer …

Cybils 2016: Young Adult Speculative Fiction Judges

Round 1 Sheila Ruth Wands and Worlds @sheilaruth Karen Jensen Teen Librarian Toolbox @tlt16   Guinevere Thomas Twinja Book Reviews  @dos_twinjas   Maureen Eichner By Singing Light @elvenjaneite   Sondra Eklund Sonderbooks @Sonderbooks   Gary Anderson What’s Not Wrong? @AndersonGL Tanita Davis Finding Wonderland @tanita_s_davis Round 2 Kim Aippersbach Dead Houseplants     Pam Margolis An Unconventional Librarian @Pamlovesbooks   …

Cybils 2016: YA Fiction Judges

Round 1Kim BacciellaSi, Se Puede@ixtumea Jenni FrenchamFrom the Biblio Files @jennifrencham Rose GarrettThe Spirited Librarian@roseinglis Kelly HagerKellyVision@khager Jennifer HubbsLost in a Great Book@lostingreatbook William PolkingGuys Lit Wire@polking Melissa WileyHere in the Bonny Glen@melissawiley Round 2Stormy Campbell Book.Blog.Bake.@stormydawnc Jessica HollandTales Between the Pages@JessicaTBTP Maureen KearneyConfessions of a Bibliovore@mosylu Amanda MacGregorTeen Librarian Toolbox@CiteSomething Laura ShovanLaura Shovan@LauraShovan

Cybils 2016: Middle Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction Judges

Round 1 Jennie Rothschild Biblio File @kidsilkhaze   Karen Ball Mrs. B’s Favorites @batgirl_books   Kelly Jensen Stacked @veronikellymars   Jen Naughton Viking Academy @Viking_Academy   Julie Williams Reading By the Pond @JulieWilliams89   Round 2 Rebecca J. Allen The Winged Pen @RebeccaJ_Allen   Wendy Gassaway Falconer’s Library @WendyGassaway   Sussu Leclerc A Novel Without Further Ado @bookriders1   Thomas …

Cybils 2016: Audiobooks Judges

Round 1Stephanie CharlefourLove Life Read @scharle4 Alyssa FellerThe Shady Glade Jeanene JohnsonGot My Book @gotmybookblog Katy KrampA Library Mama@alibrarymama Maren OstergardKing County Library System@mycornerwindow Round 2Tamara FordShelf Addiction@ShelfAddiction Melissa FoxThe Book Nut@book_nut Adrienne GillespieBooks and Bassets@adrienneelva Joella PetersonCinjella@cinjoella Nancy TandonNancy Tandon@nancytandon

Cybils 2016: Graphic Novels Judges

Round 1Alexandra Cenni  For the Sake of Reading@PRationality Amy Estersohn No Flying No Tights@HMX_MSE Alysa Stewart Everead@everead Benedict Hutchinson A Goblin Reviews Graphic Novels Liz JonesLizjonesbooks@lizjonesbooks Round 2Earl DizonThe Chronicles Of A Children’s Book Writer@ea12l Sarah Stevenson  Finding Wonderland@aquafortis Angel Cruz   Mermaid Vision Books@angelcwrites Allie Jones    In Bed with Books@wearedevilcow Kim Francisco Stacked@kimberlymarief

Cybils 2016 Poetry Judges

Round 1 Joy Acey Poetry for Kids Carol WilcoxCarol W’s Corner@carwilc Linda BaieTeacher Dance@LBaie Sylvia VardellPoetry for Children@SylviaVardell Kortney GarrisonOne Deep Drawer@onedeepdrawer Jone Rush MacCullochCheck It Out@JoneMac53 Tricia Stohr-HuntThe Miss Rumphius Effect@missrumphius Round 2 Margaret SimonReflections on the Teche@MargaretGSimon Diane MayrKurious Kitty’s Kurio Kabinet@terseverser Katharine ManningKid Book List@SuperKate Amy UptainHope Is the Word@HopetheWordBlog Nancy Bo FloodThe Pirate Tree@nancyboflood