Interview with MiniLab, Creators of Professor Astro Cat’s Solar System

First off, congrats! We adored Professor Astro Cat’s Solar System. Can you tell us a bit about how you came up with the idea for the app? Did one person take the lead, or was this a team effort? Thank you, we were so delighted to win a Cybils! The whole Professor Astro Cat story began with the book, Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers …

Would You Like to Help Contribute to the Cybils Blog?

You would?  Terrific!  We had such a good time with the book lists that were submitted last year, that we would like to run the feature again.  We will begin in March, running posts once a week through the summer.  What we need from you is a themed list (you can always follow the link to last year’s posts to …

The 2015 Winners: What’s Being Said

One of our favorite things is seeing all the happy people on Twitter after the Cybils announcements. Here’s a sampling of the love that’s been pouring out the past couple of days.  Thank you so very much, @cybils committee. I am beyond honored. I'm just so thrilled, thank you! — Nova Ren Suma (@novaren) February 14, 2016 @JanaTheTeacher @JonArNoMore @cybils …

The 2015 Cybils WINNERS!

Happy Cybils Day! As always, we want to thank all our judges for their reading, discussing, and ultimately deciding on our fantastic winners. And to our organizers who rose to the challenge of wrangling said judges, making sure everything ran smoothly, on top of everything else that was going on in life. (Life, it does get in the way of …

Are you Ready??

For the announcement of the Cybils winners? We know we are! (Ready, that is. And definitely excited!) Stay tuned for the BIG announcement tomorrow. We can’t wait to share these terrific books with you! 

Cybils at the ALA Youth Media Awards

I’m pretty sure you (like me) sat next to your computer (or maybe you were lucky and got to be at ALA Midwinter in Boston?) and eagerly listened to/watched the announcements of this year’s ALA Youth Media awards yesterday. It was exciting, and definitely full of surprises! As I watched the livestream, I couldn’t help but wonder how many of the books …

The 2015 Cybils Finalists: The Ones That Got Away

Perhaps the most difficult thing about being a Round 1 judge is letting go of  your own personal favorites in order to create a finalist list. It’s a good thing: working with a panel means you get a variety of books for a diverse group of readers rather than, say, All The Books Blogger X Likes. But, there are just so many good …

The 2015 Finalists: What’s Being Said, Part 3

Over the past week, more love for the Cybils finalists have come in. Here’s a sampling of our favorites! https://t.co/DOu9IxYyDC CYBILS Finalist List. So thrilled to see Picture Perfect here. pic.twitter.com/CXuSlvA072 — Jacqueline Jules (@jacquelinejules) January 3, 2016 Hooray! So happy to see SOFIA on this list @Kimdraws. Also, RANGER! @KateMessner @literaticat https://t.co/ykqsb36s0z — Kelly Sonnack (@KSonnack) January 3, 2016 …

The 2015 Finalists: What’s Being Said, Part 2

@yainterrobang @cybils @courtney_s Aaahhhhhhhhh! So thrilled, and for ALL THE RAGE too! Thank you! — Nova Ren Suma (@novaren) January 1, 2016 @YAReviewNet @cybils @courtney_s @andimJULIE @thejuby @tamaraistone @ElanaKArnold Wow!! I'm so honored!! Thank youuu!! — Nicola Yoon (@NicolaYoon) January 1, 2016 Cuckoo Song is one of the finalists for the elementary/middle grade speculative fiction category of the #cybils! https://t.co/vICHpCFZqV …