Round 1 Charlotte Taylor @charlotteslib Charlotte’s Library Brenda Tjaden @LogCabinLibrary Log Cabin Library Melissa Fox @book_nut Book Nut Kristen Harvey @bookgoil The Book Monsters Stephanie Whelan @TesseractViews Views from the Tesseract Annamaria Anderson @bookstogether Books Together Katy Kramp @alibrarymama alibrarymama Round 2 Kim Aippersbach Dead Houseplants Hayley Beale @bibliobritish bibliobrit Heidi Grange @GeoLibrarian GeoLibrarian Guinevere Thomas @aravere Twinja Book Reviews …
2015 Middle Grade Fiction Judges
Round 1 Michael Gettel-Gilmartin @MGMafioso Middle Grade Mafioso Pamela Groseclose Tween You & Me Brandy Painter @brandymuses Random Musings of a Bibliophile Sarah Sammis @pussreboots Puss Reboots Debbie Tanner @imtanner2 The Booksearch Libertad Thomas @afrocubansista Twinja Book Reviews Julie Williams @juliewilliams89 Reading by the Pond Round 2 Alex Baugh @randomlyreading Randomly Reading …
2015 Elementary/Middle Grade Non-Fiction Judges
Round 1 Ellen Zschunke @ontheshelf4kids On the Shelf 4 Kids Bridget R. Wilson @bridgetrwilson What is Bridget Reading? Amy Broadmoore @delightchildbks Delightful Children’s Books Elisa Bergslien @DNAPL Leopards and Dragons Roberta Gibson @RobertaGibson Wrapped in Foil Reshama Deshmukh @stackingbks Stacking Books Laura Arnhold @literacious Literacious Round 2 Alyson Beecher @alybee930 Kid Lit Frenzy Julie …
2015 Book Apps Judges
Round 1 Emily Lloyd @poesygalore Little eLit Jennifer Vincent @mentortexts Teach Mentor Texts Sarah Towle @TowleSarah Sarah Towle: History Turned On Jill Goodman @queenofappland appoLearning Cathy Potter @cppotter The Nonfiction Detectives Round 2 Jason Boog @Jasonboog Born Reading Carrie Waterson @indyplkids Ready to Read Stephanie Charlefour @scharle4 Love Life Read Erin Warzala @fallingflannel Falling Flannelboards Jodie Rodriguez @growingbbb Growing Book …
2015 Easy Reader/Early Chapter Judges
Round 1 Katie Fitzgerald @mrskatiefitz Story Time Secret Juliana Lee @JulianaLeeWrite Juliana Lee, Crafting Stories Susan Murray @semurray From Tots to Teens Mia Wenjen @PragmaticMom Pragmatic Mom Jennifer Wharton Jean Little Library Round 2 Emily Andrus @literaryhoots Literary Hoots Freya Hooper @onegreatbook One Great Book Amy Johnson @sunlitpages Sunlit Pages …
2015 Fiction Picture Book Judges
First Round Sandy Brehl @pbworkshop and @SandytBrehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books Carrie Charley Brown @carriebrowntx Carrie On…Together and ReFoReMo: Reading for Research Hannah De Camp @hrdreads Hannah de Camp Jodell Sadler @PacingStory2WOW and @KidLitCollege Kidlit College.com | Picture Book Lunch Sondra Eklund @Sonderbooks Sonder Books Maggi Rohde @mama_librarian Mama Librarian Deb Nance@debnanceReaderbuzz Second Round …
Introducing our 2015 Judges
Every year, for the past 10 years, we’ve sent out a call for people who are willing to devote their time and their passion for children’s literature to come up with the best, most kid-friendly books. Every year, you all surprise us with that willingness and passion. It’s pretty amazing. Over the next few hours, we will announce this year’s …
Judges Announced Tomorrow!
Just a little teaser posts to say that the listings of our wonderful panelists and judges for the 2015 Cybils will start rolling out at 9:30 a.m. PDT tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Featured Blogger: Paula Willey
Our featured blogger this month is Paula Willey, as nominated by Sheila Ruth. Sheila writes, “Paula has been a Cybils judge in several different categories, going back at least to 2008, and has always been a cheerleader for Cybils and all things kidlit. Her blog posts are fun and a joy to read; she writes in a distinctive voice, and …
Applications Are Now Closed
We want to stop and give a huge THANK YOU to all who applied; without you there would be no Cybils. Those who have been accepted onto panels will soon be contacted by the category chair. And then you have a short break before the work begins after October 1 (or if you’re ambitious, you can start pre-reading, based on …