Jackie has gotten to the point in her life where she no longer feels compelled to finish bad books. Because of this she finds awards and vetted booklists incredibly helpful. Especially if they come from a trustworthy source with an excellent record. Cybils is just that, and Jackie has been proud to have been involved since the inaugural year. A …

A lifelong reader, some of Stephanie’s most vivid memories from her childhood are centered around books–from volunteering in her middle school library, curling up with a great book on a rainy day and sharing books with her best friends at recess. Now as a tween and teen librarian, Stephanie gets to share her love of reading focusing on those in …

A middle aged, middle school librarian from the Midwest, I’ve been blogging since 2006 at Ms. Yingling Reads. When first hired at my school, I vowed to read every hard cover fiction book in the library so that it’s easier to get the right book for the right child at the right time. It was sad when I finished because …

Charlotte Taylor has been fan of fantasy since she was a toddler, and spent her childhood rejecting her sisters’ importunings to come play in favor of peaceful reading. She still spends as much time as possible reading (mostly middle grade speculative fiction, but other genres too, because she wants to read All the Things), but she is hampered her day job as a professional archaeologist, …

Jennifer has been involved with Cybils since 2009 and is excited to be chairing the Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction category for another year. When not obsessively reading and blogging at one of her many blogs, including Jean Little Library, she is the head of the youth services department for the Matheson Memorial Library in Elkhorn, WI. She has recently reorganized much of the library to make …

Jone  has been involved with the CYBILS since 2006.  She’s currently the chairperson of the poetry category.  Poetry is part of her everyday life especially in the K5 library where she teaches. Her students’ poems have appeared at “Check It Out”  These students also send poetry postcards to recipients throughout the world for National Poetry Month. Last year, Jone embarked …

Liz Jones has been part of Cybils graphics since 2007, and fully credits it for introducing her to the wonderful variety in graphic storytelling on the market, even though her local market doesn’t offer much in this category. She connects readers to graphics via the children’s lit class she teaches at the University of Pittsburgh, the students who attend art classes at her studio …

Telling you that I love books for young readers would come as no surprise to you. I can hear the chorus of “duhs” from here. But did you know that I thank my daughter every day for igniting this passion? It’s true. Fifteen years ago, I started building a library for my daughter’s nursery. Since coming home from the bookstore …

Katie Fitzgerald is a trained children’s librarian who has worked in small and large public libraries in upstate New York and Washington, DC. In addition to her blog, Story Time Secrets, which focuses on books, literacy activities, and library service for children and their families, she is also currently writing a book on story time for Rowman and Littlefield’s Practical …