Publishers, authors, publicists, and others connected with a book have until this Sunday, October 25, to submit titles for consideration by the judges for the 2015 Cybils Awards. You may submit up to 10% (rounded) of the children’s/YA books you published during our eligibility year of October 16, 2014 to October 15, 2015. If you published fewer than 10 titles, you …
REVIEW: Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France
Roberta Gibson, Round 1 judge for Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction, brings us our review of the day, from her children’s lit blog Wrapped in Foil. She focuses primarily on children’s and YA nonfiction, and has an interest in both biographies and STEM titles–both of which could describe EMNF nominee Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France …
REVIEW: Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly
Today’s review comes from Sonderbooks, the online home of Sondra Eklund, one of our Round 1 judges this year for Fiction Picture Books and longtime Cybils participant. She posts a wide range of reviews from picture books to books for grown-ups, and one of her reviews earlier this year described Easy Readers nominee Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly by …
REVIEW: Metamorphabet
Welcome to the first featured blog review of the 2015 Cybils Awards contest! We’re starting right at the top of the list of categories with a Book App called Metamorphabet, reviewed by Round 1 Book Apps judge Jill Goodman. Jill is an academic and a veteran explorer in the world of book apps, and she blogs at appoLearning, now known …
2015 Nominations Are Closed
Nominations for 2015 have now ended. A big thank you to everyone who nominated! Our dedicated judges are already hard at work reading the nominated titles. Finalists will be announced January 1. If you’d like to follow along, you can subscribe to our newsletter. We are now accepting submissions from authors, illustrators, publishers, and publicists. You can find the publisher/author …
Last Call for Nominations!
Public nominations end today, and so you have one last chance to nominate books for this year’s Cybils award. Your favorite book already nominated? We have lots of suggestions of books we’d like to see. We hope you’ve nominated! For some suggestions, check out the following posts: Wands and Worlds Ms. Yingling Reads Charlotte’s Library Si, Se Puede Bibliofile …
On Diverse Books for Kids, Agendas, and More
Here at the Cybils, one of our primary goals has always been to promote a diverse range of books for kids and young adults—books that are both high-quality and high-enjoyment. Kids need to see representations of themselves in books, and it’s just as important for them to see authentic representations of people NOT like themselves. As author Mitali Perkins put …
Need a Nomination Suggestion?
We are about halfway through the nominating period, and the judges and organizers have come up with lists of great books that we’d really love to see nominated. If you haven’t put your two cents in on the nominating form, please consider using one of these suggestions. From Stacked Books, a list of YA Speculative Fiction A list of fiction picture …
The 2015 Cybils are OPEN!
Welcome to the TENTH annual Cybils awards! The nominations are now open! Some quick reminders: First off, be sure to check out our category descriptions. If you don’t know where the book should go, please read through the descriptions to help you decide. If you’re still not quite sure, make your best guess, and we can straighten things out behind the scenes. Take a minute …
2015 Nominations: Book Apps
Please view the full blog post to see a list of all 2015 nominated books in the Book Apps category.