Consider yourself warned: we are going back to ancient times with this week’s featured books. Well, at least to life in the world before the Internet. Mexikid is a graphic novel memoir that is a nostalgic road trip through the 1970s. Simon Sort of Says is set in a time where the internet exists, but Simon and his family move …
SpecFic Saturday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.18.2023
What do two of our judges say about today’s selections? That if if weren’t for being CYBILS Awards judges, they would not have discovered books they characterized as “gems” and “one of my favorite books of the year.” The authors and illustrators may be familiar to you – Eoin Colfer, Francis Hardinge, PJ Lynch – but their latest works are …
Fri-YA | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.17.23
Fiction with all the feels? It must be Fri-YA! Let’s go! Book summaries come from Goodreads. Click the book cover image to add it to your own TBR. YOUNG ADULT FICTION Gina @ G’s Reading Spree – You think the book can’t make you cry until you get to the author’s note 😭The things Heera sees and experiences are things …
Food, Family & Home: A Harvest of Books
Welcome to our #CYBILS2023 book feast! Today’s book list give a nod to Thanksgiving but more broadly embrace broader themes of family, sharing, and celebration. There are sweet picture books and savory novels. There are title foods and books about big emotions. Some served with a side of humor or fantasy, too. And, in what may be a CYBILS Awards …
Wee Ones Wednesday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.15.2023
This week’s featured books, though very different in subject, have a common thread: Acceptance. For yourself and of others. Book summaries come from Goodreads. Click the book cover image to add it to your own TBR. Board Book Sam @ Little Cub Literacy – “This book tackles an important—and sometimes tough—topic with little ones and get them to really be …
Nonfiction Tuesday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.14.2023
No historical events. No biographies. Today we’ve got some here-and-now, science-y nonfiction selections. Wild Maps for Curious Minds is a great option for readers who don’t feel the need (or want) to start on page 1. Odds are readers will take a similar approach to How It Happened! Sneakers. They’ll look for their favorite brand of shoe first, then settle …
Middle-Grade Monday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.13.2023
Book summaries come from Goodreads. Clicking the book cover will take you there, should you want to add the book to your TBR. Now that we have “all the books,” these lists will include nominees and submissions. If you’re looking for Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction, check out last Saturday’s post. ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE-GRADE GRAPHIC NOVEL Rachael @ Goodreads – Dan Santat is a …
SpecFic Saturday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.11.2023
Anyone else hear the “do-do-dew-do” Twilight-ish music when they look at that date? Phew. Glad I’m not alone. If the walls could talk … Well, apparently the walls at Crossroad House hide all the secrets of the Carrefour Curse and there is something quite creepy about the house Jo just inherited from her grandmother. Horror fans, the day is your. …
Poetry Friday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.10.2023
Happy Poetry Friday! Roses are red,violets are blue,these are the first poetry reviews for you. Last year, the CYBILS Awards piloted the idea of judging two “types” of poetry: collections and novels in verse (including nonfiction verse). We’re happy to announce that from here on out, we will be awarding two poetry books for each cycle. So let’s get going …
See Me Read Thursday | #CYBILS 2023 Book Reviews 11.9.2023
Easy readers and early chapter books are the bridge between listening to stories and taking off on one’s own adventures as an independent reader. The best ones offer new readers the chance to “model” the person who read picture books to them. They also create new opportunities to bond through reading aloud together. We’re kicking off our first See Me …