"I kept meaning to start a librarian blog," says YA nominating panelist Abby Johnson, of Abby (the) Librarian. "[A]nd then one day…I did. I started it as a way to join this great community of kid-lit loving librarians, teachers, authors, students, parents, etc." In addition to sharing information and insights about children’s library programs, she also posts book reviews that …
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Cesar Takes a Break
Travis Jonker, who blogs at 100 Scope Notes, is one of this year’s panelists for Fiction Picture Books. An elementary school librarian for the past three years, he posts children’s literature news and reviews, including old favorites as well as great new books; brief interviews with authors called "5 Questions;" and links of interest to children’s literature fans. In his …
Thanks for the thanks
(A few thank yous have come our way from 2007 winners. We’d thought you’d like to know) This one arrived stamped Par Avion from across the pond, handwritten from one of the "Artemis Fowl" writers in England. They won for Best Graphic Novel, Middle Grade: Dear Anne and all at blog.cybils.com: A big thank you from myself, Eoin, Giovanni, and …
The 2008 Nominations
The links below will take you to the full list of nominations in each genre. If you don’t see a book you suggested, it’s likely on another list. We did a little horse-swapping behind the scenes as some books didn’t quite fit the category where they’d been nominated. Please consider using these lists for your holiday shopping. Is it too …
2008 Nominations
Young Adult Novels
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea written by Valerie Zenatti Bloomsbury USA A La Carte written by Tanita S. Davis Random House Children’s Books Absolute Brightness written by James Lecesne HarperCollins After Tupac and D Foster written by Jacqueline Woodson Putnam Alive and Well in Prague, New York written by Daphne Grab HarperCollins Amor and Summer Secrets written by Diana …
2008 Nominations
Poetry
A Crossing of Zebras: Animal Packs in Poetry written by Marjorie Maddox illustrated by Philip Huber Boyds Mills Press Adventures of Isabel, The written by Ogden Nash illustrated by Bridget Taylor Jabberwocky/Sourcebooks America at War illustrated by Stephen Alcorn edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins Simon & Schuster Animal Poems of the Iguazu/Animalario del Iguazu written by Francisco X. Alarcon illustrated …
2008 Nominations
Non-Fiction Picture Books
“Mrs. Riley Bought Five Itchy Aardvarks” and Other Painless Tricks for Memorizing Science Facts written by Brian P. Cleary illustrated by J. P. Sandy Millbrook Press A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero written and illustrated by Gina Capaldi Carolrhoda Books A Den is a Bed for Bear written and illustrated by Becky …
2008 Nominations: Non-Fiction MG/YA Books
11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System written by David Aguilar National Geographic Children’s Books Afghan Dreams: Young Voices of Afghanistan written by Tony O’Brien Bloomsbury USA Ain’t Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry written by Scott Reynolds Nelson National Geographic Children’s Books Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself written …
2008 Nominations
Middle Grade Novels
10 Lucky Things That Have Happened to Me Since I Nearly Got Hit by Lightning written by Mary Hershey Wendy Lamb Books 42 Miles written by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer Clarion Books A Thousand Never Evers written by Shana Burg Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers Acadian Star written by Helene Boudreau Nimbus Alexandria of Africa written by Eric Walters Doubleday …
2008 Nominations
Graphic Novels (Young Adult)
A Christmas Carol: Classical Comics written by Charles Dickens illustrated by Mike Collins Classical Comics, Ltd Apocalipstix vol. 1 written and illustrated by Ray Fawkes and Cameron Stewart Oni Press Emiko Superstar written by Mariko Tamaki illustrated by Steve Ralston Minx Frankenstein: Classical Comics written by Mary Shelley illustrated by Declan Shalvey Classical Comics, Ltd Jane Eyre (Classical Comics) written …