Round 1 Debbie Tanner The Book Search Twitter: @imtanner2 Brenda Tjaden Log Cabin Library Twitter: @logcabinlibrary Valinora Troy Valinora Troy Twitter: @ValinoraW Katy Kramp alibrarymama Twitter: @alibrarymama Instagram: @alibrarymama Jennifer Miller Raise Them Righteous Twitter: @jlmiller516 Charlotte Taylor Charlotte’s Library Twitter: @charlotteslib Elakya Thirumoorthy Goodreads Round 2 Jenna Grose Falling Letters Twitter: @fallingletters Stacy Mozer It’s All About the Journey …
2021 Panelists and Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction
Round 1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books Twitter: @SandyBrehl and @PBWorkshop Instagram: @sandybrehl Genevieve Ford Goodreads Twitter: @genevieveford1 Kelly Karsner-Clarke Kidlit Underground Twitter: @kellylkc Instagram: @kidlitunderground Mary Duffy Just Read Journal Instagram: @JustReadJournal Susan Dobrodt Goodreads Twitter: @redcanoereader Instagram: @redcanoereader Heidi Grange Geo Librarian Twitter: @GeoLibrarian Reshama Deshmukh Stacking Books Twitter: @Stackingbks Instagram: @Stackingbks Round …
2021 Judges and Panelists: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books
Round 1 Pamela Thompson McLeod Books by Pamela Thompson Twitter: @MostlyMcLeod Claire Noland A Field Trip Life Twitter: @claire_noland Instagram: @clairesfieldtriplife Pam Jones-Nill Pam Jones-Nill Children’s Author Twitter: @pjonesnill Sheri Howard Lobit Library Newsletter Brooke Freebairn Brooke Freebairn Twitter: @thebrookelist Instagram: @thebrookelist Round 2 Benji Martin Elementary School Library Twitter: @MrBenjiMartin Instagram: @MrBenjiMartin Laura Trapp Trapped Librarian Twitter: @ltrapp13 Instagram: @thetrappedlibrarian …
2021 Panelists and Judges: Fiction Picture Books
Round 1 Kirsti Call Kirsti Call, Children’s Book Author/ ReFoReMo Goodreads Twitter: @kirsticall Instagram: @kirsticall Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking Twitter: @BlueSockGirl Instagram: @BluestockingThinking Deb Nance Readerbuzz Goodreads Twitter: @debnance Instagram: @debnance Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground Twitter: @Literally_Lynne Sam Richardson Little Cub Literacy Twitter: @lilcubliteracy Instagram: @littlecubliteracy Maggi Rohde Goodreads Twitter: @mama_librarian Aimee Smith Keep a Book About Twitter: …
NEW YA Speculative Fiction Chair: Jenna Ehler
Jenna Ehler was that kid who was constantly in the library or reading at home, or even getting in trouble at school for reading under the desk instead of paying attention! She grew up in a small town and spent many hours in her local library, which turned into her first library job as a shelver at age sixteen. After …
NEW High School NonFiction Chair: Beth Mitcham
Beth Mitcham was a special case. Her junior high librarians ruled that for weeding purposes, she did not count towards a book’s check-out statistics, because she had read all the books. This love of reading continued through her college career, where she continued to search out public libraries because those college institutions just weren’t enough. She never stopped reading children’s …
NEW Graphic Novels Chair: Kristen Harvey
Kristen Harvey is an elementary school Library Media Specialist in the suburbs of Chicago and has worked with diverse populations for over 10 years. From a young age, she dreamed of becoming a librarian and while training to become a teacher in college she spent her time working in a variety of public and college libraries. For several years she …
Introducing Our New Chairs
That makes it sound like we actually got some furniture in this place, doesn’t it? Actually, we have three new category organizers, and I think it would be good to introduce them to y’all. Their individual posts will run shortly. If you haven’t gone to check out our entire organizing team (there has been a bit of shuffling around this …
In Memorium: Teri Lessene
We here at Cybils are saddened to learn of the death of Teri Lesesne, @librarynana. As well as being a professional colleague and personal friend to many of us, Teri brought her enthusiasm and knowledge of children’s books to the Cybils Awards, serving as a panelist for many years. Her family has asked that donations be made in honor of …
Now Read This! #Cybils2021 Needs You
As we mentioned in our last post, what powers the CYBILS Awards is a passion to engage kids and teens with amazing books that have just the right balance of literary merit and kid appeal. By extension, that means igniting the spark that creates a love of reading. Easy Readers and Early Chapter books are the stories that bring the …