Middle grade fiction is realistic fiction for pre-teen readers ranging in age from 8 to 12 with protagonists who are around the same age as the reader. These characters are beginning to be more aware of the wider world around them, as well as changes in themselves and their friends as they begin to mature. Pre-teen characters are dealing with …
2020 Category Description: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books
The Easy Reader / Early Chapter Book category of the Cybils covers the whole spectrum of titles for early elementary kids who are learning to read, from the very basic books for emergent readers to longer, illustrated titles for kids who are not quite ready for novels. What we’re looking for in easy reader nominations are leveled readers with controlled …
2020 Category Description: Fiction Picture Books
Colorful. Beautiful. Funny. Poignant. Amazing. Pick your word. These are the stories – with and without words – that can capture our hearts and mind, whether we are two or 92! Fiction Picture Books are a show and tell art form. They introduce young readers to their worlds, present and past; take us on fantastic journeys, real and imagined; offer …
2020 Cybils Judges: Young Adult Fiction/Speculative Fiction
Round 1 Jennifer Naughton The Bookish Society Goodreads Twitter @bookishsociety Instagram @bookish_society Sondra Eklund Sonderbooks Twitter: @Sonderbooks Gary Anderson What’s Not Wrong? Twitter @AndersonGL Instagram @glanderson Jenna Ehler West Des Moines Public Library Twitter @wdmlibraryteen Grace Barker Grace Gets Books Twitter @gracegetsbooks Instagram @gracegetsbooks Sarah Cook Sarah the Story Girl Youtube Channel Instagram @sarahthestorygirl Rine Karr rinekarr.com Twitter @rinekarr Instagram …
2020 Cybils Judges: Nonfiction
Round 1 Rachael Fryman Rachel Fryman Goodreads YouTube Channel Twitter @RachaelFryman Instagram @RachaelFryman Christy Mihaly GROG Goodreads Twitter @CMwriter4kids Instagram @christymihaly Jennifer Miller Raise Them Righteous Twitter @jlmiller516 Beth Mitcham Library Chicken Goodreads Twitter @mitchambeth Alysa Stewart Everead Goodreads Twitter @everead Instagram @everead Vidya Tiru Lady In Read Writes Goodreads Twitter @LadyInReadvt Instagram @ladyinreadwrites Julie Neitz Wielga Partners in Literacy …
2020 Cybils Judges: Graphic Novels
Round 1 Becky Herzog Sloth Reads Goodreads Twitter @slothreads Rosemary Kiladitis Mom Read It Twitter @roesolo Instagram @roesolo Cecelia Larsen The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia Goodreads Twitter @ceceliabedelia Instagram @ceceliareads Maggi Rohde Books for Squids Goodreads Twitter @mama_librarian Christa Seeley This is a Metaphor Women Write About Comics Goodreads Twitter @christasbooks Instagram @christasbooks Aimee Smith Instagram @keepabookout Josephine Sorrell Goodreads Twitter @jothebookgirl Round 2 Kimberly Francisco …
2020 Cybils Judges: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction
Round 1 Sherry Early Semicolon Twitter @semicolonblog Heidi Grange Geolibrarian Twitter @GeoLibrarian Kristen Harvey The Book Monsters Instagram @bookgoil Twitter @bookgoil Nicole Hewitt Feed Your Fiction Addiction Instagram @nicolefictionaddiction Twitter @NicoleMHewitt Katy Kramp alibrarymama Twitter @alibrarymama Aeicha Matteson Word Spelunking Instagram @wordspelunker Twitter @wordspelunker Charlotte Taylor Charlotte’s Library Twitter @charlotteslib Round 2 Jolynn Asato Instagram @literacyedprof Mark Buxton Say …
2020 Cybils Judges: Middle Grade Fiction
Round 1 Joella Bagshaw Provo Library Children’s Book Reviews Goodreads Twitter @cinjoella Instagram @cinjoella Laura Gardner Goodreads Twitter @LibrarianMsG Instagram @LibrarianMsG Susan Jensen Bloggin’ ‘bout Books Goodreads Twitter @bbbforme Instagram @blogginboutbooks Emma Kantor Podcast Goodreads Twitter @emkantor Haley Shaffer Teachers Who Read Goodreads Twitter @hale27storm Instagram @h_shaffer Ness Shortley Twitter @LochNessLibro Instagram @Sewbrarian Pamela Thompson McLeod Young Adult Books–What We’re …
2020 Cybils Judges: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books
Round 1 Claire Noland A Field Trip Life – Books, Places, and Books that Take You Places GoodReads Twitter @claire_noland Instagram @clairesfieldtriplife Katie Bruechert GoodReads Twitter @MrsB_Reads Instagram @MrsB_Reads Katie Michols Instagram @littlehouseofreading Pam Jones-Nill Pam Jones-Nill – Children’s Author Twitter @pjonesnill Sheri Howard Lobit Education Village Library Tiffany Sorensen Provo Library Children’s Book Reviews Instagram @sorensen5373 Valerie Byrd Fort …
2020 Cybils Judges: Fiction Picture Books
Round 1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books Goodreads Twitter @BWoirkshop and @SandyBrehl Instagram @SandytBrehl Kirsti Call Kirsti Call, Children’s Book Author/ ReFoReMo Goodreads Twitter @kirsticall Instagram @kirsticall Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking Twitter @BlueSockGirl Instagram @BluestockingThinking Emma Manolis Goodreads Instagram @everemmareads Deb Nance Readerbuzz Goodreads Twitter @debnance Instagram @debnance Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground Twitter @Literally_Lynne Jennifer …