Today’s review comes from Fiction Picture Book chair, Deb Nance, who usually blogs over at Readerbuzz. She has a brief review over at Goodreads of board book nominee Peek-a-Bruce (Amazon, Indiebound), where her conclusion is: Kids can’t help loving grumpy Bruce and the ever-jolly ducks. (Truth, that.) Read the full review here.
REVIEW All the Impossible Things
Today’s review of Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction nominee All the Impossible Things (Amazon, Indiebound) comes from round 1 panelist Jennifer, who blogs at RaiseThem Righteous. She writes: All the Impossible Things (2019) swept me away like a discarded paper bag on a windy day. It’s a beautiful story that is skillfully written and carefully paced with brave characters who love each …
2019 Cybils Logos!
I was reminded, recently, that I had neglected to make the logos available for anyone who wants to snag them! I apologize, and hereby rectify it Here they are, in all their glory, please take and share!
REVIEW 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow”
Today’s review comes from first round Poetry judge, Anastasia Suen, whose blog features a kidlit book of the day, among other offerings! She recently interviewed Lisa Rogers, the author of Elementary/Middle Grade Non-fiction nominee 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow” (Amazon, Indiebound). I thought this snippet was interesting: Through a great deal of research and interviews with …
REVIEW Yasmin the Chef
Hi and welcome to the first of this year’s Highlighted Reviews of Nominated BooksTM! We start this year with Kelly Karsner Clarke, who blogs over at Kidlit Underground. She recently reviewed Easy Reader nominee Yasmin the Chef (Amazon, Indiebound), writing: At 25 pages of text, divided into three chapters, YASMIN THE CHEF as a standalone has the readability of a picture book …
Now Accepting Publisher & Author Submissions
Dear publishers and authors, The public has weighed in, nominating favorite titles, and we hope that some of yours were among them. If not, never fear, now is your turn! Between now and October 25, publishers and authors may submit your own eligible titles for consideration, up to 10% of your books published in 2019, rounded. (If you published fewer …
2019 Nominations: Poetry
Please view the full blog post to see a list of all 2018 nominated books in the Poetry category.
2019 Nominations: Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction
Please view the full blog post to see a list of all 2018 nominated books in the Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction category.
2019 Nominations: Young Adult Fiction
Please view the full blog post to see a list of all 2018 nominated books in the Young Adult Fiction category.