Just say the phrase “board book” and you’re bound to hear an “awww” or a “that’s so cute!” It happens in my house all the time (even with the teenager)! We share these books with our youngest readers to be. These are our child’s first stories – at playtime, before nap, and as bedtime stories. Opening a board book to …
Cybils 2018: Young Adult Speculative Fiction Judges
Round 1: Pamela Thompson Mcleod Young Adult Books-What We’re Reading Now @Mostlymcleod Melissa Fox The Book Nut @book_nut Maureen Kearney Confessions of a Bibliovore @mosylu Kimberly Francisco Stacked Books @kimberlymarief Kim Aippersbach Dead Houseplants Kara Malinczak Great Imaginations @NamasteRead Charlotte Taylor Charlotte’s Library @charlotteslib Round 2: Emma Kate Word Nerds @emmakatebooks @WordNerdsVlog Sussu Leclerc Novel Without Further Ado @bookriders1 …
Cybils 2018: Young Adult Fiction Judges
Round 1: William Polking Polking Classroom @polking Samantha Randolph Young Adult Books Central @YAbookscentral Gary Anderson What’s Not Wrong? @AndersonGL Rachel Strolle Rec-It Rachel @recitrachel Stephanie Galvan Russell Lispy Librarian @lispylibrarian Haley Shaffer Teachers Who Read @hale27storm Stormy Campbell Book.Blog.Bake @stormydawnc Round 2: Jill Davidson Margin Notes @ShelfieTalk Natalie Long …
Cybils: Junior/Senior High Nonfiction Judges
Round 1: Anne Bennett My Head is Full of Books @Headfullofbooks Rebecca Aguilar Mostly About Nonfiction @RebeccaGAguilar Laurie Thompson Laurie Thompson Blog @LaurieThompson Heidi Grange Geo Librarian @GeoLibrarian Jennie Rothschild Biblio File @kidsilkhaze Round 2: Adrienne Gillespie Books and Bassets @adrienneelva Katy Manck BooksYALove @BooksYALove Terry Doherty The Reading Tub @thereadingtub Wendy Gassaway Falconer’s Library @WendyGassaway Karen Yingling Ms. Yingling …
Cybils 2018: Graphic Novels Judges
Round 1: Mel Schuit Let’s Talk Picture Books @spiky_penelope Lexie Cenni For the Sake of Reading @PRationality Christa Seeley Women Write About Comics/This is a Metaphor @christasbooks Cecelia Larsen Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia @ceceliabedelia John Mutford The Book Mine Set @bookmineset Maggi Rohde Books for Squids @mama_librarian Megan Kelly Devour Books @33megan33 Round 2: Kim Baccellia Si, Se Puede @ixtumea …
Cybils 2018: Poetry Judges
Round 1: Matt Esenwine Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme @MattForrestVW Nancy Bo Flood The Pirate Tree @nancyboflood Elaine Magliaro Wild Rose Reader Patricia Nozell Wander, Ponder, Write @ptntweets Anastasia Suen #kidlit Book of the Day @AnastasiaSuen Carol Wilcox Carol W’s Corner @carwilc Bridget Wilson What Is Bridget Reading? @bridgetrwilson Round 2: Linda Baie Teacher Dance @LBaie Katharine Hillyer The Winged Pen …
Cybils 2018: Middle Grade Fiction Judges
Round 1: Sarah Sammis Puss Reboots @pussreboots Julie Williams Reading by the Pond @juliewilliams89 Jill Lurie The OWL @justkeepreading Beth Mitchell Imaginary Friends Brenda Kahn Prose and Kahn Debbie Tanner The Book Search @imtanner2 Shannon Griffin Picture Books to YA Round 2: Jamie Dieterle The Never-ending TBR @Neverending_TBR Pam Margolis An Unconventional Librarian @Pamlovesbooks A.J. Sterkel Read All the Things! …
Cybils 2018: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Judges
Round 1: Kristen Harvey The Book Monsters @bookgoil Jenni Frencham From the Biblio Files @jennifrencham Brenda Tjaden Log Cabin Library @logcabinlibrary Beth Mitcham Library Chicken @MitchamBeth Katy Kramp alibrarymama @alibrarymama Sherry Early Semicolon @semicolonblog Cherly Vanatti Reading Rumpus @Tasses Round 2: Stacy Mozer It’s All About the Journey Rosemary Kiladitis MomRead It @roesolo …
Cybils 2018: Elementary/Middle Grade Non-Fiction Judges
Round 1: Reshama Deshmukh Stacking Books @stackingbks Ellen Zschunke On the Shelf 4 Kids @ontheshelf4kids Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground @Literally_Lynne Jennifer Dieleman Picture Books 4 Learning @jensbooktalk Irene Latham (confirmed) Love Your Poem @irene_latham Elisa Bergslien Leopards and Dragons @DNAPL Roberta Gibson Wrapped in Foil @RobertaGibson Round 2: Megan Guderian Alohamora: Open a book Alyson Beecher Kid …
Cybils 2018: Easy Reader and Early Chapter Book Judges
Round 1 Kimberly Moran WeAreTeachers Jennifer Miller Raise Them Righteous @jlmiller516 Claire Noland A Field Trip Life @claire_noland Sarah Bean Thompson Green Bean Teen Queen @greenbeanreads Jennifer Wharton Jean Little Library Round 2 Lauren Bercuson Happily Ever Elephants @KidLitLauren Heidi Fiedler Barnes & Noble Reads @HeidiFiedler Eileen Manes Pickle Corn Jam @PickleCornJam Miranda Rosbach My Bookbloom @bookbloom …