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 …
Cybils 2018: Board Book and Fiction Picture Judges
Round 1: Sandy Brehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books and The Storied Past @pbworkshop and @SandyBrehl Kirsti Call ReFoReMo/Writer’s Rumpus @kirsticall Ami Jones A Mom’s Spare Time Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking @BlueSockGirl Dawn Mooney 5 Minutes for Books @mteblogmama Deb Nance Readerbuzz @debnance Mia Wenjen PragmaticMom @pragmaticmom Round 2: Alex …
Cybils Logo Bonanza!
They’re here! Thanks a million to our co-blog editor, Sarah, for the design. Feel free to snag and share and post!
You’ve Missed Us, Haven’t You?
And you knew we’d be back about this time of year, didn’t you? We’ve been doing some moving and shaking and discussing and recruiting and we’re almost ready for the 2018 Cybils season! Keep an eye on this space: we’re going to be calling for panelists and judges (and nominations) SOON!
The 2017 Cybils Winners
There’s really not much to say, here at the announcement of the winners, except a HUGE Thank You (!) to all our volunteers: chairs, panelists, and judges. We could NOT have done it without you! Board Books Changing Faces: Meet Happy Bear by Nathan Thoms, illustrated by Carles Ballesteros Harry N Abrams Nominated by: Charlotte Learning about facial expressions and …
CYBILS Winners TOMORROW!
Now that the excitement from the ALA Youth Media Awards have died down (we really are living in a super-fast news cycle!) (who are we kidding: we’re still excited!) we want to remind you that we’ll have yet ANOTHER reason to be excited about children’s literature: At 9:30 a.m. PST we’ll announce this year’s CYBILS winners!! You’ll want to come …
2017 Cybils Finalists
2017 was a difficult year, all around. Participation was down (we had to put Audiobooks on hiatus!), several judges and category chairs had personal or family crises, and we had issues with getting access to all the books. It wasn’t easy for the Cybils this year. However, we rallied — we had 1426 books nominated across all the categories — we …
2017 Finalists Announced TOMORROW!
It’s the last day of the year, and you know what that means, right? The Cybils finalists will be announced TOMORROW. Check this space at 9:30 PST to see all the amazing books that made it through. Happy New Year!
During this Holiday Season
Happy Holidays from all of us at the Cybils! We are here to ask that, as you do your holiday shopping, to keep us in mind. If you follow any of the book links (like this one) through to Amazon, we get a percentage of anything you purchase (even non-book items). Every little bit helps us keep the machinery going …