We have a page for stickers and hi-res images. Phew! A ton of work went into this by several people, yet I still live in constant fear of screwing this up. WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. So, please, be patient. Stickers are, well, sticky. Here's the link to our store. First sticker (minus the red stuff): Second sticker (ditto): …
Cybils Authors Clean Up at ALA Awards
You've no doubt already read about the winners of this year's ALA literary awards–the Caldecott, the Newbery, the Printz. What you may not know is that many of the titles honored by the American Library Association are also Cybils nominees or finalists, prompting an extra W00T or two around here. Among the Cybils books honored are the following: Mare's War, …
Jone Is Famous!
Our category organizer for Non-Fiction Picture Books, Jone MacCulloch, is famous–you might have caught sight of her several days ago in the Publisher's Weekly Picture of the Day on PW Daily. The occasion was a Barnes & Noble event for Lisa Schroeder's newest YA novel. Schroeder's book Far From You was a Cybils YA nominee this year; the picture also …
Another Cybils Panelist Gets Award Love–W00t!
Longtime Cybil-ite Tanita Davis, who is one of our Sci-Fi and Fantasy panelists this year, has received some serious props for her YA novel Mare's War (which was a Cybils YA Fiction nominee). Namely, she's one of only five nominees for an NAACP Image Award in Youth/Teen Literature (in excellent company along with a few other Cybils nominees, we can't …
The Best of the Best: A Cybils List-tacular
During the nominations reading period, hundreds of books were devoured and discussed by our faithful panels of Round I judges, so that we could bring you the fabulous list of Cybils finalists. In the process, a lot of our panelists generated their own lists of favorite books from 2009–not predictions, DEFINITELY not hints, and probably not prophecies, but certainly a …
Celebrating Jon Scieszka
We would be remiss if we didn't join the chorus of thanks to our first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Jon Scieszka, as he finishes out his last day at the post. Tomorrow a new ambassador is announced, but today, the kidlitosphere thanks him for his superhuman efforts on behalf of young readers everywhere. Check out the the roundup …
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Happy New Year, everyone! I just came down from the roof–literally–where I was watching some fireworks in a neighboring city. (I work nights and our office has a rooftop viewing deck.) We're just about 6 hours away from posting the 2009 finalists. I promise they're worth getting out of bed early for. See you all in the New Year, and …
A little hint or three
I'm cutting and pasting short lists this week and there's a few changes behind the scenes you might find intriguing. For starters, the person who nominated a finalist gets a mention. I'm not done with the lists, and there's a good chance that my weak math skills are leading me astray, but there are two bloggers tied for most nominations …
Merry Christmas, Cybilians everywhere
I want to express my profound appreciation to our organizers and first-round judges who'll still be reading and debating books over the course of Christmas break. You make Cybils happen — and you keep coming back with brilliant, unpredictable and fascinating short lists year after year. Things will be quiet on the blog this week, but we'll be roaring back …
Advertise for a good cause
Our ads are a main source of revenue for Cybils, and the money goes toward a lovely prize for our winners. The BlogAds people have included us in a major book promotion featuring some of the most prominent book blogs. Woot! So, if you want to reach the book-buying hordes, the BlogAds Book Hive would help us and help you. …