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CYBILS books on the notable lists
Over at ALA and YALSA the lists have gone up. Best Books for Young Adults, Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers, Great Graphic Novels for Teens and the Children’s Notable Books have been announced and, unsurprisingly, a number of CYBILS nominees are on the lists. Some of them are even on multiple lists, reflecting their category-bending status. –Kelly Fineman, Poetry organizer …
More sexy widgets!
Okay, so only one person commented on my SmartLinks post (Thanks, cloudscome!). But a number of you signed up for a SmartLinks widget, and they’re returning the love. Meet Fraser, their programmer. Here’s his blog again. Ain’t he cute? I love geeks (yeah, okay, so I’m old enough to be his crazy auntie). And he worked his tush off to …
ALA award-winners on the CYBILS short lists
This morning, the American Library Association announced its literary awards for children’s books. As always, there were surprises. What isn’t particularly surprising, however, is that a number of books on the CYBILS short lists have received honors and awards from ALA. –Kelly Fineman, Poetry Organizer Here are the CYBILS titles, in alphabetical order by ALA award name: Caldecott HonorKnuffle Bunny …
Read all about them
Our panelists and judges are busy, busy folks. It’s tough to keep up with them, but here are two newsy tidbits: The Middle Grade panelists had some fun with characters from their favorite books, compiling a Hall of Fame. This is by now a tradition for Little Willow, who compiled one for YA characters last year. Mary Lee & Franki …
Print out your short list
Thanks to Jen Robinson, we have a handy-dandy PDF of finalists for all eight categories. Download a copy for easy printing and take it to the bookstore or library with you.
Cybils Organizer at PBS Parents Site
Hi Cybils Fans, This is Jen Robinson, 2007 Cybils Middle Grade/YA Nonfiction committee organizer, and Young Adult Fiction judging committee member. I’m interrupting your regular scheduled Cybils programming to let you know that I’m guest blogging this month at PBS Parents: Expert Q&A. The way this works is that I have put up one detailed post about my love of …
Trivia contest
So far, there’s only one entrant to a Cybils trivia contest going on over at Book Buds, your humble editor’s alter-blog. Here’s the deal: You answer three questions via email, and you get a chance to win a pop-up version of The Chronicles of Narnia. Okay, so C.S. Lewis isn’t one of our finalists this year, but it’s a very …
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Wedding bells for a Cybils judge
We here at the Cybils extend a big, cheerful Mazel Tov to Stacey Shubitz of Two Writing Teachers. Stacey is one of this year’s judges for the Fiction Picture Books category. On December 23, 2007, despite lots of rain she had a beautiful wedding ceremony, marrying Marc at the The Grand Summit Hotel in Summit, New Jersey. She celebrated with …