Round 1 : Anne Bennett My Head Is Full of Books Twitter: @headfullofbooks Matt Esenwine Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme Twitter: @MattForrestVW Instagram: @MattForrestVW Sheri Howard Lobit Education Village Library Instagram: @jinxyrad Tricia Stohr-Hunt The Miss Rumphius Effect Twitter: @missrumphius Instagram: @tricia_stohr_hunt Sylvia Vardell Poetry for Children Twitter: @SylviaVardell Instagram: @sylviavardell Round 2 Christy Mihaly GROG Twitter: @CMwriter4kids Instagram: @christymihaly Rosemary …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Non-Fiction
Round 1: Genevieve Ford Twitter: @GenevieveFord1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking The Power of Picture Books Twitter: @PBWorkshop and @SandyBrehl Instagram: @SandyBrehl Brooke Freebairn Twitter: @thebrookelist Instagram: @thebrookelist Mary Duffy Just Read Journal Insta: @justreadjournal Reshama Deshmukh Twitter: @stackingbks Insta: @stackingbks Kelly Krasner-Clarke KidLitunderground Goodreads Twitter: @writervisionary Karen Austin Goodreads Twitter: @thegenaboveme Ashley Pearson Twitter: …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Easy Reader and Early Chapter Books
Round 1 Heidi Grange Geo Librarian Twitter: @GeoLibrarian Shannon Griffin Magical Wonder of Books Pamela Thompson-Mcleod Books by Pamela Thompson Twitter: @MostlyMcLeod Nadia Pshonyak Instagram: @nadiareads.sgf Ellen Zschunke On the Shelf 4 Kids Twitter: @ontheshelf4kids Round 2 Tori Bowman Insta: @bookmarkguides Terry Doherty The Reading Tub Twitter: @thereadingtub Instagram: @readingtub Claire Noland A Field Trip Life Twitter: @claire_noland Instagram: …
2022 Cybils Panelists and Judges: Fiction Picture and Board Books
Round 1 Nicole Levesque Bluestocking Thinking Twitter: @BlueSockGirl Instagram: @BluestockingThinking Deb Nance Readerbuzz Goodreads Twitter: @debnance Instagram: @debnance Tiktok: @debbieashleynance Lynne Marie Pisano My Word Playground Twitter: @Literally_Lynne Instagram: @literally.lynne.marie Sam Richardson Little Cub Literacy Twitter: @lilcubliterac Instagram: @littlecubliteracy Maggi Rohde Goodreads Twitter: @mama_librarian Instagram: @librarymaggi Round 2 Linda Bozzo Goodreads Twitter: @lindabozzo Instagram: @lindabozzo Maria Marshall The Picture Book …
Application Deadline Extended!
We know you’re busy. We’re all busy. I’m a bookseller at an independent bookstore, where we have a reduced staff (thanks COVID) and we’re headed into 4th quarter, so believe me, we know busy. BUT. You like books. We know you do. And maybe you don’t talk about them on the internet as much as you did back in 2004 …
Don’t Wait! We Need YOUR Help!
Just a reminder that the Call for Judges is closing on Friday, September 9th! If you talk about kids’ books anywhere on the internet (at any length, really) we need your help. Come be a part of this incredible team choosing the best and most kid-friendly books out there. We need YOU to be a part of our team! (You …
Presenting the 2022 Cybils Call for Judges!
So, if you talk about kidlit anywhere on the internet — whether it is on a traditional blog, YouTube, Goodreads, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok — we want your help! A word of advice: before you fill out the application, be sure to check out our FAQs about judging for us. There is this one, this one, and this one. PLEASE do this beforehand, so …
It’s Almost That Time Again!
First off: Can someone tell me where summer went? I know there are still three weeks until Labor Day, but school here starts today, and I’m still stuck in March, I think. Though, I will not be unhappy to see the last of these 100+ degree days… Second: that means, however, that we’re ramping up for the Cybils 2022 season!! …
#CYBILS2022: An Invitation to Share
Dear Reader, First, thank you for all you do to connect young readers with books representing them and their worlds. Since you are here, you already know that celebrating and amplifying inclusive books for children and teens is near and dear to our hearts. With the 17th annual CYBILS Awards about to get underway, we want to ensure that our …
#Cybils2022 Idea Boards are here!
Last summer we launched the first-ever CYBILS Awards Idea Boards using padlet.com. Our goal: create a place where readers can share their favorite recent reads. Books they can’t stop talking about. Titles they want other readers to discover for themselves. Books they think might have some award-worthy potential. The Idea Boards turned out to be not just a place to …