Yes, Nonfiction Monday is a thing, but why not Nonfiction Tuesday. Nonfiction can be read – and celebrated! – every day of the week. Yes?! Plus, Tuesdays deserve some book love, too! Our Nonfiction Tuesday party is all about facts. So here’s what you need to know. There will always be 3 books, one for each audience: elementary, middle-grade, high …
Middle-Grade Monday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.6.23
Welcome to our first Middle-Grade Monday! Each Monday we plan to feature reviews from two books for tweens that our judges are reading. This week, we have nominees in the Elementary/Middle-Grade Graphic Novels and Middle-Grade Fiction categories. Book summaries come from Goodreads. Clicking the book cover will take you there, should you want to add the book to your TBR. …
Fiction Friday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.3.23
Welcome to the first Friday in November and our very first Fri-YA. Sorry, we couldn’t resist. Two things to know about our Friday review posts. First, Fiction Fridays will be sharing space with Poetry Friday. Each edition of Fri-YA will include a young adult fiction title and a YA graphic novel. Second, we’ll showcase a YA Speculative Fiction book every …
Wee Ones Wednesday | #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews 11.1.23
Hey bookworms! Looking for some books for your TBR? Maybe some gift ideas for the upcoming holidays? You’ve come to the right place. As we mentioned here, we’ll be sharing excerpts from reviews from our judges. about the books they’re reading for the 2023 CYBILS Awards. Why do we post the reviews? Because our judges are readers – librarians, teachers, …
Ready for some #CYBILS2023 Book Reviews?
November starts tomorrow, and with it our season of book reviews. From 11/1/2023 through 6/30/2024 we’ll share review excerpts from books nominated or submitted for the 2023 CYBILS. Many moons ago, we posted review excerpts here three times a week. Then we moved to nightly reviews on Twitter. For 2023 we are doing something new in hopes of getting the …
#CYBILS2023 Author/Publisher Submissions Period Now Open
Dear publishers and authors, Thank you for your patience! We know you are very excited for the opportunity to get your books in front of our judges. Now that readers have had the opportunity to nominate their favorite titles, it is your turn. This is your opportunity to submit titles and fill in the gaps that may have been missed …
Looking for a book recommendation?
The Public Nomination period is in full swing, and you have nominated some truly amazing-looking books. The judges are clearly going to have some tough choices. Good job, y’all! As a reader, I usually read a few well-loved categories throughout the year. So when nomination time rolls around, I need guidance for categories I don’t regularly read [like Graphic Novels …
#CYBILS2023 Public Nomination Period is here
Public Nominations #CYBILS2023 10/1/2023 – 10/15/2023 The day you’ve been waiting for: nominating your favorite books for the 2023 CYBILS Awards. A few quick reminders. To be eligible a book must be: * written for a youth audience. * one you believe represents a perfect combination of high literary merit and reader appeal. * published in the United States or …
2023 CYBILS Judges: Speculative Fiction Panels
Speculative Fiction takes us to realms of the imagination: places and times and realities where the rules of life may be different than our own and where the impossible and improbable become real. But good science fiction and fantasy does more than that: it asks, “What if?” It makes us think. Along with spells and space rockets, this is the …
2023 CYBILS Judges: Graphic Novel Panels
CHAIR: Kristen HarveyGraphic Novels (aka comics) are not just for reluctant readers. Complex storytelling with a rich combination of illustrations, color choices, and story-telling styles render information in new and interesting ways. They have evolved into a beloved genre of reading format and evolved into a unique form of story-telling. The sub-genres within Graphic Novels has also evolved, and there …