Jen Robinson, of Jen Robinson's Book Page, is the fabulous Literacy Evangelist for the Cybils, and she's been working really hard behind the scenes of the whole process to spread the word about the award and the quality books it helps bring to readers. Yesterday she gave props to some of the excellent authors whose books made the shortlists, so …

Pam Coughlan is widely known around the kidlitosphere as MotherReader, and is also very widely read–her interests range from grown-up books (which are outside the scope of the Cybils) to a whole array of books for younger readers which she encounters in her work as a children's library assistant. She's also the founder of Bloggers Against Celebrity Authors and keeps …

Now that the Cybils finalists have been announced, we'll be doing our best to feature reviews of those titles so you can get to know them a bit better–and so that we can continue to give props to our excellent team of blogging panelists. (Never fear; no decision-making spoilers here–we're only posting reviews that were written before the judging period!) …

We featured Middle Grade/Teen Non-Fiction panelist Carol Wilcox a bit earlier in the nominations process, and she's continued faithfully reviewing a whole slew of Cybils titles on her site, Carol's Corner–just take a gander and check it out if you're in the market for some post-holiday nonfiction shopping! If you know of any young writers in your circle of family …

Betsy Bird, a children's librarian at the New York Public Library, has been posting in-depth book reviews on her blog since way back in the old Blogspot days–lately, though, she's been representing for the Kidlitosphere over on School Library Journal as A Fuse #8 Production. As a panelist for the Graphic Novels category, she recently reviewed a title for teens …

Elaine Magliaro, a former elementary school teacher and school librarian, is one of the Cybils Poetry panelists this year. She herself writes poetry for children–as well as blogging about children's books and poetry at Wild Rose Reader. You might also know her as one of the fabulous and inspiring Blue Rose Girls. Elaine is also a regular contributor to Nonfiction …

If you're looking for reviews of teen books and teen books only; if you're looking for news about the YA lit world, links to other kids' book sites, or guest posts from YA authors like Paula Yoo, Melissa Walker, and more–well, look no further than Teen Book Review, the blog of YA Fiction panelist Jocelyn Pearce. Earlier this year, Jocelyn …

Readerbuzz is the blog of Debbie Nance, who is a primary school librarian and mom, but also a panelist for this year's Non-Fiction Picture Books category. She posts excellent booklists in the form of the Sunday Salon, puts together interesting themed reading challenges at her other blog, and has a great link list. She's also known for her succinct and …

Melissa at Book Nut describes her blog as "[t]he assorted book reviews (and other mostly book-related things) of a Stay-Home Mom with Four Daughters who has an Avid Love of Reading but is cursed with a Bad Memory." Her reviews are down-to-earth and intelligent with an honest personal angle, and she also poses reading challenges, like the upcoming Well-Seasoned Reader …

You may know her as Andi or you may know her as Cloudscome, but either way you'll arrive at A Wrung Sponge, where you'll find a multitude of blog posts about multicultural children's books, poetry, gardening, knitting–and, best of all, original poems and photographs. (Yes, Cloudscome is a regular at Poetry Friday!) Earlier this month, she reviewed the Easy Reader …