Kara Dean of Not Just for Kids is our blogger of the day, as well as a panelist for this year's Easy Readers category. Since August of 2007, Kara–a children's librarian, writer, and reviewer–been posting about her favorite books and other happenings in the children's lit world under the moniker of Children's Literature Guru. Earlier this month, the Guru reviewed …

YA-loving denizens of the kidlitosphere will no doubt be familiar with The YA YA YAs–Trisha, Gayle, and Jolene have been blogging since March of 2007 over at WordPress, where they post about everything that YA literature fans and YA librarians could want. News, reviews, fiction, non-fiction–these three Young Adult librarians have it covered. Today's review comes from Trisha, who cites …

One of this year’s Cybils panelists in the Graphic Novels category is Sam Musher of Parenthetical.net. According to the header graphic, her blog contains “Musings and snark about YA lit, libraries, and geekdom, from an overly opinionated middle school librarian.” Sam also posts book lists and book reviews of literature for kids and teens–and had a truly kick-butt Halloween costume …

Can you believe it? Eighteen of this year's Cybils-nominated authors are getting a spot in the limelight this week during the Winter Blog Blast Tour organized by Colleen Mondor of Chasing Ray. For your convenience, here is a list of dates, Cybils-nominated titles, and links: Monday, November 17Lewis Buzbee, Steinbeck's Ghost (MG Fiction)Chasing Ray Laurel Snyder, Up and Down the …

Stephanie Ford, one of our Fiction Picture Book panelists, is a blogger at the Children's Literature Book Club, which is described as a "book club of grownups who like to discuss children's literature." She posts reviews of everything from picture books to YA novels, and includes kidlit news and booklists as well for curious readers who are interested in following …

Today's review of the day is actually a co-review from two Cybils veterans, Jules of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast and Kelly Fineman of Writing and Ruminating, both of whom are panelists for this year's Poetry category. As one half of the well-known 7-Imps, Jules, along with her co-blogger Eisha, reads a huge array of books and posts reviews, interviews, …

A lot of us bloggers know Jone MacCulloch as one of the intrepid organizers of this year's Kidlitosphere Conference in Portland, but her hard work doesn't end there–she's also a member of our Non-Fiction Picture Books panel for the Cybils. As a library media specialist at an elementary school in Washington State, Jone gets to encounter books every day, and …

Elf toys, elf paraphernalia, or anything else related to actual elves, you won't find on Kerry Millar's blog, Shelf Elf. What you will find are reviews, interviews, news, and more about books for children and young adults. Kerry is also a contributor to Guys Lit Wire and she happens to be a Middle Grade panelist for this year's Cybils, too. …

Charlotte's Library is the online home of Charlotte Taylor, one of our panelists for the Fantasy and Sci-Fi category this year. About herself, she says, "I'm an archaeologist by day, the president of the Friends of a small New England library by night." In that capacity, she helps raise money to buy books; and in her capacity as a mom, …

In the header of her blog Carol's Corner, blogger and literacy coach Carol Wilcox presents a quote by well-known author Kate DiCamillo: "Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or a duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift." Carol writes enthusiastic and heartfelt reviews that do just that–offer up a feast of books …