Undusty New Books is the blog of Round I Fantasy and Sci-Fi judge Hallie Tibbetts, a literature event planner and former teacher who loves to read and review young adult books. In addition, she's a volunteer for Narrate Conferences, a nonprofit organization that puts on fun events like…oh, a conference or two about Harry Potter, just to name one example. …

Today's featured review comes from Julie Jurgens of Hi Miss Julie!, a children's librarian and former early childhood teacher in the Chicago area as well as a Round I Judge in the Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books category. On her blog, Julie talks about books, materials and library services for children and teens. Last week, Julie reviewed Cybils Easy …

Jennifer Donovan is a Round 1 Judge for Middle Grade Fiction this year. Besides blogging at her own site, Snapshot, she's the managing editor at 5 Minutes for Books, an online community featuring reviews of books for all ages, giveaways, thoughts on reading and plenty more. Jennifer was also a participant in our Cybils Challenge last month, and she's our …

Karen Ball, one of our Round I judges for Middle Grade/Young Adult Nonfiction, is a middle school teacher in Connecticut. She blogs at Mrs. B's Favorites, where she reviews a plethora of books for the MG and YA age group. She's been going strong with a whole slew of reviews of nominated NFMG/YA titles, including Candy Bomber: The Story of …

Kelly Jensen of the blog Stacked (tagline: "Librarians. Reviews. Mayhem.") describes herself as "a compulsive consumer of all things books and blogs." She's a youth services librarian in Wisconsin, and was a Round II Judge for YA Fiction last year. This year she's bringing her expertise to the Round I panel. A few months ago, Kelly wrote an in-depth review …

Doret Canton of the Happy Nappy Bookseller blog is one of our Round I judges for Nonfiction/Information Picture Books this year. As you might have guessed, Doret's a bookseller, and she contributes as well to the blog Color Online, which highlights work by women writers of color. Doret is also a baseball fan, and one of the Cybils nominees she …

Kim Baccellia is not just a Round I judge for the Graphic Novels category, she's been a Cybils panelist since our very first year, 2006. She's also the author of two novels (Earrings of Ixtumea and Crossed Out) and a blogger at the excellent website Young Adult Books Central, where she reviews a range of MG and YA books. One …

Laura Purdie Salas, one of our Round I Poetry judges, is a familiar face at the Cybils and well-known around the Kidlitosphere. An accomplished writer in her own right (and author of 2009 Cybils Poetry nominee Stampede), she also posts prompts for 15 Words or Less Poetry and is a frequent participant in Poetry Friday. One of the poetry nominees …

If you've never visited Emily Mitchell's blog Emily Reads, you're in for a treat (and may, quite possibly, lose several minutes of productivity in your day). Emily's a Round II judge for Elementary/MG Sci-Fi and Fantasy, and she specializes in amusing and pithy review haiku. Her blog features review haiku for a range of books from children's to adult books, …

Today's featured review comes from kidlitosphere fixture Travis Jonker: blogger at 100 Scope Notes, elementary school librarian, returning Cybils panelist, School Library Journal contributor and occasional cartoonist (here's a fun example featuring one of our other Cybils nominated titles). Travis reviewed Fiction Picture Books nominee Art & Max by David Wiesner earlier this year. Wiesner, who won a Caldecott medal …