First Round Karen Yingling @msyingling Ms. Yingling Reads Sherry Early @semicolonblog Semicolon Karen Ball @batgirl_books Mrs. B’s Favorites Louise Capizzo @Lcapizzo Nonfiction Detectives Jennifer Rothschild @kidsilkhaze Biblio File Second Round Terry Doherty @thereadingtub The Family Bookshelf Katy Manck @BooksYALove Books YA Love Adrienne Gillespie @adrienneelva Books and Bassets Danyelle …
2015 Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Judges
Round 1 Charlotte Taylor @charlotteslib Charlotte’s Library Brenda Tjaden @LogCabinLibrary Log Cabin Library Melissa Fox @book_nut Book Nut Kristen Harvey @bookgoil The Book Monsters Stephanie Whelan @TesseractViews Views from the Tesseract Annamaria Anderson @bookstogether Books Together Katy Kramp @alibrarymama alibrarymama Round 2 Kim Aippersbach Dead Houseplants Hayley Beale @bibliobritish bibliobrit Heidi Grange @GeoLibrarian GeoLibrarian Guinevere Thomas @aravere Twinja Book Reviews …
2015 Middle Grade Fiction Judges
Round 1 Michael Gettel-Gilmartin @MGMafioso Middle Grade Mafioso Pamela Groseclose Tween You & Me Brandy Painter @brandymuses Random Musings of a Bibliophile Sarah Sammis @pussreboots Puss Reboots Debbie Tanner @imtanner2 The Booksearch Libertad Thomas @afrocubansista Twinja Book Reviews Julie Williams @juliewilliams89 Reading by the Pond Round 2 Alex Baugh @randomlyreading Randomly Reading …
2015 Elementary/Middle Grade Non-Fiction Judges
Round 1 Ellen Zschunke @ontheshelf4kids On the Shelf 4 Kids Bridget R. Wilson @bridgetrwilson What is Bridget Reading? Amy Broadmoore @delightchildbks Delightful Children’s Books Elisa Bergslien @DNAPL Leopards and Dragons Roberta Gibson @RobertaGibson Wrapped in Foil Reshama Deshmukh @stackingbks Stacking Books Laura Arnhold @literacious Literacious Round 2 Alyson Beecher @alybee930 Kid Lit Frenzy Julie …
2015 Book Apps Judges
Round 1 Emily Lloyd @poesygalore Little eLit Jennifer Vincent @mentortexts Teach Mentor Texts Sarah Towle @TowleSarah Sarah Towle: History Turned On Jill Goodman @queenofappland appoLearning Cathy Potter @cppotter The Nonfiction Detectives Round 2 Jason Boog @Jasonboog Born Reading Carrie Waterson @indyplkids Ready to Read Stephanie Charlefour @scharle4 Love Life Read Erin Warzala @fallingflannel Falling Flannelboards Jodie Rodriguez @growingbbb Growing Book …
2015 Easy Reader/Early Chapter Judges
Round 1 Katie Fitzgerald @mrskatiefitz Story Time Secret Juliana Lee @JulianaLeeWrite Juliana Lee, Crafting Stories Susan Murray @semurray From Tots to Teens Mia Wenjen @PragmaticMom Pragmatic Mom Jennifer Wharton Jean Little Library Round 2 Emily Andrus @literaryhoots Literary Hoots Freya Hooper @onegreatbook One Great Book Amy Johnson @sunlitpages Sunlit Pages …
2015 Fiction Picture Book Judges
First Round Sandy Brehl @pbworkshop and @SandytBrehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books Carrie Charley Brown @carriebrowntx Carrie On…Together and ReFoReMo: Reading for Research Hannah De Camp @hrdreads Hannah de Camp Jodell Sadler @PacingStory2WOW and @KidLitCollege Kidlit College.com | Picture Book Lunch Sondra Eklund @Sonderbooks Sonder Books Maggi Rohde @mama_librarian Mama Librarian Deb Nance@debnanceReaderbuzz Second Round …
Introducing our 2015 Judges
Every year, for the past 10 years, we’ve sent out a call for people who are willing to devote their time and their passion for children’s literature to come up with the best, most kid-friendly books. Every year, you all surprise us with that willingness and passion. It’s pretty amazing. Over the next few hours, we will announce this year’s …
2015 Cybils Call for Judges
It’s that time of year, again! I know, for many of us that means heading back to school, looking forward to fall. But, in the kidlitosphere, that also means it’s Cybils Time! And, because we can’t do this alone (we do like having a life off the computer), we are lining up a crew of new judges who will be …
2014 Young Adult Non-Fiction Judges
First Round Stephanie Charlefour Love. Life. Read. @scharle4 Aaron Maurer Coffee for the Brain @coffeechugbooks Michelle Lockwood Blogs Like a Girl @blogslikeagirl Karen Ball Mrs. B’s Favorites @batgirl_books Danyelle Leach Bookshelves in the Cul-de–Sac Second Round Jessica Tackett-MacDonald Her Life With Books @herlifewthbooks Louise Capizzo The Nonfiction Detectives @Lcapizzo Jennifer Rothschild Biblio File @kidsilkhaze Adrienne Gillespie Books and Bassets …