The poetry category ends up being home to quite a mix of entries, but it’s important to note that not every book that contains a poem belongs here. WHAT BELONGS IN THE POETRY CATEGORY: Poetry collections of all sorts, whether for toddlers, school-aged kids or teens. What’s a poetry collection? It could be an anthology of poems by a variety …

Kids love interesting nonfiction books. Kids love information books. And the sky’s the limit for kids' interests. The Nonfiction Picture Book category is looking for stunning, visual nominees that capture the curiosity and wonder of children of all ages by providing lots of great information. From science to art, history to sports, or current events to biographies, will the book …

The Graphic Novels category showcases your choice of the best titles published between Oct. 15, 2009, and Oct. 15, 2010. To be eligible for this category, the stories you nominate should be written in a comic-style format throughout the book. Large chunks of text make a story into a hybrid novel, which might fit better in midgrade, sci-fi fantasy, or …

True stories, right here! Nominate the year's best nonfiction for older children and teens. We celebrate accurate, well-written books with kid/teen appeal–sports, biography, memoir, essays, science, art, history, how-to, current events, and more. In 2009, Pamela S. Turner's The Frog Scientist took the top Cybils honor in this category. Which book will it be this year? Add your nomination to …

Science fiction and fantasy 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. It holds up a mirror to our …

The category of Fiction Picture Books seems so clearcut as simply books that are fictional in nature and contain pictures. Oh, but there is so much more. The genre contains titles for toddlers and third graders, funny stories and moving tales, history and fantasy, traditions and diversity, elegance and silliness, education and entertainment. All these types of books must be …

You'll find no dragons or magic, robots or vampires here. Just real people, in the real world, in real situations. In a good YA novel teens will find themselves and discover their world. A great YA novel will do both of those while respecting and appealing to its audience. We are looking for a handful of the greatest teen novels …

When children learn to read, they start with very simple “easy readers” and move up to early chapter books. Easy readers are the small 6″x9″ books with short simple sentences. Easy readers have 8-64 pages, a large typeface with lots of white space on the page, and are fully illustrated in color. This includes easy readers illustrated like comics (also …

Some of the most dearly loved children's books of all time fall into the Middle Grade Fiction category: Ramona, Harriet the Spy, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Bridge to Terabithia… The middle grade years represent a golden time for readers. It's the time when you figure out what you like, what makes you laugh and …