Round 1 Sandy Brehl Unpacking the Power of Picture Books @PBWorkshop and @sandybrehl Carrie Waterson IndyPL Kids’ Blog IndyPL Ready to Read @indylibrary Reshama Deshmukh Stacking Books @Stackingbks Sara Ralph Two Nerdy Sisters @sralph31 Ellen Zschunke On the Shelf 4 Kids @ontheshelf4kids Joanne Roberts Bookish Ambition @BookishAmbition Elisa Bergslien Leopards and Dragons @DNAPL …
Cybils 2016: Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books Judges
Round 1 Maggi RhodeMama Librarian@mama_librarian Niki BarnesDaydream Reader@NikiOhsBarnes Kristi BernardKristi’s Book Nook@kristibernard Heather HibbettsBooks and Giggles@booksandgiggles Claire NolandA Field Trip Life@claire_noland Round 2Beth SchmelzerBest Books by Beth Amanda BoyarshinovThe Educators’ Spin On It@ABoyarshinov Kimberly MoranWritten Reflections@kagmoran Miranda RosbachMy Book Bloom@bookbloom Veronica FranklinGrounded Wanderlust@verilyfranklin
Cybils 2016: Fiction Picture Books Judges
Round 1Deb NanceThe Reader Buzz@debnance Jennifer WhartonJean Little Library@jeanlittlelib Kirsti CallReading for Research@kirsticall Lynne Marie PisanoMy Word Playground@Literally_Lynne Ami JonesA Mom’s Spare Time Sue MorrisKid Lit Reviews@suemmorris Kate UngerMom’s Radius@MomsRadius Round 2 Teri LesesneGoddess of YA@ProfessorNana Mel SchultLet’s Talk Picture Books@spiky_Penelope Benji MartinTales of an Elementary School Librarian@mrbenjimartin Lauren DavisHappily Ever Elephants@KidLitLauren Emily AndrusLiterary Hoots@literaryhoots
Meet the 2016 Organizers: Sheila Ruth, Publisher Liason
It all started with Harry Potter and homeschooling. After bonding over reading Harry Potter together, kidlit became a family activity. Dad wrote a book, mom (Sheila) published it, and mom and son started a book website, Wands and Worlds, as a homeschooling activity. Blogging followed soon after, which in turn led to the Cybils, which Sheila has been passionately involved with …
The Cybils is Now a Non-Profit!
The Cybils organization is thrilled to report that we are now officially a not-for-profit corporation, registered in the state of Arizona. We will be applying for 501(c)(3) nonprofit status this year. We have undertaken this formal registration process as a reflection of the seriousness with which we, the Cybils organizers, treat this award. While we are taking steps to make the …
The 2016 Cybils Logo
(I really wanted to title this OOOOH PRETTY, but I refrained.) Our wonderful graphic designer and co-blog editor, Sarah, worked her magic and whipped up a new batch of logos for this year’s Cybils. Feel free to grab, share, link, place, enjoy at your leisure. We definitely think they’re possibly our favorite out of all of them! And don’t forget …
Call for Judges: We Need YOU!
It’s CYBILS TIME again! (Already? Can you believe it?) After 10 years of doing this, you know the drill. We need YOUR help. It wouldn’t be the Cybils without audience participation. So, we are lining up a crew of judges (newbies and returning ones) who will be willing to read, discuss, think about, blog about, narrow down, and select the year’s …
Changes are FUN! (Part 2)
What we should have said in Friday’s post is that for now meant until Sunday… A couple more quick changes before we get the ball rolling this year. First, we’d like to welcome two more new chairs! Jennie Rothschild will be heading up the YA Non-Fiction category and Jodie Rodriguez as our Easy Readers and Early Chapter Book chair. The bigger change, …
The 2015 Winners: What’s Being Said
One of our favorite things is seeing all the happy people on Twitter after the Cybils announcements. Here’s a sampling of the love that’s been pouring out the past couple of days. Thank you so very much, @cybils committee. I am beyond honored. I'm just so thrilled, thank you! — Nova Ren Suma (@novaren) February 14, 2016 @JanaTheTeacher @JonArNoMore @cybils …
The 2015 Cybils WINNERS!
Happy Cybils Day! As always, we want to thank all our judges for their reading, discussing, and ultimately deciding on our fantastic winners. And to our organizers who rose to the challenge of wrangling said judges, making sure everything ran smoothly, on top of everything else that was going on in life. (Life, it does get in the way of …