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2024 CYBILS Awards Winners
The Ones that Got Away: #CYBILS2024 edition
Future Tense
Wind, Weather & Other Natural Forces | #CYBILS2024 Book List
A Pirate’s Life for Thee | #CYBILS2024 Book List
A Tapestry of Tales: Folklore from Around the World #CYBILS2024 Book List
Melanin in Motion | #CYBILS2024 Book List
SWISH! Books for Basketball Fans #CYBILS2024
Wish Books: Judges’ Recommendations for Book Gifting
You Crack Me Up: Fractured Fairy Tales
Play Ball! 3 Books @ Women in Baseball
Once Upon a Time: #CYBILS2024 Fairy Tales Book List
Yuck Yuck Yuck: Books with Rot and Humor
Thanks, Gratitude, and Kindness
These Books Breathe Fire: 6 Books for Dragon Fans
Comfort Food: The Book List #CYBILS2024
Secrets & Lies, Codes & Spies: a Book Pairing Set
GOAL! A Trio of Women in Soccer Books
Name that Food: A #CYBILS2024 Foodie’s Booklist
Who’s Got Game?
From Classics to MMORPG: #CYBILS2024 Games & Puzzles Book List
Indigenous Voices Book List #CYBILS2024
Our Not-as-Scary Book List, Part 2
Read. If you dare. Our Spooky, Scary Book List Part 1
Spring Forward with these #CYBILS2024 Nomination-eligible Books
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Early Chapter Book Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 EMG Graphic Novel Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Board Book Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Finalists Poetry Collections
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Middle Grade Fiction Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 YA Speculative Fiction FInalists
#CYBILS2023 Book Review: YA Fiction Finalists
#CYBILS2023 Book Reviews: Fiction Picture Book Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 EMG Speculative Fiction Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Middle-Grade Nonfiction Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 YA Graphic Novel Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Easy Reader Finalists
Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Elementary Nonfiction Finalists
Announcing the 2023 CYBILS Awards Winners
#CYBILS2023 The Ones That Got Away – Poetry Edition
#CYBILS2023 The Ones That Got Away: Middle-Grade Edition
Announcing the 2023 CYBILS Awards Finalists
Perfect Pairings 2023: 10 Book + Gift Ideas
Dinos. And dragons. And monsters. OH MY!
Full STEAM Ahead: a #CYBILS2023 Book List
#CYBILS2023 Books by Previous Winners
Baked-In Book Deliciousness: A Foodie Book List
Twice-Told Tales: Retellings & Remixes a #CYBILS2023 Book List
Game On! a #CYBILS2023 Book List
Food, Family & Home: A Harvest of Books
The Big Book (List) of 20 Questions: #CYBILS2023
A #CYBILS2023 Book Spook-tacular
Backlist Book List: Back to School
#CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Terry Doherty
#CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Gary Anderson
Middle-Grade Fiction & More: #CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Melissa Fox
#CYBILS2023 Speculative Fiction Recommendations from Charlotte Taylor
#CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Sarah Jamila Stevenson
#CYBILS2023 Picture Book Recommendations from Sam Richardson
The List with Recommended Lists
#CYBILS2023 Nonfiction Recommendations from Reshama Deshmukh
#CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Tanita S. Davis
Graphic Novels & More: #CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Kristen Harvey
#CYBILS2023 YA Speculative Fiction Recommendations from Sondra Eklund
#CYBILSAWARDS Backlist Book List: Memorial Day Edition
Backlist BookList: Indian and Pakistani Stories for AAPI Month
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Dance and Movement!
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Novels in Verse
Backlist Book List: Gardens
Backlist Book List: Latinx Voices
#Cybils2022: The Black Experience, Part 3
#Cybils2022 Book Lists: The Black Experience, Part 2
#Cybils2022 Book Lists: The Black Experience, Part 1
#Cybils2022 Book Lists: Being Differently Abled
#Cybils2022 Book Lists: Mental Health Awareness
#Cybils2022 Book Lists: Ocean Life
#CybilsAwards Book Lists: The Ones That Got Away (2022 edition)
#Cybils2022 Book Lists: Knights and Dragons
#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Celebrating Religion and Faith
#CybilsAwards Book List: Bird Books
#CybilsAwards Booklist: Libraries
#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Classic Tales Retold
#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Indigenous Voices
#CybilsAward Book List: Civic Engagement
#CybilsAwards Book List: Forests!
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Aliens!
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Sisters
#CybilsAwards Back List Booklist: Road Trips!
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Summer is for Romance
#Cybils2022 Idea Boards are here!
#CybilsAwards Backlist Booklist: Happy Juneteenth!
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Pride!
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Jewish Heritage Month
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: AAPI Heritage Month
#CybilsAwards Backlist Booklist: Environmental Picture Books
#CybilsAwards Backlist Booklist: Poetry!
#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Turn Up the Music
#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Celebrating the Black Experience for Younger Readers
#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Celebrating the Black Experience, YA Edition
