There’s nothing I love better than getting lost in a new world. Bonus points if there’s a pirate or a map or a glossary or a new language! For those moments that I’m reading speculative fiction, I’m no longer trapped in my body: I’m on adventures, I make new friends, and sometimes I conquer fears. For a long time middle …
List Fun: YA Graphic Novels
What can I say about my passion for graphic novels? Here’s what I can’t say: I am a good drawer; I know how to use water paint, oil, ink, charcoal with positive results. But, when I crack the fresh spine of a graphic novel, I feel like I can do any of things, if only I just gave myself a …
Helping Our Friends at RIF
From the Reading Is Fundamental website: Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) announced it has joined forces with Macy’s and D.C. Public Schools to combat the summer learning slide among through reading high-quality books and enrichment activities. The pilot reading program is based on Read for Success, an innovative literacy model developed by RIF and proven to help improve reading proficiency among …
KidlitCon Registration is OPEN
From our friends over at Kidlitosphere Central: We are thrilled to announce that registration for KidLitCon 2015 is now open. We have been working on superior content for our two days of discussion and networking. We are expecting topics like: Why do kids read horror: are they freaks or something? How can I get paid to write about what I love? What really goes …
List Fun: Cybils STEM Books
Samuel Beckett said “Try again, fail again. Fail Better”. Not only did Swiss #2 tennis champ Stan Wawrinka have these words imprinted on his forearm, but this has become a mantra in education all over the country. Silicon Valley culture embraces the culture behind failing fast and it seems to be paying off. So with STEM (short for Science, Technology, …
Call for Blog Submissions
Last year, we created a spreadsheet to connect publishers and publicists with bloggers who are active in the Cybils community. (If you’re a blogger and you’re reading this, that means you!) The spreadsheet was successful, and feedback we received on it was very positive. A year has passed, and the information is becoming outdated, as information does. It’s time to update! If …
List Fun: Great Graphic Novels that started as Webcomics
I love graphic novels! When I found out that many of the Cybils books I loved started out as webcomics, I was thrilled. “You mean I can read some of the best sequential art out there for free on the internet? And it’s legal?!” What is a webcomic? It is a comic that is posted online as it is made. …
Featured Blogger: Maureen Kearney
Since the date and place for the 2015 KidlitCon has been announced and the call for proposals is out, we thought it’d be fun to highlight the one person (that we know of; there may be others) that has been to every single KidlitCon since it started back in 2007. Maureen was more than happy to take a moment out …