When I ask my college students if they’ve ever read a graphic novel of them, most of them look confused. You mean superhero comics? Well, yes– of course! But there’s more. There are always a few whose faces light up as they tell me about having read Watchmen, or Maus, or more recent stories like Smile or War Brothers. Using …
Fiction Picture Books Category Description
Ah, fiction picture books. Their skinny spines create a kaleidoscope on bookshelves that is mesmerizing. On each shelf, you are likely to find the tall one next to the short one, the orange one next to a purple or green one, and sweet script cowering next to BIG BOLD TITLES. Fiction Picture Books are a show and tell art form. …
Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books Category Description
The Easy Reader / Early Chapter Book category of the Cybils covers the whole spectrum of titles for early elementary kids who are learning to read, from the very basic books for emergent readers to longer, illustrated titles for kids who are not quite ready for novels. What we’re looking for in easy reader nominations are leveled readers with controlled …
2015 Graphics Judges
Round 1Nicola Mansfield@Niagara_NikkiIt’s all Comic to Me Sharon Levin@sharonreaderLife Literature Laughter Matt Esenwine@MattForrestVWRadio, Rhythm & Rhyme Samantha Silva@readinghappilyReading. Happily.Gary Anderson@AndersonGLWhat’s Not Wrong? David Elzey@delzeyGuys Lit Wire Liz Jones@lizjonesbooksLiz Jones Books Round 2Emma WeilerNo Flying No TightsAlysa Stewart@evereadEveread Blooey Singson@sumthinblueBookmarked! Mike Lewis@145lewisLewis5 Emily Mitchell@emilyreadsEmily Reads
2015 Poetry Judges
Round 1 Nancy Bo Flood The Pirate Tree Irene Latham @irene_latham Live Your Poem Jone Rush MacCulloch @JoneMac53 Check It Out Margaret Simon @MargaretGSimon Reflections on the Teche Tricia Stohr-Hunt @missrumphius The Miss Rumphius Effect Carol Wilcox @carwilc Carol W’s Corner Sylvia Vardell @SylviaVardell Poetry For Children Round 2 Linda Baie @LBaie Teacher …
2015 YA Speculative Fiction Judges
Round 1 Sheila Ruth @sheilaruth Wands and Worlds Kim Baccelia @ixtumea Si, Se Puede Maureen Eichner @elvenjaneite By Singing Light Kimberly Francisco @kimberlymarief Stacked Books Allie Jones @wearedevilcow In Bed With Books Cindy Hannikman Fantasy Book Critic Kaye M. @gildedspine Watercolor Moods Round 2 Pam Margolis @Pamlovesbooks An Unconventional Librarian Tanita Davis Finding Wonderland Sarah Stevenson @aquafortis …
2015 YA Fiction Judges
Round 1 Kirstine Call @kirsticall Kirstine Call Michelle Lockwood @blogslikeagirl Blogs Like a Girl Leila Roy @bkshelvesofdoom Bookshelves of Doom Madeline Rudawski @hey_librarygirl Hey, Library Girl! Karen Jensen @tlt16 Teen Librarian Toolbox Jenn Hubbs @lostingreatbook Lost in a Great Book Round 2 Wendy Gassaway @WendyGassaway Mrs. Gassaway Reads Too Much Sara Grochowski @thehidingspot The Hiding Spot Sarah Gross @thereadingzone …
2015 YA Nonfiction Judges
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 …