Books are Deb Nance’s world. She has worked as a teacher and a librarian near Houston, Texas since 1977. She’s been blogging at Readerbuzz for over eleven years. Deb Nance has been an onsite correspondent for BookExpo and she served as a moderator at TweenReads. She built and maintains five Little Free Libraries in her town. Deb has been an …
Meet the 2019 Cybils Team: Melissa Fox, Blog Editor
Melissa has made time in her life for lots of “little” things: a bookseller at an independent bookstore, going back to get her MLIS degree, helping out with the parent organizations (well, the drama department) at the high school, and being a part of the Cybils! Even with all those small commitments, she still manages to find time to (kind-of, …
Meet the 2019 Cybils Team: Stephanie Charlefour, President and Junior/Senior High Non-Fiction Chair
A lifelong reader, some of Stephanie’s most vivid memories from her childhood are centered around books including: volunteering in her middle school library, curling up with a great book on a rainy day, trying not to run into walls while walking with a book in front of her face, and sharing books with her best friends at recess. Having worked …
Meet the 2019 Cybils Team: Terry Doherty, Family Literacy Champion & Digital Media Elf
Terry fell in love (again) with children’s books when she started reading with her newborn almost 18 years ago! With her daughter charting her own path, being part of the Cybils allows Terry to share her passion for reading and introduce families to great books! She is excited to be back as the Social Media Coordinator for Team Cybils and …
Meet the 2019 Cybils Team: Sheila Ruth, Publisher Liaison
Sheila got involved in politics in 2016 and has never looked back. She’s now an elected member of the Maryland Democratic Central Committee. A lifetime of reading fantasy prepares one surprisingly well for entering the political arena! Sheila continues her work as an activist fighting for issues such as equity in housing and transportation, a living wage, the clean energy …
Changes Are Fun, Part Whatever
Due to some unfortunate circumstances, Terry Doherty has to step down as our Fiction Picture Books chair. We will miss her terribly, and wish her all the best. In her stead, Deb Nance has graciously volunteered to step up and fill Terry’s shoes this season. Here’s a bit about her: Fiction picture books are Deb Nance’s world. She’s had many huge …
Meet the 2016 Organizers: Stephanie Charlfour, Audiobooks Chair
A lifelong reader, some of Stephanie’s most vivid memories from her childhood are centered around books–from volunteering in her middle school library, curling up with a great book on a rainy day and sharing books with her best friends at recess. Now as a tween and teen librarian, Stephanie gets to share her love of reading focusing on those in …
Meet the 2016 Organizers: Jennie Rothschild, Middle Grade and YA Non-Fiction
Jennie is returning to the CYBILS for the 7th time in her beloved MG/YA Nonfiction category. She’s been a panelist and a judge and is excited to take on a new role–MG/YA Nonfiction Organizer. A former youth services librarian, she now manages a branch library in the DC suburbs, where she lives with her family. On years when she hasn’t …
Meet the 2016 Organizers: Melissa Wiley, YA Fiction Chair
Melissa Wiley fell in love with the Kidlitosphere before it even had a name and has been enthusiastically blogging about her family’s reading life atHere in the Bonny Glen since 2005. She is the author of more than a dozen books for kids and teens (including The Prairie Thief, the Inch and Roly series, and the Martha and Charlotte Little House …
Meet the 2016 Organizers: Karen Yingling, Middle Grade Fiction Chair
A middle aged, middle school librarian from the Midwest, I’ve been blogging since 2006 at Ms. Yingling Reads. When first hired at my school, I vowed to read every hard cover fiction book in the library so that it’s easier to get the right book for the right child at the right time. It was sad when I finished because …