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REVIEW: Out of the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst
Nettle is the online handle of one of our Fantasy and Sci-Fi panelists, but she also identifies herself as "Hunter and Bagger of the Elusive Snark" on her blog, The Puck in the Midden. She posts excellent reviews there as well as at Cabinet des Fées: A Fairy Tale Journal, which is where today's review is from. She's also associated …
REVIEW: I Will Surprise My Friend! by Mo Willems
Kara Dean of Not Just for Kids is our blogger of the day, as well as a panelist for this year's Easy Readers category. Since August of 2007, Kara–a children's librarian, writer, and reviewer–been posting about her favorite books and other happenings in the children's lit world under the moniker of Children's Literature Guru. Earlier this month, the Guru reviewed …
REVIEW: Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
YA-loving denizens of the kidlitosphere will no doubt be familiar with The YA YA YAs–Trisha, Gayle, and Jolene have been blogging since March of 2007 over at WordPress, where they post about everything that YA literature fans and YA librarians could want. News, reviews, fiction, non-fiction–these three Young Adult librarians have it covered. Today's review comes from Trisha, who cites …
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Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale
One of this year’s Cybils panelists in the Graphic Novels category is Sam Musher of Parenthetical.net. According to the header graphic, her blog contains “Musings and snark about YA lit, libraries, and geekdom, from an overly opinionated middle school librarian.” Sam also posts book lists and book reviews of literature for kids and teens–and had a truly kick-butt Halloween costume …
Cybils Nominees Rock the Blog Blast Tour
Can you believe it? Eighteen of this year's Cybils-nominated authors are getting a spot in the limelight this week during the Winter Blog Blast Tour organized by Colleen Mondor of Chasing Ray. For your convenience, here is a list of dates, Cybils-nominated titles, and links: Monday, November 17Lewis Buzbee, Steinbeck's Ghost (MG Fiction)Chasing Ray Laurel Snyder, Up and Down the …
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Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea
Stephanie Ford, one of our Fiction Picture Book panelists, is a blogger at the Children's Literature Book Club, which is described as a "book club of grownups who like to discuss children's literature." She posts reviews of everything from picture books to YA novels, and includes kidlit news and booklists as well for curious readers who are interested in following …
Jen Robinson at Shelf Space
Jen Robinson is guest blogging at Foreword magazine's Shelf Space through the month of November. The most recent post talks about her role as literacy evangelist for the web's most popular (okay, only) kidlit awards. Here's a sample: I believe that the Cybils short lists (5 to 7 titles per category) are an amazing resource. Great titles, vetted by people …
Meet the Panelists: Graphic Novels Roundtable
Having been part of the Graphic Novels category myself in previous years, I can attest that it's always an adventure discussing what makes a quality nominee, and sometimes, what makes a graphic novel a graphic novel! Thanks to GN category organizer Snow Wildsmith of Good Comics for Kids, we're getting a sneak peek into what the nominating and judging panelists …
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Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex
Today's review of the day is actually a co-review from two Cybils veterans, Jules of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast and Kelly Fineman of Writing and Ruminating, both of whom are panelists for this year's Poetry category. As one half of the well-known 7-Imps, Jules, along with her co-blogger Eisha, reads a huge array of books and posts reviews, interviews, …