No doubt many of you are either quietly recovering from New Year's Eve celebrations, or perhaps you're diligently working on your list of resolutions for the upcoming year. Our Cybils panelists have been hard at work, too–not just reading nominated titles and settling on the short lists, but also on their own New Year's Resolutions. Here is just a sampling …
2008 Non-Fiction MG/YA Finalists
11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System written by David Aguilar National Geographic Children’s Books My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under Nine Palace Elephants (10-year-old Maryn Smith’s winning entry for the National Geographic Children’s Book Planetary Mnemonic Contest). So begins this engaging introduction to the newly classified solar system. Stunning artwork, cool facts on how the …
The 2008 Cybils Finalists
Ta-da … The Big Reveal. Can I remind everyone that our panelists are the world’s most fabulous book bloggers? They had to hunt down an extraordinary number of titles on their own this year. Blame the economy, as review copies were often hard to come by. A round of applause, please, as our hard-working panelists pass the baton to our …
2008 Fantasy & Science Fiction Finalists
Elementary/Middle Grade: Cabinet of Wonderswritten by Marie Rutkoski Macmillan Petra Kronos lives in a small Czech village with her father, an artisan who can move metal with his mind and work with invisible tools. When her father is commissioned by the prince to build a marvelous clock, he goes off to Prague–and comes back blinded. The prince has stolen his …