Many thanks to Katie Davis, a judge in our Fiction Picture Book category, for mentioning us on her segment on Channel 8 in Connecticut. Katie's segment aired on Sunday and we gave her special permission to unveil the winner in her category early. I think this makes us officially famous, right? Anyway, here's the link to her piece. Oh, and …
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Winners of the 2010 Cybils Awards
Once again, it's our pleasure to bring you our picks for the titles of 2010 that combined literary merit with kid appeal. That's the secret sauce that makes a child or teen want to pull it off the shelf (or download it onto their gizmo of choice) and not move/eat/sleep/breathe until the last page is turned. After the jump you'll …
Are You Ready For It?
I know we're on tenterhooks around here, just bursting with the news–to be revealed TOMORROW!–of this year's Cybil Award winners. I hope you're as excited as we are. If you need a refresher, Elaine Magliaro of Wild Rose Reader, one of our Round I Poetry judges, has put together a really nice roundup post with handy links to all the …
REVIEW
The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter
Kyle Kimmal, one of our Round I judges for Middle Grade Fiction, blogs at The Boy Reader. He's a third grade teacher, so he looks at a lot of books of interest to younger readers, but he also reviews other titles of interest to boys. (And getting more boys to read is definitely a good thing!) Kyle recently posted about …
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Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Today's featured review comes from Tasha Saecker's long-running blog Kids Lit, which has been active since 2003. Tasha, who is the director of the Menasha Public Library in Wisconsin, is an old hand around the Cybils, and she's been a category organizer as well as a judge. She reviews everything from board books to YA novels, and this year she's …
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The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According To Susy) by Barbara Kerley
Jone MacCulloch is our category organizer for Nonfiction and Information Picture Books, so of course she reads a lot of great Cybils-worthy titles and blogs about them at Check It Out. She's a regular participant in Nonfiction Monday and Poetry Friday, and also blogs about life from the perspective of an elementary school librarian. One of her recent Nonfiction Monday …
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Mercury by Hope Larson
I'm so happy to see this one as a finalist that I'm going to do something a little gauche and post a link to my own review on Finding Wonderland, the YA literature and writing blog I share with author and fellow Cybils judge Tanita S. Davis. (Bonus fact of the day: Hope Larson will be doing the graphic novel …
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Tess Goldwasser, aka Ms. Tess, is a blogger at the Kid's Book Blog, which is a readers advisory blog updated and maintained by the children's staff of St. Mary's County Library in Maryland. She's a children's librarian, and she's also a Round II judge in Fiction Picture Books this year. Back in December, Tess reviewed what she deemed her favorite …
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The Dark Game: True Spy Stories compiled by Paul Janeczko
The blog Mrs. B's Favorites is the online home of Karen Ball, who is so prolific at quick, informative reviews that we've decided to feature her again on the Cybils blog. Karen is a middle school teacher and a Round I judge for Middle Grade/YA Nonfiction. Back in November, she reviewed several Cybils finalists-to-be, including The Dark Game: True Spy …