Now presenting the Round 1 and 2 panelists for Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books: Round 1 Jeff Barger NC Teacher Stuff Katie FitzgeraldSecrets & Sharing Soda @sharingsoda Mandy Goldfuss A Lovely Bookshelf on the Wall Teri Lesesne Professor Nana and LS5385 @professornana Colby Sharp sharpread and Nerdy Book Club @colbysharp and @nerdybookclub Amanda Snow A Patchwork of Books @ApatchworkofBks …
The 2012 Book Apps Judges
Starting out our official panel announcements for the 2012 Cybils is our fabulous slate of judges for Book Apps, now in its second year as a Cybils category. Welcome one and all! Round 1: Carissa KluverDigital Media Diet@iPad_storytime Lalitha NatarajMasala Reader @librarian_lali Cathy PotterThe Nonfiction Detectives@cppotter Lisa von DrasekEarly Word Kids @lvondrasek Paula WilleyPink Me@pwbalto Round 2: Alyson BeecherKidLitFrenzy@alybee930 Sara …
Get Ready…Get Set…
You've all been very, very patient while we pore over dozens and dozens of worthy applications from volunteer bloggers eager to take part in this year's Cybils. And our category chairs have made their decisions! Let me tell you, they're some exciting lists indeed. We know there's always great anticipation and rejoicing (and a little disappointment, too) when the panelists …
Meet Sarah Stevenson, Cybils Blog Editor
Sarah Stevenson–a freelance writer, artist, graphic designer, and YA author–has been a part of the Cybils since its inaugural year in 2006, and was blog editor for the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Cybils. She's also helped out behind the scenes with various items like the Cybils logo and flyers. Last year she stepped aside from her duties as Cybils blog …
Meet Anne Levy, Cybils Overlord in Absentia
Our lovely Cybils Overlord and co-founder Anne Levy is known by many names: Cybils Sherpa, Cybils Editor, O Mighty One. Normally you can see her blog posts right here on the Cybils blog, but this year she's on a bit of a hiatus as her superhuman organizational skills are bent to the task of molding young minds as a 6th …
Meet Jen Robinson, Literacy Evangelist
Jen Robinson is always on the lookout for great books. Throughout studying engineering in college and graduate school, she could often be found browsing the children's section of libraries and bookstores. She now works in the semiconductor industry, and reads and reviews children's and young adult books in her spare time. Said spare time is in short supply these days, …
Meet Pam Coughlan, Fiction Picture Books Chair
Continuing with the Cybils as category organizer for Fiction Picture Books, Pam Coughlan writes the blog MotherReader and administers the website KidLitosphere Central. Two daughters and ten years in the children's department of public libraries kindled her passion for picture books. Now managing the schedules of two teenage girls, she appreciates the genre even more for delivering the essence of …
Meet Jone MacCulloch, Poetry Chair
Jone is a regular contributor in the Poetry Friday community. Her blog Check It Out features the work of her students, poetry books for children, and poet interviews. Her school's "Poetry Postcard Project" for National Poetry Month is in its fourth year with postcards traveling the world. Jone begins her 39th year of teaching this year. She shares her poetry …
Meet Sheila Ruth, Fantasy & Science Fiction Chair
Sheila Ruth is happy to have found her tribe in the Cybils. Where else can she geek out about books with other people who get it? She has been with the Cybils since the beginning, and has worn several different hats over the years: Category Chair, Publisher Liaison, and creator/developer of the Cybils database, but her favorite part is reading …
Meet Jackie Parker, Young Adult Fiction Chair and Temporary Overlord
Jackie fully believes that her ability to consume great quantities of literature in short periods of time was first fostered by the elementary school program “Book It” which promised a button and free Pizza Hut to those who read enough. It served her well in college, and then again, in 2006 during the inaugural year of the Cybils. Since then, …