Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton Matt Phelan Candlewick Press Nominated by: Cathy Potter Although some readers may not know the story of Buster Keaton, they will quickly become entranced and enthralled with him thanks to the beautiful graphic novel Bluffton: My Summers with Buster. From 1908 to 1938, Muskegon, Michigan was taken over by the premier Vaudevillian actors of …
2013 Finalists: Easy Readers
A Big Guy Took My Ball! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) Mo Willems Disney Hyperion Nominated by: Danielle Smith Elephant and Piggie are back, bigger and better than ever! When Piggie’s beloved new ball get stolen by a mysterious “big guy” it’s Elephant to the rescue! Until he sees just…how…BIG that big guy is! It’s all about perspective in this …
2013 Finalists: Early Chapter Books
Dragonbreath #9: The Case of the Toxic Mutants Ursula Vernon Dial Nominated by: sara the librarian Ursula Vernon is as wackily hilarious as ever in this ninth installment in the Dragonbreath series, featuring Danny Dragonbreath (the only mythical creature in a school of reptiles, who’s still working on his fire-breathing skills), his friend Wendell (complete geek, afflicted with a health …
2013 Finalists: Book Apps
Disney Animated written by Disney developed by Disney and Touch Press nominated by Shannon Miller Disney’s animated movies have enchanted families for generations. Now, this richly layered multimedia book app takes readers behind the scenes to see all the different aspects that go into creating animated feature films. Read about the original development of animation, watch Walt Disney talk …
REVIEW: Dragonbreath #9 by Ursula Vernon
Today's featured review comes from Laura Purdie Salas, a Round 1 judge for Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books. Besides being a past Cybil-ite, she's an author herself–and, in fact, a Cybils winner in 2012 for her poetry collection Bookspeak. So she knows whereof she speaks, when it comes to kids' books. Last week, Laura reviewed Early Chapter Books nominee …
REVIEW: Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
Sherry Early of the long-running Semicolon blog is today's featured reviewer. She's a longtime Cybils supporter and participant and writes excellent, in-depth reviews of titles ranging from picture books to adult fiction. This year she's a Round 1 judge for YA Nonfiction, but she reviews a wide variety of genres, as evidenced by today's review. Earlier this year Sherry reviewed …
REVIEW: Once Upon a Northern Night
Dawn Mooney of 5 Minutes for Books is a Cybils regular, and this year she brings us her expertise as a Round 1 panelist for Fiction Picture Books. Whether she's looking at books for older readers or younger ones, she brings her own voice to a wonderful group blog that reviews books for everyone from babies to adults. A couple …
REVIEW: How to Fake a Moon Landing
Not only is Lyn Miller-Lachman one of our Round 1 panelists this year for Graphic Novels, she's also a writer in her own right (author of Gringolandia) and blogger at The Pirate Tree, which is described as "a collective of children’s and young adult writers interested in children’s literature and social justice issues." They review and discuss books for kids …
REVIEW: Alvin Ho: Allergic to Babies, Burglars, and Other Bumps in the Night
Today's featured blog review comes from Geo Librarian–aka Heidi Grange, who is a Round 1 judge this year for Middle Grade Fiction and a regular participant in Marvelous Middle Grade Monday. Her very active blog features giveaways, blog tours, and other fun stuff in addition to numerous book reviews. One of her reviews earlier this year covered MG Fiction Nominee …
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