Whether you’re snuggled up with your own kids, or you’re seated in the “teacher chair” for a group story time, if you want a lively read aloud experience, you look for picture books that encourage children to think, to notice, and, quite often, to laugh. Here are book suggestions from the Cybils archives. Too Many Toys written and illustrated by David …
Interview with Melissa Stewart and Sarah Brannen
First off, congrats! We were all very excited Feathers won. Can you tell us a bit about how you came up with the idea for this book? MS: Thanks so much! Sarah and I were thrilled to hear that our book had won. While I was doing research for another book, I stumbled across an article in Birder’s World (now …
List Fun: Robot Stories for Elementary Readers
Robots are a perennially popular topic among books nominated for the Cybils. Here are some favorites from seasons past. Boy and Bot by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino Nominee, Fiction Picture Books, 2012 When a boy’s new robot friend falls down and bumps his power switch, the boy brings him home to nurse him back to health, only to …
Interview with Chris Haughton
First off, congrats! We adored Shh! We Have a Plan! Can you tell us a bit about how you came up with the idea for the book? CH: Thanks so much! In all my books I try to think of a sort of theatrical ‘pantomime’ effect when you turn the page. It’s fun to read aloud. In this book I …
List Fun: Read Aloud Non-Fiction
In recent years there has been an upsurge in nonfiction that’s great for reading aloud to preschool and kindergarten-age kids, either one-on-one or in classrooms and storytimes. Here are a few great read-aloud titles that Cybils has taken note of. Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Steawart: The 2014 Finalist and Winner in the Elementary/Middle Grade Nonfiction Category is a great read-aloud. Simple sentences make …
Featured Blogger: Greg Pincus
We have loved all the bloggers we’ve featured so far, but it has occurred to us that we’ve been remiss in featuring the male population around here. There are men out there in the kidlit blogging community, and we wanted to highlight their contributions. Greg Pincus at Gottabook has been involved in the community for a number of years, and …
Now that the Awards are Over
The Cybils are done, and usually this space goes quiet until August. However, we’re being ambitious this year, and we thought we’d try something new: we’re going to keep the blog going over the summer. We’re only going to publish a couple times a week, but we’re really excited about what we have to offer. We’re going to keep up …
2014 Winners: What’s Being Said, Part 2
I know we said “later this week” last week, but there were so many coming in over the course of the week, that we thought we’d wait. Here’s more of the goodness that’s being said about our terrific Cybils winners: Blue Apple Books (@blueapplebooks): More than just okay ! ! ! OKAY, ANDY! won the 2014 @cybils Award in the …
A Note to Publishers, Authors, and Illustrators
The winners of the 2014 Cybils Awards were announced on Saturday. If you missed the announcement, you can see it here. As Publisher Liaison, I’d like to offer my personal congratulations to the winners. The award winning books are the culmination of two separate rounds of judging over five months, and a selection process that involved a total of 129 hardworking judges. Winning …
The Winners: What’s Being Said
One of the things that I (personally) love about the Cybils announcements is all Twitter love the winners get. Here’s some of what we saw yesterday: Paul Durham (@pauldurhambooks): @charlotteslib Thank you so much! I’m a bit floored by the news and will try to formulate a more coherent response when I pick my jaw up. Candlewick Press (@Candlewick): Congrats @chrishaughton …