Hey, everyone–it’s another new category this year! Today’s blogger review is a nominee from our new Board Books category, which is a subdivision of Fiction Picture Books. Round 1 panelist Ami Jones blogs at A Mom’s Spare Time, where she posts book reviews and blogs about life as a Youth Services Librarian. Earlier this year, she reviewed Board Books nominee …
Publisher/Author Submission Deadline Extended
The deadline for submissions by publishers, authors, and publicists has been extended. If you would like to submit titles for consideration for the 2016 Cybils Awards, please make sure I have your spreadsheet by close of business Pacific Time, Thursday, October 27. Please see this post for more information on submissions. Sheila Ruth, Publisher Liaison publishers (at) cybils (dot) com
REVIEW: Duck, Duck, Porcupine!
You’ve met (virtually, anyway) Jennifer Wharton, our category organizer for Elementary and Middle Grade Nonfiction. But have you visited her blog yet? If not, go check out Jean Little Library for a review of Easy Reader nominee Duck, Duck, Porcupine! by Salina Yoon. (You’ll also find tons of other book reviews from picture book to middle grade, and posts about …
REVIEW: What’s Up, Chuck?
Today’s blogger review comes via Sue Morris, a Round 1 panelist for Fiction Picture Books and blogger at Kid Lit Reviews. She prides herself on her thoughtful reviews of children’s books, from picture books on up through middle grade, and she is a writer and social worker as well as a kidlit enthusiast. Over the summer she reviewed Early Chapter …
Kidlitcon 2017 – Call for West Coast Hosts!
On behalf of the Kidlitcon 2016 organizing team, we all wanted to let you know that KidLitCon 2016 was a big success! We missed those of you who couldn’t be there. Everyone who attended enjoyed lots of facetime with favorite authors, terrific food, and abundant swag. Bonds were formed with fellow bloggers and kidlit enthusiasts. The halls echoed with laughter! …
REVIEW: The Bronze Key [Audiobook]
We are so excited to kick off our new Audiobooks category this year, and what better way to start up this season’s blogger reviews? Our very first review is from Round 1 Audiobooks panelist Jeanene Johnson, who blogs about audiobooks at Got My Book. She has all of her audiobook reviews sorted into lists by title, author, narrator, rating, and …
Now accepting submissions from publishers, authors, and publicists.
We are now accepting submissions from publishers, authors, and publicists. This is your chance to let us know about good books that were missed during the public nomination period. You may submit up to 10% of your eligible children’s and YA books published between October 16, 2015 and October 15, 2016. (The publicly nominated books don’t count against the 10%.) …
Two days! Nominations Closing on Oct 15th
We’re almost done with the public nominations for this year’s Cybils. If you haven’t nominated, NOW is the time! We’ve noticed that there have been a lot of people commenting on blog posts nominating books. While we are happy you’re excited about nominating, nominations in comments will not be counted. You need to fill out the nomination form here. If your …
Nominations Notes and Wish Lists!
Public nominations are still open through October 15th–thanks to everyone who has nominated so far!! If you haven’t nominated books yet and are having trouble thinking of something that hasn’t already been nominated, then here are a few nominations wish lists of worthy titles collected by our organizers and panelists: MG/YA Nonfiction titles, from Round 1 panelist Kelly Jensen at …
2016 Nominations: Young Adult Fiction
Please view the full blog post to see a list of all 2016 nominated books in the Young Adult Fiction category.