Since you’ve been living in the same world we have, you know that books and stories have turned into the toxic rope in an aggressive cultural tug-of-war. Though the American Library Association reports that 92% of parents and 90% of voters feel that libraries are a positive, essential part of American life, the federal government has slashed library funding, gutting …
February Cybils on Substack
We’re celebrating Epistolary books and Black History Month this February! Check it out over on our Substack.
January Cybils on Substack (a little late)
Forgive us: January was Januarying super hard this year. But, we’ve collected ourselves, and our new Scribbles Substack is live. You can read it here.
December Cybils on Substack
Check out our Substack post for December! A last reminder to do your holiday shopping at Bookshop.org; we do earn a percentage of all sales when shopping through that link. Thank you!
November Cybils on Substack
Check out what we’re saying on Substack here! And don’t forget to do your holiday shopping at Bookshop.org; we do earn a percentage of all sales when shopping through that link. Thank you!
Cybils 2025 for Publishers and Authors
Dear Publishers and Authors, Since 2006, the Cybils Awards have been honoring the best children’s and young adult books of the year. Each year our panels of judges select finalists and winners in a number of categories, based on our criteria of literary merit and kid appeal. We also actively seek to honor books that provide authentic representation of varied …
2024 CYBILS Awards Winners
It is a truly happy day when we can celebrate book love! But before we jump into the list, we want to take a moment to recognize the people who make our awards possible. Our judges. More than 100 people volunteer their limited free time to seek out, read, discuss, deliberate, and decide on all the books. They invest a …