Sherry Early is a reader and home school teacher from Texas who blogs at Semicolon. Here is her take on Steve Sheinkin's book, Lincoln's Grave Robbers, which has been nominated in the Young Adult Nonfiction division: "I enjoyed Lincoln’s Grave Robbers mostly as look into history and the almost comical antics of both criminals and police in the post-Civil War …
Register Now for KIDLITCON!
Here at the Cybils organization, we are big fans of the Kidlitosphere Conference (aka KidLitCon). KidLitCon is an annual conference for children's and young adult book bloggers (though anyone is welcome). KidLitCon is a much smaller conference than, say ALA or BEA. There are usually a few bookish giveaways, and a book exchange, but the focus of KidLitCon is not …
Review of The Pet Project: Cute & Cuddly Vicious Verses
Bridget Wilson blogs at What is Bridget Reading. She is the Youth Services Librarian for a Regional Library in North Carolina. She presents programs, develop collections, & much more for four libraries. She nominated Lisa Wheeler's The Pet Project (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, April 2, 2013) in the poetry category, and said the following about it: Synopsis: A young …
Happy Birthday, Sheila!
It's Sheila Ruth's birthday today, so leave your well wishes in the comments. This contest wouldn't get off the ground every year without Sheila's hard work and dedication. Without her fabulous database, her publishing contacts, her work ethic and literary mojo, this would just be another cool blog about books that got updated once in a while. So tell her …
Review of Dirty Little Secret
Lucy at The Reading Date has been blogging about Young Adult and Adult Fiction since 2010. She participates in the Waiting on Wednesday and Mailbox Monday memes, lists e book deals, and occasionally reviews movies as well. Back in July, she reviewed one of the books nominated for the Cybils in the young adult fiction section. Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer …
Nominations are now closed
Nominations for 2013 are now closed. We would like to thank everyone who nominated, tweeted, posted, or supported the nominations in any other way. Judges have been hard at work since the first day of nominations, and will continue to work until the announcement of the finalists on January 1, 2014. While you're waiting for the announcement, we will be …
Last chance to nominate and a few last suggestions
Tomorrow is your last chance to nominate for the Cybils Awards! Nominations close tomorrow night at 11:59pm PDT. There are still some great books that haven't been nominated, so don't miss the chance! Here are a few more posts with nomination suggestions: Poetry suggestions from Poetry Category Chair Jone Mac Fiction Picture Books and Nonfiction Elementary and Middle Grade suggestions from …
The clock is ticking!
There's not much time left to nominate your favorite books for the Cybils! I have to check the exact minute that nominations close, but it's some time TOMORROW. Hop to it!
More suggestions for books you’ve forgotten you read!
I know that I struggled with which books I would nominate, and going back through a year's worth of blog posts… didn't happen. Looking at these lists, though, helped me remember books I thought were fabulous and deserved a chance at the Cybils! Take a look and see what made you go "Wow!", even though it might have gotten pushed …
The Clock is Ticking!
You only have until October 15th to nominate your very favorite books of the year! If you're like me, there are lots of books I loved, but because I read them back in January, they aren't immediately jumping to mind. To have your memory nudged, go to these great sites for suggestions, then head to the nomination form here. Charlotte's …