The Cybils is hitting the big time, guys. Well, really, I suppose it's a Cybils winner who's hitting the big time. Suzanne Collins, author of YA Fantasy & Science Fiction winner The Hunger Games, will be adapting her novel into a screenplay. In the press release announcing the acquisition deal is a synopsis of the novel and the accolades it's …
RIF strikes again
Carol Rasco at Reading Is Fundamental features the cover of another Cybils winner. This week it's our Best Poetry book, Naomi Shihab Nye's "Honeybee."
Not Just Another Blog
If you haven't yet visited Just One More Book, the online home of Non-Fiction Picture Books judging panelist Andrea Ross, then you're missing out on a fabulous resource. On JOMB, Andrea and her co-blogger Mark Blevis post podcasts three times a week, discussing children's books and interviewing authors. I'm not sure there's any other kidlitosphere site quite like it. In …
Kidlitosphere Resources
Ever wished you could find a list of kidlitosphere blogs all in one place, but didn't know where to find such a wondrous item? Well, look no more, because there are no fewer than FOUR (and probably more…) fabulous collections of kidlit links to help take you on a tour of children's and YA literature from the perspective of writers, …
Cybils love from Carol Rasco
We're so pleased to have a friend in Carol Rasco, CEO of Reading is Fundamental. I have a lot of childhood memories wrapped up with RIF. They sent a bookmobile to a small park in my grandparents' Miami Beach neighborhood, where I spent many a happy summer. I'd come back with a sunburned nose because I couldn't take it out …
Operation Teen Book Drop 2009
What are you doing on April 16, 2009? Maybe celebrating the fact that tax day has come and gone…but once you're done with that, you might want to take part in Operation TBD 2009, in honor of Support Teen Literature Day. As part of a group effort by readergirlz, GuysLitWire, YALSA, and publishers, teen patients in pediatric hospitals across the …
One Last Reviews Roundup
We really wanted to make sure that all of our winning titles were featured on the Cybils blog in some way–and we also wanted to plug just a few more of our wonderful, hardworking, blogging volunteers–so here's one last roundup of reviews of Cybils-winning titles that haven't yet been featured here on the main blog. Fantasy and Sci-Fi category organizer …
Calling all interviewers
If you were a panelist or judge this year, would you like to do a Q&A with one of the winners? I'll try and set it all up with the publicists, but wanted to coordinate it centrally so we don't all step on each other's toes or have too much duplication. Email me at anne (at) bookbuds (dot) net if …
Cybils 2008 by the numbers
My apologies to the Harper's Index. Total number of nominated books: 843 Percent read by at least one panelist: 98 Percent read by at least two panelists: 92 Number of winning authors and illustrators: 15 Cost, in dollars, of Lanier Classic Fountain Pen for each winner: 65 Page views on opening day, Oct. 1st, 2008: 4,942 Page views on Jan. …
Updated Cybils Flyer Includes Winning Books
The final version of our printer-friendly flyer is here! In convenient, compact form, this document lists all of our 2008 shortlisted titles (without blurbs), and includes the winners in boldface type at the top of each category list. As before, the front page of the flyer includes a description of what the Cybils are all about, nomination instructions, important dates, …