Jessica Tackett MacDonald blogs at Her Life With Books, and this year she's a Round 1 panelist for Young Adult Nonfiction. By day, she's a librarian who posts reviews and booklists of children's and YA literature as well as posts about library life, cat pictures, and other random fun things. Last week, Jessica posted about a few of this year's …

Today's featured review, in the Poetry category, comes from Round 1 Poetry panelist and longtime Cybils veteran Kelly Fineman of Writing and Ruminating. Kelly is a poet herself, so she knows whereof she speaks–she's the author of the lovely picture book At the Boardwalk. Earlier this year, she reviewed Cybils Poetry nominee When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders …

It's fitting that our final review of the finalist period would come from a loyal and hardworking Cybils regular–Charlotte Taylor, who blogs about children's and YA fantasy and sci-fi at Charlotte's Library. She was a round 1 judge this year for MG Fantasy and Sci-Fi, and one of the most fun aspects of her blog is that every Sunday, she …

Katie Fitzgerald of Secrets & Sharing Soda is today's featured blogger. She's a Round 1 panelist for Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books, she's a children's librarian by day, and she blogs about a wide range of kidlit-related topics–including regular features called Old School Sunday, in which she reviews books published in the '90s and before. Fun fact: Katie furnished …

Our featured reviewer for the day, Helen Dineen, is a UK-based blogger at CAppTivated Kids, where she blogs about iPad apps for young children. She's always on the lookout for entertaining and educational apps for her two little ones, and on her blog she posts about her favorites. Fun fact: Though she's a Twitter veteran, she's relatively new to blogging–she …

Kellie Tilton, aka Kell, is today's featured blogger. A university librarian and Round 1 judge for YA Fiction this year, she blogs at The Re-Shelf, where she posts primarily about young adult fiction, especially contemporary romance, fantasy, and dystopians. Fun fact: she's a big Doctor Who fan (a surprising number of us Cybils folk are…) One of the YA Cybils …

Today's featured review comes from Round 1 Poetry judge and Cybils regular Mary Lee Hahn, who blogs with fellow teacher Franki Sibberson at A Year of Reading. Fun fact: Did you know they keep a list of 100 Cool Teachers in Children's Literature? Laura Ingalls and Professor McGonagall aren't the only cool teachers you'll find–go check it out. One of …

Today's featured review comes from Richie Partington, a Round 2 judge for MG/YA Nonfiction, faculty at San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science, and blogger at Richie's Picks. At his site, he writes detailed reviews of recent and upcoming books for children and young adults. Fun fact: he once had dinner with J.K. Rowling! One of the …

Our featured review of the day comes from the blog Delightful Children's Books, which is the online home of Round 1 Nonfiction Picture Books judge Amy Broadmoore. Besides having an adorable sock monkey in the header, her blog also features recommendations for outstanding picture books–fiction and nonfiction–that encourage kids to love reading and explore the world around them. Fun fact: …

Our finalist lists get put to use in a number of different ways, from fodder for individual TBR piles to reference sheets for booksellers. As our NFPB category chair Jennifer Wharton shows in a recent blog post, our finalists are also helpful for librarians, who can use them for collection development. If you're curious how librarians use the lists of …