Tess Goldwasser, aka Ms. Tess, is a blogger at the Kid's Book Blog, which is a readers advisory blog updated and maintained by the children's staff of St. Mary's County Library in Maryland. She's a children's librarian, and she's also a Round II judge in Fiction Picture Books this year. Back in December, Tess reviewed what she deemed her favorite …

The blog Mrs. B's Favorites is the online home of Karen Ball, who is so prolific at quick, informative reviews that we've decided to feature her again on the Cybils blog. Karen is a middle school teacher and a Round I judge for Middle Grade/YA Nonfiction. Back in November, she reviewed several Cybils finalists-to-be, including The Dark Game: True Spy …

Today's featured review comes courtesy of Wild Rose Reader's Elaine Magliaro, Round I Poetry panelist and children's poet in her own right. And the review is rather special, since the Cybils finalist author in question is Joyce Sidman–not only is she a past Cybils winner, she's got two–count 'em, TWO–titles on the finalist list this year. Way back in the …

A mom and a bookseller, Tanya Zavestoski Turek has been blogging since 2008 at Books 4 Your Kids, where she highlights amazing but possibly overlooked children's books, especially picture books and chapter books. This year she's a Round II judge for Elementary and Middle Grade Fantasy and Science Fiction. Recently, Tanya reviewed SFF finalist Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, …

We featured a review by Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books Round I judge Jeff Barger reeeallly early on in this year's Cybils, but in case you've forgotten, Jeff is a kindergarten teacher in North Carolina who blogs in order to help fellow teachers find quality resources they can use in their classrooms, from math and science to reading and …

Jill Foltz, one of our Round II judges for Middle Grade Fiction this year, blogs at The O.W.L.: Outrageously Wonderful Literature for the Middle Grades. More precisely, she blogs along with Team OWL, a group of students in her 7th grade English classes. They look at all sorts of books–MG and YA–that are great for 7th graders. One of those …

Michelle Franz of Galleysmith has been an active book blogger since mid-2009, and shares her love of books through in-depth, thoughtful reviews. She's also an instructional/educational technologist–i.e., she works on ways to use technology to assist in learning–and she's a Round II judge on our Young Adult Fiction panel. One of the books she read and reviewed last year was …

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is the largest children's literacy nonprofit organization in the country, so it's no wonder that RIF's CEO, Carol Rasco, is a book lover. What you might not know is that she's also a blogger at Rasco from RIF, and a Round II judge for Nonfiction and Information Picture Books. Carol reviews a lot of kids' books, …

Maggi Idzikowski is a Round I judge in our Graphic Novels category this year. On her blog Mama Librarian, she tracks her progress in numerous reading challenges and posts concise capsule reviews of books she reads with her four-year old. Her reviews take into account criteria both practical and entertaining, such as Awesomeness and Mesmerizitude. This past fall, Maggi looked …

One of our Round II judges in Fiction Picture Books this year is Katie Davis, who blogs at Brain Burps About Books. Katie Davis is the author and illustrator of several picture books herself, and on her blog, she posts podcasts about children's literature, including fascinating behind-the-scenes interviews with authors and illustrators. Last month, Katie looked at Cybils FPB finalist …