Abby Johnson, aka Abby (the) Librarian, is in her third year on the Cybils, where she's served on the YA Fiction and Middle Grade Fiction panels. This year she's a Round I judge for Non-Fiction and Information Picture Books. On her blog, she reviews books and talks about life as a children's librarian. Recently, Abby reviewed Cybils nominee The Buzz …

If you've never visited Betsy Bird's blog A Fuse #8 Production, then you're missing out on one of the pillars of the kidlitosphere. No jive. Now housed on the prestigious School Library Journal website, Fuse #8 examines children's books in illuminating and entertaining detail, as well as covering other topics related to the world of children's literature. Betsy is a …

Wild Rose Reader's Elaine Magliaro has been a longtime Cybils advocate and participant, and this year she's on our Round I Poetry panel. A former elementary school teacher and school librarian, she's a children's poet in her own right, and posts some of her own work to her blog as well as blogging about children's poetry books and resources. Earlier …

Jennifer Wharton is a Round I Judge for Fiction Picture Books this year, though you may remember her from last year's Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books panel. Jennifer is a Youth Services Librarian in Wisconsin and she blogs about books and library programs at Jean Little Library, which is named for her personal collection of over 2,000 books. Earlier …

Undusty New Books is the blog of Round I Fantasy and Sci-Fi judge Hallie Tibbetts, a literature event planner and former teacher who loves to read and review young adult books. In addition, she's a volunteer for Narrate Conferences, a nonprofit organization that puts on fun events like…oh, a conference or two about Harry Potter, just to name one example. …

Today's featured review comes from Julie Jurgens of Hi Miss Julie!, a children's librarian and former early childhood teacher in the Chicago area as well as a Round I Judge in the Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books category. On her blog, Julie talks about books, materials and library services for children and teens. Last week, Julie reviewed Cybils Easy …

Jennifer Donovan is a Round 1 Judge for Middle Grade Fiction this year. Besides blogging at her own site, Snapshot, she's the managing editor at 5 Minutes for Books, an online community featuring reviews of books for all ages, giveaways, thoughts on reading and plenty more. Jennifer was also a participant in our Cybils Challenge last month, and she's our …

Karen Ball, one of our Round I judges for Middle Grade/Young Adult Nonfiction, is a middle school teacher in Connecticut. She blogs at Mrs. B's Favorites, where she reviews a plethora of books for the MG and YA age group. She's been going strong with a whole slew of reviews of nominated NFMG/YA titles, including Candy Bomber: The Story of …

Kelly Jensen of the blog Stacked (tagline: "Librarians. Reviews. Mayhem.") describes herself as "a compulsive consumer of all things books and blogs." She's a youth services librarian in Wisconsin, and was a Round II Judge for YA Fiction last year. This year she's bringing her expertise to the Round I panel. A few months ago, Kelly wrote an in-depth review …

Doret Canton of the Happy Nappy Bookseller blog is one of our Round I judges for Nonfiction/Information Picture Books this year. As you might have guessed, Doret's a bookseller, and she contributes as well to the blog Color Online, which highlights work by women writers of color. Doret is also a baseball fan, and one of the Cybils nominees she …