Finding Wonderland has been around since 2005, forever in the Kidlitosphere. Aquafortis contribute to this blog and has this to say about this nomination to the Graphic Novel division: "If you like swashbuckling adventure, strong female protagonists, and plenty of outlandish mayhem, then Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant delivers in spades. I'm going to note right up front: don't …
Review of Strike Three, You’re Dead
Mark Buxton has been blogging at Buxton's Blog O' Books (which was named by his 6th grade students!) since 2009. He recently retired from teaching after 35 years, the last several of which he taught 6th grade language arts. He still volunteers and substitutes at school, helping in the library and coaching the Battle of the Books team. I know …
Review of Ten Plants That Shook the World
Alice, a part-time pediatrician and a full-time mom to two boys and a girl, blogs about a variety of books at Supratentorial. While she covers picture books as well as some middle grade stories, she is on the first round panel for Elementary and Middle Grade Nonfiction for the 2013 Cybils. Here is her review of Gillian Richardson's Ten Plants …
Review of Lincoln’s Grave Robbers
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 …
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 …
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 …