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Spring Forward with these #CYBILS2024 Nomination-eligible Books
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Early Chapter Book Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 EMG Graphic Novel Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Board Book Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Finalists Poetry Collections
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Middle Grade Fiction Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 YA Speculative Fiction FInalists
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#CYBILS2023 Book Review: YA Fiction Finalists
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#CYBILS2023 Book Reviews: Fiction Picture Book Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 EMG Speculative Fiction Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Middle-Grade Nonfiction Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 YA Graphic Novel Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Easy Reader Finalists
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Book Reviews: #CYBILS2023 Elementary Nonfiction Finalists
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Announcing the 2023 CYBILS Awards Winners
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#CYBILS2023 The Ones That Got Away – Poetry Edition
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#CYBILS2023 The Ones That Got Away: Middle-Grade Edition
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Announcing the 2023 CYBILS Awards Finalists
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Perfect Pairings 2023: 10 Book + Gift Ideas
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Dinos. And dragons. And monsters. OH MY!
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Full STEAM Ahead: a #CYBILS2023 Book List
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#CYBILS2023 Books by Previous Winners
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Baked-In Book Deliciousness: A Foodie Book List
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Twice-Told Tales: Retellings & Remixes a #CYBILS2023 Book List
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Game On! a #CYBILS2023 Book List
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Food, Family & Home: A Harvest of Books
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The Big Book (List) of 20 Questions: #CYBILS2023
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A #CYBILS2023 Book Spook-tacular
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Backlist Book List: Back to School
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#CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Terry Doherty
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#CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Gary Anderson
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Middle-Grade Fiction & More: #CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Melissa Fox
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#CYBILS2023 Speculative Fiction Recommendations from Charlotte Taylor
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#CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Sarah Jamila Stevenson
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#CYBILS2023 Picture Book Recommendations from Sam Richardson
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The List with Recommended Lists
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#CYBILS2023 Nonfiction Recommendations from Reshama Deshmukh
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#CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Tanita S. Davis
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Graphic Novels & More: #CYBILS2023 Recommendations from Kristen Harvey
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#CYBILS2023 YA Speculative Fiction Recommendations from Sondra Eklund
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#CYBILSAWARDS Backlist Book List: Memorial Day Edition
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Backlist BookList: Indian and Pakistani Stories for AAPI Month
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Dance and Movement!
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Novels in Verse
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Backlist Book List: Gardens
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Backlist Book List: Latinx Voices
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#Cybils2022: The Black Experience, Part 3
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#Cybils2022 Book Lists: The Black Experience, Part 2
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#Cybils2022 Book Lists: The Black Experience, Part 1
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#Cybils2022 Book Lists: Being Differently Abled
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#Cybils2022 Book Lists: Mental Health Awareness
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#Cybils2022 Book Lists: Ocean Life
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: The Ones That Got Away (2022 edition)
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#Cybils2022 Book Lists: Knights and Dragons
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Celebrating Religion and Faith
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#CybilsAwards Book List: Bird Books
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#CybilsAwards Booklist: Libraries
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Classic Tales Retold
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Indigenous Voices
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#CybilsAward Book List: Civic Engagement
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#CybilsAwards Book List: Forests!
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Aliens!
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Sisters
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#CybilsAwards Back List Booklist: Road Trips!
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Summer is for Romance
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#Cybils2022 Idea Boards are here!
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Booklist: Happy Juneteenth!
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Pride!
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Jewish Heritage Month
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: AAPI Heritage Month
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Booklist: Environmental Picture Books
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Booklist: Poetry!
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Turn Up the Music
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Celebrating the Black Experience for Younger Readers
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Celebrating the Black Experience, YA Edition
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Princesses and Fairy Tales!
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Non-Traditional Sports
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Snow!
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#CybilsAwards Book lists: The Ones That Got Away
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Space
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Spies, Secret Agents, and Other Adventure Books
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Dinosaurs and Dragons!
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#CybilsAwards Booklists: Food-y Books, Part 2
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#CybilsAwards Booklists: Food-y Books Part 1
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#CybilsAwards Booklists: Indigenous Voices
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#CybilsAwards Booklists: Mindfulness, Peace, and Hope
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#CybilsAwards Book Lists: Nature!
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#CybilsAwards Book List: All the Spooky Scary Reads
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: So You Want To Learn Magic
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Verse Novels
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Dino-might
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Pivoting Pandemic Reads
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: #BatterUp
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List for #SharkWeek 🦈
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Backlist Book List: #STEM + #DiverseBooks For Young Creators
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#Cybils Awards Backlist Book List: Voices for Social Change
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#CybilsAwards Backlist Book List: Middle-Grade Fiction Reads
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List Fun: Ghost Stories for All Ages
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