Ander & Santi Were Here: A NovelJonny Garza VillaWednesday BooksNominated by: Linh Ander Martínez’s life is in a time of transition. They grew up embracing the seamless mixture of language, food, and people in their San Antonio neighborhood. Their family has a successful taqueria which gave Ander both their foundation and their inspiration as a muralist. Ander & Santi Were …
CYBILS 2023 Board Books & Fiction Picture Book Finalists
BOARD BOOK FINALISTS Copy That, Copy Cat!: Inventions Inspired by Animals Katrina Tangen, illustrated by Giulia Orecchia Barefoot Books Nominated by: Abi Full of rhyming riddles, die-cut cues, and lift-the-flap reveals, this board book introduces kids to biomimicry. They will love guessing which animals inspired inventions we use today like snowshoes or sonar! Aimee Smith, Keep a Book Out Mister …
A DASH OF TROUBLE by Anna Meriano #CYBILS 📚🎶
It’s not Friday, but today seems like the perfect day to share Riya’s newest playlist! A DASH OF TROUBLE; LOVE SUGAR MAGIC, Book 1 by Anna Meriano Walden Pond Press Finalist Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction 2018 CYBILS Awards See also A SPRINKLE OF SPIRITS (LOVE SUGAR MAGIC, Book 2) 2019 Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction finalist The Book Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction family, fantasy, …
LISTEN by Shannon Stocker #CYBILS 📚🎶
LISTEN: How Evelyn Glennie, A Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker illustrated by Devon Holzwarth Dial Books Finalist – Elementary Nonfiction 2022 CYBILS Awards The Book Nonfiction Picture Book Disability, Picture Book, Music The illustrations of music, sound, and rhythm in this biography of a famous percussionist almost seem to boom in your ears as you read this; seeing …
PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING by Randy Ribay #CYBILS 📚🎶
PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING by Randy Ribay Kokila Books Finalist – Young Adult Fiction 2019 CYBILS Awards The Book Young Adult Fiction Contemporary, Family, Mystery, Realistic Fiction, Social Justice More than just a murder mystery, PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING tells a poignant, powerful story about a Filipino-American teen who travels to the land of his birth to investigate the wrongful …
#Cybils2022 Middle Grade Fiction
Air: A Novel Monica Roe Farrar, Straus & Giroux Nominated by: JF Twelve-year-old Emmie is a wheelchair athlete and wants nothing more than to someday own a chair that she can truly show off her skills with, one day maybe even competing in wheelchair motocross. Emmie and her best friend, Claire, put their business skills to work and are …
#Cybils2022 Poetry/Novels in Verse
At the Pond David Elliott, illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford Candlewick Press Nominated by: Lisa Rogers David Elliott adds a celebration of pond life to his collection of charming animal poetry in At The Pond. Following the arc of a day from morning to night, readers meet a variety of pond flora and fauna, ranging from the “delicate, diaphanous, dazzling” …
#Cybils2022 Graphic Novels
Invisible: A Graphic Novel Christina Diaz Gonzalez, illustrated by Gabriela Epstein GRAPHIX Nominated by: cheriee weichel Five Latine students are thrown together because they all speak Spanish. What they know, and others (including the reader) learn is that they are not: they all have distinct experiences and cultures that make them different. Told in alternating viewpoints, they all work …
#Cybils2022 Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books
Cornbread & Poppy (Cornbread and Poppy, 1) Matthew Cordell Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Nominated by: Reshama This charming story follows a pair of mice as they make preparations for winter. Cornbread, a born planner, starts preparing for winter in advance, scouring for berries, buying cheese, and finding grains. His house is all set with food for winter. …
#Cybils2022 Board Books and Fiction Picture Books
10 Little Tractors (10 Little Vehicles) Annie Bailey, illustrated by Jeff Harter Doubleday Books for Young Readers Nominated by: JSJ Ten little tractors have a busy day working, and when the day comes to an end, they all gather together to go to sleep. This is a board book that does everything we ask for in a board book: …