A Heartfelt Goodbye (and Thank You!)

As the saying goes, change is really the only thing you can count on in life.  And although we usually have some shifts in volunteers, this year, there are some big changes.  It’s with heavy hearts we say goodbye to our founder, President, and Fearless Leader, Anne Levy. Life changes has made it such that she needs to step back …

Meet the 2017 Organizers: Jen Robinson, Literacy Evangelist and Social Media Guru

Jen Robinson loves reading, listening to, and recommending books. Although she works in the high tech industry, she feels that she can actually make a difference in the world if she helps parents, teachers, and librarians to connect kids with books. She does this by purchasing books for as many kids in her life as possible, and by reviewing books …

Meet the 2016 Organizers: Jen Robinson, Literacy Evangelist and Social Media Guru

Jen Robinson loves reading, listening to, and recommending books. Although she works in the high tech industry, she feels that she can actually make a difference in the world if she helps parents, teachers, and librarians to connect kids with books. She does this by purchasing books for as many kids in her life as possible, and by reviewing books …

Fiction Picture Books for the Holidays

There are so many wonderful reasons to gift books for the holidays. Picture book gifts come with a bonus: they are meant to be shared. Whether its a quiet story before bedtime or a raucous adventure with dinosaurs, the experience creates joy for everyone involved.    This selection of Cybils finalists are sure to be read (and shared!) over and …

Meet the 2015 Organizers: Jen Robinson, Literary Evangelist and Social Media Guru

Jen Robinson loves reading, listening to, and recommending books. Although she works in the high tech industry, she feels that she can actually make a difference in the world if she helps parents, teachers, and librarians to connect kids with books. She does this by purchasing books for as many kids in her life as possible, and by reviewing books …

Announcing the 2015 Cybils Organizing Team!

While most of the organizing team is returning, we do have a couple of new (well, returning) organizers: Sarah Stevenson from Finding Wonderland | Co-Blog Editor Terry Doherty from The Reading Tub | Fiction Picture Book Category Chair We are happy to welcome Sarah and Terry back! They join the returning organizers: Anne Boles Levy | Executive Director Sheila Ruth | Publisher Liaison and Young Adult Speculative …

The 2014 Cybils Awards

As another Cybils winds to a close, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who played a part  in it this year, from the round 1 panelist who spent countless hours reading to the round 2 judges who spent time debating and discussing to choose the winners below to the organizers who spent hours making sure that everything ran …

2014 Fiction Picture Book Judges

First Round Carrie Charley Brown Carrie On… Together! @carriebrowntx Travis Jonker 100 Scope Notes @100scopenotes Teri Lesesne Goddess of YA @ProfessorNana Carol Munro Just Write Words @CarolMunroJWW Kristen Remenar Kristen Remenar @RemenarReads Jen Robinson Jen Robinson’s Book Page @JensBookPage Jennifer Wharton Jean Little Library jeanlittlelibrary@gmail.com   Second Round Myra Bacsal Gathering Books @GatheringBooks Julie Larios Books Around the Table Dawn …

And Now…

We’re almost ready to announce the panelists and judges for the 2014 Cybils. We just need to get a few more things in order, and we’ll be ready to announce them on Wednesday, September 17th, starting at 10 a.m., PDT.  We’re very pleased with the people who have volunteered their time (definitely), money (maybe a little), and firstborn children (almost never) …

Meet the Organizers: Jen Robinson, Literacy Evangelist and Social Media Guru

Jen Robinson is always on the lookout for great books. Although she has a PhD in engineering and co-owns a small software firm, her true passion lies in helping parents, teachers, and librarians to connect kids with books. She reviews books, ranging from picture books to YA, on her blog, Jen Robinson’s Book Page, where she also shares tips for …