Showing posts with label Cybils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cybils. Show all posts
02 January 2012

Cybils for 2011

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The Cybils Award shortlists for 2011 have been announced, representing blogging volunteers’ judgments of what children’s books offer the be...
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14 February 2011

Cybils Award Winners for 2010 (with a few comments)

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The 2010 Cybils Award list was announced this morning. I wasn’t involved in the judging, unlike past years, because of a big writing deadli...
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11 September 2010

Megafauna

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The last two shortlisted titles for last year’s Cybils Award for Non-Fiction Picture Books make an interesting pair. Both Down, Down, Down:...
10 September 2010

To the Moon and Back

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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 , by Brian Floca , is an excellent nonfiction picture book retelling the history of the first human missio...
08 September 2010

Pondering Sacred Cows

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Another title on the Cybils ’ Non-fiction Picture Book shortlist last year is 14 Cows for America , written by Carmen Agra Deedy in collabor...
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07 September 2010

Catching Up with the Cybils

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The 2011 Cybils season has started with an invitation to bloggers to volunteer as panelists and judges. I’ve been a judge in different cat...
09 March 2010

What Makes Day-Glo Brothers Shine

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Early this year I had the honor to be on the panel to judge the Cybils Award for Nonfiction Picture Book. The winner was The Day-Glo Brothe...
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14 February 2010

A Cybils Winner that Shines

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I’m pleased to share news of the winner of the Cybils Award for Nonfiction Picture Book published in 2009. The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Bar...
01 January 2010

The Cybils Nonfiction Picture Book Short List

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Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune & Swimsuit History! by Shana Corey Sch...
12 October 2009

Counting Down the Days for Cybils Nominations

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The Cybils Award nominations are open only until Thursday, 15 October. So if there’s a children’s book published since last October which y...
05 October 2009

At Last It Can Be Told

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I once again volunteered to be a judge for the Cybils Awards . In past years I was part of the process for Fantasy and Science Fiction, Grap...
01 October 2009

Cybils Nomination Season Begins!

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The call has gone out for nominations for the 2009 Cybils Awards ! The invitation reads: All kids books published in English between Oct. 16...
18 April 2009

The Paradoxes of Alvin Ho

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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things , by Lenore Look, was one of the finalists for last year's Cybils Awards in...
16 February 2009

Thanks to the Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Team

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Here's a thank-you to all the folks who worked on this year's Cybils Middle Grade Fiction award , starting with the Cybils organize...
14 February 2009

2009 Cybils Winners

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The winners of the 2009 Cybils were announced today, and in the category of Middle-Grade Fiction published last year our choice was: The L...
11 February 2009

The Fantasy Element in Diamond Willow

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Cybils Middle-Grade Fiction nominee Diamond Willow , by Helen Frost, takes place in central Alaska. The heroine Willow’s mother is from the...
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28 January 2009

Timing the Moon

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The narration in Shooting the Moon traces young Jamie’s thoughts and memories back and forth as she plumbs her thoughts on the Vietnam War ...
05 January 2009

Cybils Middle-Grade Fiction Nominees

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So here's a list of the middle-grade novels I'll soon read as a judge in this category of the Cybils Awards. And here are all the l...
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08 December 2008

Last But Not Least: The Courageous Princess

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And at last I come to the final finalist for the 2007 Cybils Awards for Graphic Novels: The Courageous Princess , by Rod Espinosa . I thoug...
12 November 2008

Robot Nightmares

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Robot Dreams , author-illustrator Sara Varon, was a nominee for a 2007 Cybils Award as a Graphic Novel for Elementary/Middle Grade Readers. ...
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