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    2023 CYBILS Awards Winners

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    The CYBILS Awards have been announced and I’m so excited to share some great books for all ages! “The CYBILS Awards aims to recognize childrenā€™s and YA authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.” The winners are selected by a group of volunteer judges…

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    2022 CYBILS Award Winners

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    The CYBILS or Childrenā€™s and Young Adult Bloggersā€™ Literary Awards were presented on Valentine’s Day (or February 14th). And with a crazy week at work, I’m finally getting a chance to sit down and check out all the winners this year! The CYBILS ā€œaims to recognize the childrenā€™s and young…

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    Cybils Nominations

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    It’s that time of year! When the public nomination phase is available for the Cybils! With ten different categories to nominate in, there is definitely a category for you. So let me tell you about the Cybils and why you should be nominating titles. The Cybils Awards are the Children’s…

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    2020 CYBILS Winners

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    It’s Valentine’s Day (and International Book Giving Day)! What better way to celebrate than to buy a couple of these amazing titles that just won the 2020 CYBILS Awards as gifts? You can add them to your personal library or purchase them for your book-loving friends? I posted about the…

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    2020 CYBILS Finalists

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    I can’t believe I forgot to share the 2020 CYBILS Finalists! These lists were released on January 1st with winners announced on February 14th. The CYBILS awards “aims to recognize the childrenā€™s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.” This means…

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    2019 CYBILS Award Winners

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    Today is the day, after a long process with two rounds of judging, today is the day the 2019 CYBILS Award Winners are announced. I waited a little longer than usual this morning so that I could post the awards today! If you want to learn more about the CYBILS,…

  • Lifestyle

    CYBILS Call for Judges – Open NOW!

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    It’s that time of year! The CYBILS call for judges – open now! The CYBILS or Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards have been annually given for the past 13 years and I was so lucky to be a part of the judging process a few years ago! This…

  • Reviews

    CYBILS: Call for Judges

    The CYBILS, Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards, are looking for book bloggers and reviewers to volunteer for this year’s awards. I got the chance to judge in the first round a few years ago for the children’s nonfiction category and really learned a lot about nonfiction titles that…

  • Lists

    2017 CYBILS Award Winners

    Board BooksChanging Faces: Meet Happy Bear by Nathan Thoms, illustrated by Carles Ballesteros Fiction Picture BooksBig Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper Easy ReaderKing & Kayla and the Case of the Secret Code by Dori Hillestad Butler Early Chapter BooksWedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors Elementary Non-FictionHatching Chicks in Room 6…

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    Reserve Your Spot: KidLitCon

    If you live in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland area (or farther) and you blog about children’s literature, then you’ve got to check out KidLitCon 2017 held in Hershey PA, November 3rd & 4th this year. I got the chance to attend KitLitCon three years ago in Baltimore and it…