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Cybils Awards Awarded for Literary merit and kid appeal in children's and young adult literature Presented by Bloggers with expertise in children's literature First awarded 2006 Website cybils.com
The Cybils Awards , or Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards , are a set of annual book awards given by people who blog about children's and young-adult books .[1] Co-founded by Kelly Herold and Anne Boles Levy in 2006,[2] the awards were created to address an apparent gap between children's book awards perceived as too elitist and other awards that did not seem selective enough.[3]
Books are nominated by the public in ten genres of children's and young adult literature: Book Apps, Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books, Fantasy & Science Fiction , Fiction Picture Books , Graphic Novels , Middle Grade Novels, Non-Fiction Middle Grade/Young Adult Books, Non-Fiction Picture Books, Poetry , and Young Adult Novels . Nominees go through two rounds of panel-based judging before a winner is announced in each category. Finalists and winners are selected on the basis of literary merit and kid appeal.[4]
Panelists are volunteers and must be active bloggers with extensive experience in children's or young adult literature, either as readers and enthusiasts or as authors, librarians, booksellers, teachers, or others with verifiable investment in the world of children's literature.
Criteria [ ]
Anybody may nominate a children's or young adult book published October 16 of the preceding year - October 15 of the contest year.
Books must be written in English or they may be bilingual.
Only one book may be nominated per person, per category.
Nominations open October 1 and close October 15 of the contest year.
Books should exemplify award criteria of literary merit and "kid appeal".
Recipients [ ]
2006 Cybils Award winners [ ]
Category
Title and Authors
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Fiction Picture Books
Graphic Novels
Elementary/Middle Grade
Young Adult
Middle-Grade Fiction
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction Picture Books
An Egg is Quiet , written by Dianna Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long
Poetry
Young Adult Fiction
2007 Cybils Award winners [ ]
Category
Title and Authors
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Fiction Picture Books
Graphic Novels
Elementary/Middle Grade
Young Adult
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel , written by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano and Paolo Lamanna
The Professor's Daughter , written by Joann Sfar , illustrated by Emmanuel Guibert
Middle-Grade Fiction
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction Picture Books
Poetry
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness , written by Joyce Sidman , illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
Young Adult Fiction
2008 Cybils Award winners [ ]
Category
Title and Authors
Easy Readers
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Fiction Picture Books
How to Heal a Broken Wing , written and illustrated by Bob Graham
Graphic Novels
Elementary/Middle Grade
Young Adult
Middle-Grade Fiction
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir , by Cylin Busby and John Busby
Non-Fiction Picture Books
Nic Bishop Frogs , written and illustrated by Nic Bishop
Poetry
Young Adult Fiction
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks , by E. Lockhart
2009 Cybils Award winners [ ]
Category
Title and Authors
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books
Easy Readers
Short Chapter Books
Watch Me Throw the Ball! , written by Mo Willems (an Elephant and Piggie book)
Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit) , written by Lucy Nolan, illustrated by Mike Reed
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Fiction Picture Books
All the World , written by Liz Garton Scanlon , illustrated by Marla Frazee
Graphic Novels
Elementary/Middle Grade
Young Adult
Middle-Grade Fiction
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction
The Frog Scientist , written by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Andy Comins
Non-Fiction Picture Books
The Day-Glo Brothers , written by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani
Poetry
Young Adult Fiction
2010 Cybils Award winners [ ]
Category
Title and Authors
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books
Easy Readers
Short Chapter Books
Picture Books
Interrupting Chicken , written by David Ezra Stein
The Extraordinary Life of Mark Twain (According to Susy) , written by Barbara Kerley
Poetry
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse , written by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Maggi Idzikowski
Graphic Novels
Elementary & Middle Grade
Young Adult
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Elementary & Middle Grade
Young Adult
Fiction
Young Adult Non-fiction
The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing , by Suzanne Jurmain
2011 Cybils Award winners [ ]
Category
Title and Authors
Book Apps
Picture Books
Me ... Jane , written by Patrick McDonnell
I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures , written by Carlyn Beccia
Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books
Easy Readers
Early Chapter Books
Poetry
Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto , by Paul B. Janeczko
Graphic Novels
Elementary & Middle Grade
Young Adult
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Elementary & Middle Grade
Young Adult
Fiction
Nerd Camp , by Elissa Brent Weissman
Stupid Fast , by Geoff Herbach
Young Adult Non-fiction
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart , by Candace Fleming
2012 Cybils Award winners [ ]
Category
Title and Authors
Book Apps
Dragon Brush , by Small Planet Digital
Picture Books
A Home for Bird , written by Philip C. Stead
Mrs Harkness and the Panda , written by Alicia Potter, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books
Easy Readers
Early Chapter Books
A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse , written by Frank Viva
Sadie and Ratz , written by Sonya Hartnett , illustrated by Ann James
Poetry
BookSpeak! Poems About Books , written by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon
Graphic Novels
Elementary & Middle Grade
Young Adult
Giants Beware! , written by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado
Friends With Boys , written by Faith Erin Hicks
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Elementary & Middle Grade
Young Adult
Fiction
Wonder , by R. J. Palacio
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl , by Jesse Andrews
Young Adult Non-fiction
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon , by Steve Sheinkin
2013 Cybils Award winners [ ]
Category
Title and Authors
Book Apps
Disney Animated by Disney
Picture Books
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild , written by Peter Brown
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard , written by Annette LeBlanc Cate
Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books
Easy Readers
Early Chapter Books
Urgency Emergency! Big Bad Wolf , written by Dosh Archer
Home Sweet Horror (Scary Tales) , written by James Preller
Poetry
Forest Has a Song , by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Graphic Novels
Elementary & Middle Grade
Young Adult
Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite , written by Barry Deutsch
Templar , written by Jordan Mechner
Speculative Fiction
Elementary & Middle Grade
Young Adult
Fiction
Young Adult Non-fiction
Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II , by Martin W. Sandler
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