Cybils Awards |
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Awarded for |
Literary merit and kid appeal in children's and young adult literature |
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Presented by |
Bloggers with expertise in children's literature |
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First awarded |
2006 |
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Official website |
http://www.cybils.com |
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The Cybils Awards, or Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards, are a series of book awards given by children's and young adult book bloggers.[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 for Award
- 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."
- Audiobooks currently are not part of the awards.
Award Recipients
2012 Cybils Award Winners
Category |
Winning Title/Author |
Book Apps |
- Dragon Brush by Small Planet Digital
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Picture Books
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- A Home for Bird written by Philip C. Stead
- Mrs Harkness and the Panda written by Alicia Potter, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
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Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Early Chapter Books
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- 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
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Poetry |
- BookSpeak! Poems About Books written by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Josee Bisaillon
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- Giants Beware! written by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado
- Friends With Boys written by Faith Erin Hicks
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- The False Prince written by Jennifer Nielsen
- Seraphina written by Rachel Hartman
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Fiction
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- Wonder written by R. J. Palacio
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl written by Jesse Andrews
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Young Adult Non-fiction |
- Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon written by Steve Sheinkin
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2011 Cybils Award Winners
Category |
Winning Title/Author |
Book Apps |
- The Monster at the End of This Book by Callaway Digital Arts, Inc
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Picture Books
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- Me...Jane written by Patrick McDonnell
- I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures written by Carlyn Beccia
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Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Early Chapter Books
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- I Broke My Trunk! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) written by Mo Willems
- Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus! written by Atinuke
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Poetry |
- Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto written by Paul B. Janeczko
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- Zita the Spacegirl written by Ben Hatke
- Anya's Ghost written Vera Brosgol
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale written by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright; Illustrations by Barry Moser
- Blood Red Road written by Moira Young
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Fiction
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- Nerd Camp written by Elissa Brent Weissman
- Stupid Fast written by Geoff Herbach
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Young Adult Non-fiction |
- Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart written by Candace Fleming
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2010 Cybils Award Winners
Category |
Winning Title/Author |
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Short Chapter Books
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- We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) written by Mo Willems
- Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off written by Jacqueline Jules; illustrated by Miguel Benitez
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Picture Books
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- Interrupting Chicken written by David Ezra Stein
- The Extraordinary Life of Mark Twain (According to Susy) written by Barbara Kerley
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Poetry |
- Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse written by Marilyn Singer; Illustrated by Maggi Idzikowski
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3856 Story Possibilities written by Jason Shiga
- Yummy; The Last Days of a Southside Shorty written by G. Neri; Illustrated by Randy duBurke
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1) written by Jacqueline West
- Rot & Ruin written by Jonathan Maberry
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Fiction
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- The Strange Case of Origami Yoda written by Tom Angleberger
- Split written by Swati Avasthi
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Young Adult Non-fiction |
- The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing written by Suzanne Jurmain
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2009 Cybils Award Winners
Category |
Winning Title/Author |
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Short Chapter Books
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
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Fiction Picture Books |
- All the World written by Liz Garton Scanlon; illustrated by Marla Frazee
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary/Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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Middle-Grade Fiction |
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Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction |
- The Frog Scientist written by Pamela S. Turner; illustrated by Andy Comins
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Non-Fiction Picture Books |
- The Day-Glo Brothers written by Chris Barton; illustrated by Tony Persiani
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Poetry |
- Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors written by Joyce Sidman; illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
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Young Adult Fiction |
- Cracked Up To Be written by Courtney Summers
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2008 Cybils Award Winners
Category |
Winning Title/Author |
Easy Readers |
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
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Fiction Picture Books |
- How to Heal a Broken Wing written and illustrated by Bob Graham
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary/Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- Rapunzel's Revenge written by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale; illustrated by Nathan Hale
- Emiko Superstar written by Mariko Tamaki; illustrated by Steve Rolston
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Middle-Grade Fiction |
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Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction |
- The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir written by Cylin Busby and John Busby
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Non-Fiction Picture Books |
- Nic Bishop Frogs written and illustrated by Nic Bishop
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Poetry |
- Honeybee written by Naomi Shihab Nye
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Young Adult Fiction |
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks written by E. Lockhart
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2007 Cybils Award Winners
Category |
Winning Title/Author |
Fantasy & Science Fiction
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Fiction Picture Books |
- The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County written by Janice N. Harrington; illustrated by Shelley Jackson
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary/Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- 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
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Middle-Grade Fiction |
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Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction |
- Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood written by Ibtisam Barakat
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Non-Fiction Picture Books |
- Lightship written and illustrated by Brian Floca
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Poetry |
- This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness written by Joyce Sidman; illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
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Young Adult Fiction |
- Boy Toy written by Barry Lyga
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2006 Cybils Award Winners
Category |
Winning Title/Author |
Fantasy & Science Fiction |
- Ptolemy's Gate (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3) written by Jonathan Stroud
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Fiction Picture Books |
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary/Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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Middle-Grade Fiction |
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Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction |
- Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott written by Russell Freedman
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Non-Fiction Picture Books |
- An Egg is Quiet written by Dianna Aston; illustrated by Sylvia Long
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Poetry |
- Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes
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Young Adult Fiction |
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Notes
- ↑ http://www.kidlitosphere.org/KidLitosphere_Central/Cybils.html
- ↑ http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6536666.html
- ↑ http://www.publishersweekly.com/eNewsletter/CA6389665/2788.html#In_Brief
- ↑ http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6637741.html
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