CYBILS CELEBRATION

Yippee! Super excited to announce that I will be serving as a CYBILS first round judge for the Elementary and Middle Grade Nonfiction. I've done poetry for the last couple of years, but actually started my CYBILS "career" as a nonfiction judge, and am excited to be returning to that category!

Category Description

Nonfiction is the perfect way to introduce elementary and middle grade kids to the amazing world around them from history and biography to art and nature. Science? Math? Animals? Sports? It's all here and more besides! We have expanded from the previous nonfiction picture books category and are now accepting titles suitable for reading aloud or independently, including picture books, easy readers, and early chapters. We're looking for text, illustrations or photographs that will wow kids and adults alike and topics so fascinating that kids will want to go digging for more, more, more nonfiction!

 

Nonfiction Elementary/Middle Grade includes titles with factual content and informational titles. Roughly 50% or more of the book should be narrative nonfiction (as opposed to experiments or activities) and books should be directed generally at ages 3-12. We are currently accepting nominations only in print (no ebooks) for this category.
  
And here are the other judges- lots of new to me blogs, which is also fun!

Round 1

Franki Sibberson, Reading Year
http://readingyear.blogspot.com/
@frankisibberson

Ellen Zschunke, On the Shelf 4 Kids
http://ontheshelf4kids.blogspot.com
@ontheshelf4kids

Amy Broadmoore, Delightful Children's Books
http://delightfulchildrensbooks.
@delightchildbks

Alysa Stewart, Everead
http://www.evereadbooks.com
@everead

Mike Lewis, Blog 142
http://mrlewis5.blogspot.com/
@145lewis

Alice Mar, Supratentorial
http://www.supratentorial.wordpress.com

Round 2

Laura Wadley, Provo Library Children's Book Reviews
http://pclkidsbooks.blogspot.com

Roberta Gibson, Wrapped in Foil
http://blog.wrappedinfoil.com/
@RobertaGibson

Jen Fukuyama, Perogies and Gyoza
http://www.perogiesandgyoza.com
@perogies_gyoza

Reshama Deshmukh, Stacking Books
http://www.stackingbooks.com
@StackingBks

Catherine Nichols, The Cath in the Hat
http://thecathinthehat.blogspot.com/
@TheCathInTheHat

I'm looking forward to sharing lots of great nonfiction with you! 

NOMINATIONS OPEN OCTOBER 1ST. HEAD OVER TO THE CYBILS WEBSITE TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES!