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Cozy Reading Season Begins

What are you reading for cozy reading season? Check out the TBR I put together that includes scary story anthologies, YA Lit and family drama.

October Reading Goals The weather has finally shown signs of cooling down! Cozy Reading Season has begun! My October list is a little different this year, because I will actually be reading a ton of graphic novels for the #cybilsawards too. You’ll see posts for those from now until December. But in addition to reading the graphic novels, I have a few on my personal TBR that I’m excited to get…

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We love a themed book list and bet you do, too! We started curating lists of CYBILS-nominated books last year and had so much fun we're making it a thing. From November - February, enjoy weekly posts with lists built from the books our judges are reading

From March - September, we dig into the archives to create backlist book lists. Great books that just might be new to you. Check them all out here: https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/cybils-book-buying-guide

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Jimmy Matejek-Morris’s My Ex-Imaginary Friend (2021)

Jimmy Matejek-Morris’s My Ex-Imaginary Friend (2021)

Jimmy Matejek-Morris’s My Ex-Imaginary Friend (2021) creatively explores the deliberate silences and painful experiences of invisibility that comprise one young boy’s childhood. Ten-year-old Jack has a part-walrus, part-human imaginary friend named George. The first-person narrative shifts between their point-of-view, which brings their shared experiences of abandonment and shared feelings of…

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CYBILS Awards: Last Call for Judges!

CYBILS Awards: Last Call for Judges! @cybilsawards

Hi all! Regular readers may know that I’m a big fan of the CYBILS Awards – Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards – and that I have been lucky to be picked as a judge for almost 10 years now. The application period for 2022 judges is open, and will be until this coming Monday, September 12th. If you have an interest in kidlit and you have the time, I highly recommend applying. It’s…

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A box of Cybils books #cybils2018 @cybilsawards the other half is on my phone. (at Fairview, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqdGzoHnJpT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=138l9f2a1eaxv

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This Week's Tweets

This Week’s Tweets

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The Gay History of America’s Classic Children’s Books https://buff.ly/2DjYpij  #kidlit #lgbtq

Loving the winners in the 2018 @CybilsAwards categories, announced just today! http://www.cybils.com/2019/02/2018-cybils-winners.html?utm_source=Cybils+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=cb9af7147e-Book_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3f4f3f2b5b-cb9af7147e-176296313 …

Tomi Ungerer,…

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Eden Royce’s Root Magic (2021)

Eden Royce’s Root Magic (2021)

Eden Royce’s Root Magic (2021) brilliantly balances some of my favorite things: smart social commentary, beautiful writing, and horror. The horror in this middle grade novel is as much a result of the racism that haunts the text as it is the ghouls. Set in rural South Carolina during the 1960s, Royce brings Gullah Geechee language and culture to life for readers. The spiritual practices present…

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Cybils Awards 2019

I’m excited to announce I am participating in the Cybils Awards again this year. This time as a Round One Judge in the Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction category!

Cybils Awards Mission

The Cybils Awards aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal. If some la-di-dah awards can be compared to…

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Cybils Awards 2019

I served as a Cybils Awards round one judge for the second time this year! In 2018 I served on the Easy Reader/Early Chapter Book committee and this year I served on the Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction committee. It turns out middle grade novels are WAY LONGER than easy readers! Of course, I knew that going in! It was a pleasure to work with amazing bloggers putting together a list of…

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Boys and Their Best Beasts

Boys and Their Best Beasts

Big Foot and Little Foot and Axel and Beast are two new series for confident young readers comfortable with early chapter books. Both series introduce emotionally engaging boy protagonists and their beastly besties.

Written by Adrian C. Bott and illustrated by Andy Isaac, the first installment in the Axel and Beast series, The Grabbem Getaway, is a fast-paced book that introduces readers to Axel…

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Terry Lynn Johnson’s Lost!

Terry Lynn Johnson’s Lost!

Terry Lynn Johnson’s Lost! is the first book in the Survivor Diaries series. Two recently introduced children vacationing with their families at a resort in Costa Rica get lost in the rainforest. They survive through will, wit, and a little luck.

In the first chapter, one of the two protagonists, Carter, a young African American boy, is interviewed by a reporter about surviving being lost in the…

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Selznick's Baby Monkey, Private Eye

Selznick’s Baby Monkey, Private Eye

Baby Monkey, Private Eye is a delightful book. The story is by Brian Selznick and David Serlin, and Selznick is responsible for the clever atmospheric illustrations that play a central role in the text’s unfolding. Baby Monkey is an adorable pint-size sleuth who quickly solves any case he is asked to crack by a series of unusual characters that includes astronauts and clowns.

The text consists of…

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Sheinkin's Abraham Lincoln Pro Wrestler

Sheinkin’s Abraham Lincoln Pro Wrestler

Kids are going to love the first installment in Steve Sheinkin’s Time Twisters series: Abraham Lincoln Pro Wrestler. The premise of the story is wacky: Lincoln overhears students in Ms. Maybee’s class complaining that history is boring, and he pops into the present to teach her students a lesson about how exciting (and important) history is.

Sheinkin took on a challenge with this one. He’s…

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Shannon and Dean Hale’s The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare

Shannon and Dean Hale’s The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare

Shannon and Dean Hale’s The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare is delightfully and generously illustrated by LeUyen Pham whose many images are sure to encourage young readers’ transition from early readers to easy chapter books. The story strains against traditional fairytale conventions by engaging contemporary ideas and empowering its diverse princesses.

The star, Princess Magnolia,…

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Nominate Your Favorite #kidlit and #ya Do it! I started blogging to help spread the word about diverse, socially engaged, children's literature. Be a microphone for all the beautiful diverse voices in children's literature.

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J.E. Morris’s new series Maud the Koala

J.E. Morris’s new series Maud the Koala

J.E. Morris’s new series Maud the Koala introduces early readers to a wonderfully relatable character and helps build visual literacy as well as reading confidence. The series is thoughtfully illustrated in the tradition of comics with action moving across panels and tiers. Full-page spreads allow the reader to become immersed in imagery. Fish are Not Afraid of Doctors is a delightful book about…