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Children's and YA Book Lovers' Awards. Honoring diverse voices and inclusive stories for kids and teens since 2006.

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A good book is always necessary, and that’s especially true in tough times. For the latest edition of the Cybils Scribbles, we have you covered with plenty of recommendations.
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Thank you for this review, @imtanner.bsky.social, and to @cybilsawards.bsky.social for sharing it!
Team member @imtanner.bsky.social recently reviewed The Lions' Run, a historical middle grade novel of courage and resistance, by @sarapennypacker.bsky.social.

Find the full review over on her blog, The Book Search: imtanner.blogspot.com/2026/01/midd...
February 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Team member @imtanner.bsky.social recently reviewed The Lions' Run, a historical middle grade novel of courage and resistance, by @sarapennypacker.bsky.social.

Find the full review over on her blog, The Book Search: imtanner.blogspot.com/2026/01/midd...
February 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Everything. 💛
What do you love about libraries?
February 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Award week seems (to me) to be a very tidy wrapping up of last year's work. I'm pleased and very grateful that the final bow on JIM! comes with this incredible quote: "...a blueprint for all future picture book biographies."

Thank you, @cybilsawards.bsky.social and @achrishelton.bsky.social! 🦊⭐⭐⭐
Team member @achrishelton.bsky.social recently checked out JIM! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall by @jerroldconnors.bsky.social.

Find his full review over at pluckedfromthestacks.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/j...
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A good book is always necessary, and that’s especially true in tough times. For the latest edition of the Cybils Scribbles, we have you covered with plenty of recommendations.
February 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Team member @achrishelton.bsky.social recently checked out JIM! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall by @jerroldconnors.bsky.social.

Find his full review over at pluckedfromthestacks.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/j...
January 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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Here's to pushing the envelope. The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of 2025 100scopenotes.com/2025/12/01/t...
The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2025
Here’s to children’s books that expand our assumptions of what a children’s book can be.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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In 2023 I had zero books. Today, my FOURTH book published with Scholastic. Time flies. So do spiders. (Actually, they do something called ballooning.) Please check out my book about creepy-crawlies. 🕷️ DOWN CAME THE SPIDERS
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Cabin Head & Tree Head, by Scott Campbell, is an utterly ridiculous and absolutely brilliant beginning graphic novel that's perfect for readers ready for chapter books - and anyone else who likes to laugh.

Read my review:
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November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We’re thankful for books, the amazing people who create them, and the readers who love them. #kidlitchat
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Cybils team member @roesolo.bsky.social recently reviewed a powerful picture book from @highwaterpress.bsky.social, Miya Wears Orange by Wanda John-Kehewin and illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina.

Find the full review on her blog: momreadit.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
November is in full swing, so it's time for the latest Cybils Scribbles. In this edition:

📚 Celebrating National Native American Heritage Month
📚 A social justice book list for Nonfiction November
📚 News about a new film adaptation of a children’s book classic
📚 And more!
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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It's time. Vote for your favorite case covers in the 2025 Undies Awards! 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/10/v... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social
VOTE! The 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards
Make your voice heard by voting for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Need some great new middle grade speculative fiction? Check out my reviews on my two new favorites! imtanner.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-... @struan-murray.bsky.social @cybilsawards.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Celebrate Indigenous storytelling this #IndigenousPeoplesDay — and every day! — with these new and upcoming releases from Heartdrum!

Here’s every Heartdrum title that’s been published in 2025 — as well as a look ahead at forthcoming 2026 Heartdrum titles that you can pre-order today!
October 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards and Endies End Paper Awards! Anyone can nominate a book. Head here to get started: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/01/n...
Nominate Your Favorites for the 2025 Undies and Endies Awards!
The best (see: only) case cover and endpaper awards in children’s literature are back! That’s right, the 2025 Undies and Endies are officially up and running. It’s time to submit your favorite case co...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It's October, and our team is on the hunt for books that go bump in the night.

Fortunately, @anndavilacardinal.bsky.social's newest YA horror novel, You've Awoken Her, more than delivers.

Check out this glowing review from @roesolo.bsky.social: momreadit.com/2025/07/25/c...
October 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We don’t have much to add to this week’s chat, but we’re loving this behind-the-scenes look at a (difficult!) part of the writing process. #kidlitchat
TOPIC: Queries, pitches, log lines, synopses, comps--all the stuff that someone other than you needs to see (sometimes before they agree to see your work itself!). What are you especially good at? What do you dread? Any tips for coming up with good versions of any of those steps? #kidlitchat
October 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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What an honor!

Thank you @cybilsawards.bsky.social for including SAME PAGE in this important resource alongside these other wonderful reads.

@randomhousekids.bsky.social
@rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Cathy's book, THE LITTLE RED CHAIR, was a @cybilsawards.bsky.social
finalist and is a beautiful look at a family chair loved for generations. She also has a nonfiction book PEW: THE STINKY AND LEGEN-DAIRY GIFT about a 1,400-pound cheese wheel given to President Andrew Jackson.
October 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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My friend @cathyso.bsky.social put ONE CAN BE in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
in Salem, NH. It has a tall box for adult books, and a short box for kid books.

Cathy was in my first critique group. She was a school librarian and also hosted my first author visit. #megakidlit #nh #booksky
October 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We don’t have a uniform, but… 👀
My next #knitting project is this library card vest. 😍 For oldies like me who knew what a borrower’s card looked like. Hahaha. #booksky
October 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I’m so excited to see Torrible Puns included in this list of amazing poetry books!
And if that doesn't inspire you to try your own hand at poetry, then check out these five collections we're loving.

📖 Dinos That Drive
📖 If I Could Choose a Best Day
📖 Words with Wings and Magic Things
📖 Torrible Puns
📖 A Universe of Rainbows
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's one of our favorite days of the month. If you haven't yet, scroll through #kidlitartpostcard and be in awe of the amazing skill (and future books?) on display.
October 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
On this Random Acts of Poetry Day, here's a little poem for your feed.
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM