Cybils Awards
@cybilsawards.bsky.social
Children's and YA Book Lovers' Awards. Honoring diverse voices and inclusive stories for kids and teens since 2006.
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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...
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
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...
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...
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
📖 Dinos That Drive
📖 If I Could Choose a Best Day
📖 Words with Wings and Magic Things
📖 Torrible Puns
📖 A Universe of Rainbows
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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
📖 Dinos That Drive
📖 If I Could Choose a Best Day
📖 Words with Wings and Magic Things
📖 Torrible Puns
📖 A Universe of Rainbows
On this Random Acts of Poetry Day, here's a little poem for your feed.
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
On this Random Acts of Poetry Day, here's a little poem for your feed.
September is coming to an end, so it's time for the latest Cybils Scribbles over on our Substack. In this edition:
📚 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
📚 A World Beach Day book list
📚 A look at how the Cybils is different this year
📚 & more!
Check it out: cybilsawards.substack.com/p/september-...
📚 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
📚 A World Beach Day book list
📚 A look at how the Cybils is different this year
📚 & more!
Check it out: cybilsawards.substack.com/p/september-...
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
September is coming to an end, so it's time for the latest Cybils Scribbles over on our Substack. In this edition:
📚 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
📚 A World Beach Day book list
📚 A look at how the Cybils is different this year
📚 & more!
Check it out: cybilsawards.substack.com/p/september-...
📚 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
📚 A World Beach Day book list
📚 A look at how the Cybils is different this year
📚 & more!
Check it out: cybilsawards.substack.com/p/september-...
You're team not doing well in the tourney? 🏀 Need break from #MarchMadness? Enter: Scribbles from the CYBILS Morning RSS
* Two great articles @ AI
* 30 (!) #MGLit books adults will love
* 7 book-to-screen adaptations coming this year
* How to turn the page on book bans
cybilsawards.substac...
* Two great articles @ AI
* 30 (!) #MGLit books adults will love
* 7 book-to-screen adaptations coming this year
* How to turn the page on book bans
cybilsawards.substac...
March 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
You're team not doing well in the tourney? 🏀 Need break from #MarchMadness? Enter: Scribbles from the CYBILS Morning RSS
* Two great articles @ AI
* 30 (!) #MGLit books adults will love
* 7 book-to-screen adaptations coming this year
* How to turn the page on book bans
cybilsawards.substac...
* Two great articles @ AI
* 30 (!) #MGLit books adults will love
* 7 book-to-screen adaptations coming this year
* How to turn the page on book bans
cybilsawards.substac...
A quick look at our gifts. Simple children’s story that explains we all have gifts, and we need them all. Enthusiastic and straightforward. ~ Brooke
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4/4
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4/4
February 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A quick look at our gifts. Simple children’s story that explains we all have gifts, and we need them all. Enthusiastic and straightforward. ~ Brooke
www.goodreads.com/re...
4/4
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4/4
Tzhe message (find your gifts and share them!) is valuable and well conveyed, but the illustrations take the day. A variety of kids of so many differences are used throughout the examples , making the variety of society totally normative. ~ Sandy
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3/4
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3/4
February 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Tzhe message (find your gifts and share them!) is valuable and well conveyed, but the illustrations take the day. A variety of kids of so many differences are used throughout the examples , making the variety of society totally normative. ~ Sandy
www.goodreads.com/re...
3/4
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3/4
I could absolutely see this being used as a beginning of the year book where elementary students could think about their own gifts and how they can use them to contribute to the class or school community. ~ Taylor
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2/4
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2/4
February 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I could absolutely see this being used as a beginning of the year book where elementary students could think about their own gifts and how they can use them to contribute to the class or school community. ~ Taylor
www.goodreads.com/re...
2/4
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2/4
It's review day!!
WE NEED EVERYONE
by @northendmc.bsky.social (text), @tiffbartel.com (illustrator)
Highwater Press, 2024
#CYBILS2024 Elementary Nonfiction Submission
1/4
WE NEED EVERYONE
by @northendmc.bsky.social (text), @tiffbartel.com (illustrator)
Highwater Press, 2024
#CYBILS2024 Elementary Nonfiction Submission
1/4
February 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
It's review day!!
WE NEED EVERYONE
by @northendmc.bsky.social (text), @tiffbartel.com (illustrator)
Highwater Press, 2024
#CYBILS2024 Elementary Nonfiction Submission
1/4
WE NEED EVERYONE
by @northendmc.bsky.social (text), @tiffbartel.com (illustrator)
Highwater Press, 2024
#CYBILS2024 Elementary Nonfiction Submission
1/4
And I also love that you might not have ever seen some of these books on other awards lists or book lists, which means that having won the CYBILS award means they might make it into the hands of even more kids! ~ Laura @ Literacious
www.literacious.com/...
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February 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And I also love that you might not have ever seen some of these books on other awards lists or book lists, which means that having won the CYBILS award means they might make it into the hands of even more kids! ~ Laura @ Literacious
www.literacious.com/...
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Literary merit is a wonderful thing, but I also think it’s really important to take into account popularity. By combining the two together, kids are getting amazingly written books that they’ll enjoy in 13 different categories ...
February 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Literary merit is a wonderful thing, but I also think it’s really important to take into account popularity. By combining the two together, kids are getting amazingly written books that they’ll enjoy in 13 different categories ...
Corrected winners in the #GraphicNovel category ...
EMG Winner
PEARL
by
@rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, , illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
YA Winner
BROWNSTONE
by @samuelteer.bsky.social, illustrated by
@marjulia.bsky.social
Versify
EMG Winner
PEARL
by
@rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, , illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
YA Winner
BROWNSTONE
by @samuelteer.bsky.social, illustrated by
@marjulia.bsky.social
Versify
February 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Corrected winners in the #GraphicNovel category ...
EMG Winner
PEARL
by
@rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, , illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
YA Winner
BROWNSTONE
by @samuelteer.bsky.social, illustrated by
@marjulia.bsky.social
Versify
EMG Winner
PEARL
by
@rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, , illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
YA Winner
BROWNSTONE
by @samuelteer.bsky.social, illustrated by
@marjulia.bsky.social
Versify
Congratulations to all of the finalists and winners for this year's CYBILS Awards.
Oh! And Happy Valentine's Day.
#CYBILS2024 #cybilsawards
Oh! And Happy Valentine's Day.
#CYBILS2024 #cybilsawards
February 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Congratulations to all of the finalists and winners for this year's CYBILS Awards.
Oh! And Happy Valentine's Day.
#CYBILS2024 #cybilsawards
Oh! And Happy Valentine's Day.
#CYBILS2024 #cybilsawards
2024 Young Adult Speculative Fiction Winner
Hearts Still Beating
by Brooke Archer
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Leah
#yalit #teenfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Hearts Still Beating
by Brooke Archer
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Leah
#yalit #teenfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
2024 Young Adult Speculative Fiction Winner
Hearts Still Beating
by Brooke Archer
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Leah
#yalit #teenfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Hearts Still Beating
by Brooke Archer
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Leah
#yalit #teenfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
2024 Young Adult Graphic Novel Winner
Pearl: A Graphic Novel
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
Nominated by: BradB
#yalit #graphicnovel #booksky #cybils2024
Pearl: A Graphic Novel
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
Nominated by: BradB
#yalit #graphicnovel #booksky #cybils2024
February 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
2024 Young Adult Graphic Novel Winner
Pearl: A Graphic Novel
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
Nominated by: BradB
#yalit #graphicnovel #booksky #cybils2024
Pearl: A Graphic Novel
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
Nominated by: BradB
#yalit #graphicnovel #booksky #cybils2024
2024 Young Adult Fiction Winner
Everything We Never Had
by @randyribay.bsky.social
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Richetta
#yalit #yafiction #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Everything We Never Had
by @randyribay.bsky.social
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Richetta
#yalit #yafiction #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
2024 Young Adult Fiction Winner
Everything We Never Had
by @randyribay.bsky.social
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Richetta
#yalit #yafiction #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Everything We Never Had
by @randyribay.bsky.social
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Richetta
#yalit #yafiction #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
2024 Poetry Novel in Verse Winner
Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social
#mglit #yalit #poetry #versenovel #booksky #poetrysky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social
#mglit #yalit #poetry #versenovel #booksky #poetrysky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
2024 Poetry Novel in Verse Winner
Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social
#mglit #yalit #poetry #versenovel #booksky #poetrysky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social
#mglit #yalit #poetry #versenovel #booksky #poetrysky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
2024 Poetry Collection Winner
Black Girl You Are Atlas
by Renée Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Amie
#mglit #yalit #poetry #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Black Girl You Are Atlas
by Renée Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Amie
#mglit #yalit #poetry #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
2024 Poetry Collection Winner
Black Girl You Are Atlas
by Renée Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Amie
#mglit #yalit #poetry #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Black Girl You Are Atlas
by Renée Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Amie
#mglit #yalit #poetry #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social
2024 High School Nonfiction Winner
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social + @ewein2412.bsky.social
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Becky L
#yalit #nonfiction #booksky #cybils2024
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social + @ewein2412.bsky.social
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Becky L
#yalit #nonfiction #booksky #cybils2024
February 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
2024 High School Nonfiction Winner
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social + @ewein2412.bsky.social
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Becky L
#yalit #nonfiction #booksky #cybils2024
American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social + @ewein2412.bsky.social
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Becky L
#yalit #nonfiction #booksky #cybils2024
2024 Middle-Grade Nonfiction Winner
Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases
by Rowena Rae and Paige Stampatori
@orcabook.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission
#mglit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #booksky #cybils2024
Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases
by Rowena Rae and Paige Stampatori
@orcabook.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission
#mglit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #booksky #cybils2024
February 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
2024 Middle-Grade Nonfiction Winner
Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases
by Rowena Rae and Paige Stampatori
@orcabook.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission
#mglit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #booksky #cybils2024
Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases
by Rowena Rae and Paige Stampatori
@orcabook.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission
#mglit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #booksky #cybils2024
2024 Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction Winner
Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @sonderbooks.com
#mglit #kidfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @sonderbooks.com
#mglit #kidfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
February 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
2024 Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction Winner
Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @sonderbooks.com
#mglit #kidfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @sonderbooks.com
#mglit #kidfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
2024 Elementary/Middle-Grade Fiction Winner
A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)
by @lisayee.bsky.social, illustrated by @dansantat.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Nominated by: @aquafortis.bsky.social
#mglit #booksky #cybils2024
A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)
by @lisayee.bsky.social, illustrated by @dansantat.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Nominated by: @aquafortis.bsky.social
#mglit #booksky #cybils2024
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
2024 Elementary/Middle-Grade Fiction Winner
A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)
by @lisayee.bsky.social, illustrated by @dansantat.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Nominated by: @aquafortis.bsky.social
#mglit #booksky #cybils2024
A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)
by @lisayee.bsky.social, illustrated by @dansantat.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Nominated by: @aquafortis.bsky.social
#mglit #booksky #cybils2024
2024 Elementary Nonfiction Winner
My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More
by G. Neri, illustrated by Corban Wilkin
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
Publisher/Author Submission
#kidlit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #picturebook #booksky
My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More
by G. Neri, illustrated by Corban Wilkin
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
Publisher/Author Submission
#kidlit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #picturebook #booksky
February 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
2024 Elementary Nonfiction Winner
My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More
by G. Neri, illustrated by Corban Wilkin
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
Publisher/Author Submission
#kidlit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #picturebook #booksky
My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More
by G. Neri, illustrated by Corban Wilkin
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
Publisher/Author Submission
#kidlit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #picturebook #booksky
2024 Board Book Winner
Who Laid These Eggs?: A Lift-the-Flap Book (An Animal Traces Book)
Laura Gehl, illustrated by Loris Lora
Harry N Abrams
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social
#kidlit #boardbook #booksky #cybils2024
Who Laid These Eggs?: A Lift-the-Flap Book (An Animal Traces Book)
Laura Gehl, illustrated by Loris Lora
Harry N Abrams
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social
#kidlit #boardbook #booksky #cybils2024
February 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
2024 Board Book Winner
Who Laid These Eggs?: A Lift-the-Flap Book (An Animal Traces Book)
Laura Gehl, illustrated by Loris Lora
Harry N Abrams
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social
#kidlit #boardbook #booksky #cybils2024
Who Laid These Eggs?: A Lift-the-Flap Book (An Animal Traces Book)
Laura Gehl, illustrated by Loris Lora
Harry N Abrams
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social
#kidlit #boardbook #booksky #cybils2024
2024 Fiction Picture Book Winner
I am a Masterpiece!
Mia Armstrong; Illustrated by @alexandradraws.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission
#kidlit #picturebook #booksky #cybils2024
I am a Masterpiece!
Mia Armstrong; Illustrated by @alexandradraws.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission
#kidlit #picturebook #booksky #cybils2024
February 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
2024 Fiction Picture Book Winner
I am a Masterpiece!
Mia Armstrong; Illustrated by @alexandradraws.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission
#kidlit #picturebook #booksky #cybils2024
I am a Masterpiece!
Mia Armstrong; Illustrated by @alexandradraws.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission
#kidlit #picturebook #booksky #cybils2024