Just a little reminder, folks, that The Cybils finalists have been announced and there is some fine reading at hand!
The Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards) recognize a whole slew of categories and they do it really well and thoughtfully — with online nominations, two round of careful, committee-based judging, and a Valentine’s Day announcement of literary love!
But really, why wait ’til Valentine’s Day to read the winners when you could start finding your way through all the finalists right now?
For example, and apropos of Poetry Friday, these:
Borrowed Names: Poems About Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters, by Jeannine Atkins
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, by Joyce Sidman
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse, by Marilyn Singer
Scarum Fair, by Jessica Swaim
Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems, ed. by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Switching on the Moon: A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems, ed. by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters
Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors, by Joyce Sidman
For more on all of these, click here.
And then get thee to the library.
You’ll be delighted you did…
Thanks for the list! There are some great books on the short-list. No idea how folks will be able to agree on a winner.
I’m one of the folks 😉
We’ll do our best!!!
I’m really curious about Mirror Mirror, and Switching on the Moon sounds like something destined for my niece…
Yes, fantastic short list!! I do not envy committee members… so TOUGH to make this call.
Lovely post, Liz.
Elaine M.
We had quite a number of fine children’s poetry books nominated in 2010. Happy reading!
Really wonderful list! I haven’t seen Switching on the Moon yet so that is the one I am bent on tracking down!