What are the Cybils, you ask?

The Children’s & Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards!

The
call for nominations for the best children’s and YA books published in
2008—nine categories of books, from easy readers to poetry to
nonfiction to novels—will begin on October 1st. The tireless Cybils
organizers have worked hard to assemble panels of judges for each
category. Each category has a team of round I panelists—people to read
all the nominated books and compile a shortlist in each category—and
round II judges, who will choose the winning titles from those
shortlists. For more details, and to see lists of Cybils winners from
2006 and 2007, visit the Cybils website.

I’m a Round 1 panelist for the Fiction Picture Books category
this year, and I am really looking forward to reading (and sharing with
my children) all the nominated books. So start thinking about what
picture books bowled you over this year (published in English between
January 1st and October 15th, 2008) and watch for the call for
nominations at the Cybils site.

My fellow team members in the Fiction Picture books category:

Category Organizer

Pamela Coughlan,  Mother Reader

Panelists (Round I):

Cheryl Rainfield, Cheryl Rainfield

Stephanie Ford,  The Children’s Literature Book Club

Travis Jonker,  100 Scope Notes

(and me!)

Round II Judges:

Erica Perle,  Pajamazon

Emily Beeson, Whimsy and Deliciously Clean Reads

Maureen Kearney, Confessions of a Bibliovore

Anne-Marie Nichols,  My Readable Feast

Stefan Shepherd,  Zooglobble

To see the judging teams in the other categories, visit the Cybils site.