| Cybils Awards |
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| Awarded for |
Literary merit and kid appeal in children's and young adult literature |
| Presented by |
Bloggers with expertise in children's literature |
| First awarded |
2006 |
| Official website |
cybils.com |
The Cybils Awards, or Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards, are a set of annual book awards given by people who blog about children's and young-adult books.[1] Co-founded by Kelly Herold and Anne Boles Levy in 2006,[2] the awards were created to address an apparent gap between children's book awards perceived as too elitist and other awards that did not seem selective enough.[3]
Books are nominated by the public in ten genres of children's and young adult literature: Book Apps, Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Fiction Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Novels, Non-Fiction Middle Grade/Young Adult Books, Non-Fiction Picture Books, Poetry, and Young Adult Novels. Nominees go through two rounds of panel-based judging before a winner is announced in each category. Finalists and winners are selected on the basis of literary merit and kid appeal.[4]
Panelists are volunteers and must be active bloggers with extensive experience in children's or young adult literature, either as readers and enthusiasts or as authors, librarians, booksellers, teachers, or others with verifiable investment in the world of children's literature.
Criteria
- Anybody may nominate a children's or young adult book published October 16 of the preceding year - October 15 of the contest year.
- Books must be written in English or they may be bilingual.
- Only one book may be nominated per person, per category.
- Nominations open October 1 and close October 15 of the contest year.
- Books should exemplify award criteria of literary merit and "kid appeal".
- Audiobooks currently are not part of the awards.
Recipients
2013 Cybils Award winners
| Category |
Title and Authors |
| Book Apps |
- Disney Animated by Disney
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Picture Books
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- Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, written by Peter Brown
- Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard, written by Annette LeBlanc Cate
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Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Early Chapter Books
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- Urgency Emergency! Big Bad Wolf, written by Dosh Archer
- Home Sweet Horror (Scary Tales), written by James Preller
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| Poetry |
- Forest Has a Song, by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite, written by Barry Deutsch
- Templar, written by Jordan Mechner
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Speculative Fiction
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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Fiction
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| Young Adult Non-fiction |
- Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II, by Martin W. Sandler
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2012 Cybils Award winners
| Category |
Title and Authors |
| Book Apps |
- Dragon Brush, by Small Planet Digital
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Picture Books
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- A Home for Bird, written by Philip C. Stead
- Mrs Harkness and the Panda, written by Alicia Potter, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
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Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Early Chapter Books
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- A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse, written by Frank Viva
- Sadie and Ratz, written by Sonya Hartnett, illustrated by Ann James
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| Poetry |
- BookSpeak! Poems About Books, written by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Josée Bisaillon
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- Giants Beware!, written by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado
- Friends With Boys, written by Faith Erin Hicks
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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Fiction
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- Wonder, by R. J. Palacio
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews
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| Young Adult Non-fiction |
- Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, by Steve Sheinkin
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2011 Cybils Award winners
| Category |
Title and Authors |
| Book Apps |
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Picture Books
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- Me ... Jane, written by Patrick McDonnell
- I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures, written by Carlyn Beccia
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Easy Readers & Early Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Early Chapter Books
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| Poetry |
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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- Zita the Spacegirl, written by Ben Hatke
- Anya's Ghost, written Vera Brosgol
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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Fiction
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- Nerd Camp, by Elissa Brent Weissman
- Stupid Fast, by Geoff Herbach
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| Young Adult Non-fiction |
- Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart, by Candace Fleming
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2010 Cybils Award winners
| Category |
Title and Authors |
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Short Chapter Books
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Picture Books
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- Interrupting Chicken, written by David Ezra Stein
- The Extraordinary Life of Mark Twain (According to Susy), written by Barbara Kerley
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| Poetry |
- Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse, written by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Maggi Idzikowski
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Elementary & Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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Fiction
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| Young Adult Non-fiction |
- The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing, by Suzanne Jurmain
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2009 Cybils Award winners
| Category |
Title and Authors |
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books
- Easy Readers
- Short Chapter Books
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- Watch Me Throw the Ball!, written by Mo Willems (an Elephant and Piggie book)
- Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit), written by Lucy Nolan, illustrated by Mike Reed
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
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| Fiction Picture Books |
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary/Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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| Middle-Grade Fiction |
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| Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction |
- The Frog Scientist, written by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Andy Comins
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| Non-Fiction Picture Books |
- The Day-Glo Brothers, written by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani
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| Poetry |
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| Young Adult Fiction |
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2008 Cybils Award winners
| Category |
Title and Authors |
| Easy Readers |
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Fantasy & Science Fiction
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| Fiction Picture Books |
- How to Heal a Broken Wing, written and illustrated by Bob Graham
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary/Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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| Middle-Grade Fiction |
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| Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction |
- The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir, by Cylin Busby and John Busby
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| Non-Fiction Picture Books |
- Nic Bishop Frogs, written and illustrated by Nic Bishop
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| Poetry |
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| Young Adult Fiction |
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart
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2007 Cybils Award winners
| Category |
Title and Authors |
Fantasy & Science Fiction
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| Fiction Picture Books |
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary/Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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| Middle-Grade Fiction |
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| Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction |
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| Non-Fiction Picture Books |
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| Poetry |
- This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness, written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
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| Young Adult Fiction |
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2006 Cybils Award winners
| Category |
Title and Authors |
| Fantasy & Science Fiction |
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| Fiction Picture Books |
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Graphic Novels
- Elementary/Middle Grade
- Young Adult
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| Middle-Grade Fiction |
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| Middle-Grade/Young Adult Non-Fiction |
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| Non-Fiction Picture Books |
- An Egg is Quiet, written by Dianna Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long
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| Poetry |
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| Young Adult Fiction |
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