Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Have you been to your local library lately? 🧐 1186
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Thank you all for twenty years filled with a lot of amazing books. This award could not have existed without the work, support, and enthusiasm from readers like you. While this chapter for the CYBILS may be coming to a close, we're looking forward to the next one. 💛 031
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 13/08/2026To find out more about how we reached this decision and a sneak peak at our plans for the future (and how you might fit into them), check out this letter from our Board. cybilsawards.substack.com/p/time-to-cl...cybilsawards.substack.comTime to Close the BookPromoting reading past your bedtime since 2006. Diverse voices and positive representation for us. We like sharing book news, recommendations, and lists from other readers, too. No paywall. Donations... 130
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 13/08/2026After a lot of consideration, the Board of the CYBILS Awards has decided to retire the award for good. However, that doesn't mean we're finished celebrating books for children and teens. 165
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Check it out over at cybilsawards.substack.com/cybilsawards.substack.comSCRIBBLES ✒️ from the CYBILS | SubstackPromoting reading past your bedtime since 2006. Diverse voices and positive representation for us. We like sharing book news, recommendations, and lists from other readers, too. No paywall. Donations... 010
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Gather 'round! It's time for the April edition of the Cybils Scribbles. This edition includes: 📚 Celebrating National Poetry Month 📚 A specially curated book list for Earth Day 📚 Wishbone is back (in a documentary) 📚 Other bookish news, recommendations, & more! 151
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 06/04/2026📖 Torrible Puns by Tricia Torrible & illustrated by Robert Dunn 📖 A Universe of Rainbows by Matt Forrest Esenwine & illustrated by Jamey Christoph 📖 Zarina Divided by Reem Faruqi 030
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 06/04/2026📖 For the Win edited by Irene Lathan and Charles Waters 📖 Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi 📖 Limelight by Renée M. LaTulippe & illustrated by Chuck Gonzales 130
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 06/04/2026📖 Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen & illustrated by Violeta Encarnación 📖 Celebrate We Gullah Geechee by Yvette R. Murray & illustrated by Tonya Engel 📖 Dinos That Drive by Suzy Levinson & illustrated by Dustin Harbin 📖 The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez by Jasminne Paulino 120
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Some books are funny; Some books are not. These books have poems; You’ll like them a lot. April is National Poetry Month, and what better way to celebrate than with a good book? We’ve got you covered with some recommendations that’ll make this month a poetic celebration. 1168
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Find the full review on her blog, The Book Search. imtanner.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-...imtanner.blogspot.comNew realistic middle grade fictionThere have been some amazing books that came into the world in the last month. Here are two of my favorites! The first one is called “Gl... 020
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Our friend @imtanner.bsky.social recently reviewed Some of Us Are Brave by Saadia Faruqi, a story told from the perspective of three kids who are forced to come together in Houston during Hurricane Harvey. 171
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 06/04/2026There's a Creamsicle Dreamsicle Ice Cream Cake? Sounds like a pretty sweet book! 🧡 010
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 04/04/2026We’d like to wish our school librarian friends a very happy National School Librarian Day. We could not be more grateful for all the work you do. May your checkouts be bountiful, and may your book cart's wheels never squeak. 041
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 03/04/2026🌕 How to Survive on the Moon by Joalda Morancy & illustrated by Aaron Cushley 🌕 The Six (Young Reader’s Edition) by Loren Grush with Rebecca Stefoff 🌕 Who Owns the Moon? by Cynthia Levinson and Jennifer Swanson 010
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 03/04/2026🌕 Cassini's Mission by Katie Venit & illustrated by Julia Blattman 🌕 Clouds in Space by Diana Renzina 🌕 Earthrise by Leonard S. Marcus 🌕 From BAM! to BURP! by Melissa Stewart & illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguens 110
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 03/04/2026With the Artemis II mission in the news, young readers are full of questions about space exploration, the moon, and beyond. We’ve got you covered with seven books that’ll have them (or at least their imaginations) blasting off into space. 163
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 02/04/2026For more information about the event and this year's theme (sponsored by IBBY Cyprus), check out the International Board on Books for Young People. www.ibby.org/awards-activ...ibby.orgICBD 2026 Sponsored by Cyprus: IBBY International Board on Books for Young People 010
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 02/04/2026From our bookshelf to yours, happy International Children's Book Day! We hope you'll grab a book and celebrate with us. 1113
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Check it out over at cybilsawards.substack.com/cybilsawards.substack.comSCRIBBLES ✒️ from the CYBILS | SubstackPromoting reading past your bedtime since 2006. Diverse voices and positive representation for us. We like sharing book news, recommendations, and lists from other readers, too. No paywall. Donations... 021
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 31/03/2026March is rapidly coming to a close. But look! It's brought the latest edition of the Cybils Scribbles with it on the way out. This edition includes: 📚 A book list for Women’s History Month 📚 S-s-snakesational book recommendations 📚 An American Girl book … for adults?! 📚 Other bookish news & more! 131
Reposted by Cybils AwardsDebbie Tanner @imtanner.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Need some awesome new realistic middle grade fiction? Check out two of my new favorites! Reviews here: www.blogger.com/blog/post/ed... @jamiesumners.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social @cybilsawards.bsky.social 074
Reposted by Cybils AwardsJen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 13/02/2026🎉 Attention all teachers and librarians! Author Tanita S. Davis is giving away TEN copies of Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes to one lucky classroom or library! 🎉 You can enter to win using the widget on Pop! Goes The Reader here: popgoesthereader.com/interview-ta... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit 074
Reposted by Cybils AwardsSara Pennypacker @sarapennypacker.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Thank you for this review, @imtanner.bsky.social, and to @cybilsawards.bsky.social for sharing it! 031
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Team 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... 051
Reposted by Cybils AwardsJerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Award 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! 🦊⭐⭐⭐ 193
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Find these lists, book news, and other features curated for readers just like you over on our Substack: cybilsawards.substack.comcybilsawards.substack.comSCRIBBLES ✒️ from the CYBILS | CYBILS Awards | SubstackPromoting reading past your bedtime since 2006. Diverse voices and positive representation for us. We like sharing book news, recommendations, and lists from other readers, too. No paywall. Donations... 010
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 02/02/2026A 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. 152
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Team 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... 062
Reposted by Cybils AwardsTravis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Here's to pushing the envelope. The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of 2025 100scopenotes.com/2025/12/01/t...100scopenotes.comThe Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2025Here’s to children’s books that expand our assumptions of what a children’s book can be. 074
Reposted by Cybils AwardsAlly @allyoutthere.bsky.social · 02/12/2025In 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 153
Reposted by Cybils AwardsSondra Eklund @sonderbooks.com · 29/11/2025Cabin 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: www.sonderbooks.com/Childrens_Fi... 021
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 26/11/2025We’re thankful for books, the amazing people who create them, and the readers who love them. #kidlitchat 0124
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Cybils 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 021
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 23/11/2025📖 Moon Song by Michaela Goade 📖 Of the Sun by Xelena González & illustrated by Emily Kewageshig 📖 Our Ancestors' Kitchen by Willie Poll & illustrated by Shaikara David 📖 Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley 030
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Books featured in this post: 📖 Bud Finds Her Gift by Robin Wall Kimmerer & illustrated by Naoko Stoop 📖 Faye and the Dangerous Journey by Kim Sigafus 📖 Fierce Aunties by Laurel Goodluck & illustrated by Steph Littlebird 📖 Legendary Frybread Drive-In edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith 130
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Check it out, and subscribe to our Substack for more news, book lists, and other features curated for readers like you: cybilsawards.substack.com/cybilsawards.substack.comSCRIBBLES ✒️ from the CYBILS | CYBILS Awards | SubstackPromoting reading past your bedtime since 2006. Diverse voices and positive representation for us. We like sharing book news, recommendations, and lists from other readers, too. No paywall. Donations... 110
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 23/11/2025November 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! 2163
Reposted by Cybils AwardsTravis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social · 11/11/2025It's time. Vote for your favorite case covers in the 2025 Undies Awards! 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/10/v... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social100scopenotes.comVOTE! The 2025 Undies Case Cover AwardsMake your voice heard by voting for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards. 074
Reposted by Cybils AwardsDebbie Tanner @imtanner.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Need 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 062
Reposted by Cybils AwardsWe Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Celebrate 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! 16953
Reposted by Cybils AwardsTravis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Nominations 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...100scopenotes.comNominate 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... 0146
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 10/10/2025It'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... 022
Cybils Awards @cybilsawards.bsky.social · 08/10/2025We 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 061
Reposted by Cybils AwardsElly Swartz @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2025What 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 01610
