It's Valentine's Day AND Cybils Awards Day!!! (For us book bloggers - those two days go hand-in-hand!!) The winners are all announced HERE - but I'd love to fill you in on the category I helped judge!!! I was honored to be on the Fiction Picture Books Finalist Panel and LOVED this experience. We get to read and study some GREAT kid's books and then share why we loved them! Here is the amazing finalist list we got to choose from - yep, nothing easy about that job! I had so many listed in first position I spent days deciding which was my REAL favorite!!
This is a truly delightful tale - and it all takes place around bedtime! As Little Red Chicken interrupts her Papa's bedtime stories to make up her own endings for some of the classic fairy tales, you will be tempted to interrupt and maybe even make up some of your own endings!! This book is all about using your imagination. The illustrations are fun and take you on a journey right to little chicken's bedtime! Interrupting Chicken is a picture book that will have children and parents alike laughing all the way to the last page, making it a perfect bedtime and group reading story.
Congratulations to our winning author! And also thanks to the team of panelists and judges! (Here are some of the amazing bloggers I served with - Katie Davis, Melanie Greenberg, Danielle Smith, Tess Goldwasser, and our fearless leader, Pam Coughlan!!)
The Cybils have been announced!!! Go HERE to see the winners. (I must say that I am thrilled with the choices - I was on the first round committee to choose a non-fiction picture book - and man, was that ever tough to narrow down!!!) Way to go judges!
I am honored to be chosen again to be on the Cybils award committee. Last year I was a finalist judge in the Nonfiction Picture Book Category - THIS year, I get to be on the nominating committee for Nonfiction Picture Books. THAT means I get to read LOTS of books and send our committee's favorites to the final judges! SO - I'll let you know at the end here, which was my favorite spot to be in!! Right now - I am just sitting back and waiting to hear what to start reading - can't wait!!!
The WINNERS are up!!! Go check it out at the Cybils Blog. I am honored to say I had a part - I thoroughly enjoyed being able to choose a finalist in the non-fiction picture books!!!
Just what I've always wanted - a way to find out how to say all of those tough author names!!! And HERE it is!!!
Oh and one more tidbit - I have been selected as a Judge on the CYBILS site for the Non-Fiction category - to see my name in lights - go HERE!!! How fun is that - so here I go, off to read, read, read!!! (What's new?!?!?)
The Cybils are back and ready to begin for another round!! If you blog about children's or teen's books and want to participate - stop by their blog and see how to get on board - I am looking forward to it!!! Hope to see you there!!
I am honored to be chosen again to be on the Cybils award committee. Last year I was a finalist judge in the Nonfiction Picture Book Category - THIS year, I get to be on the nominating committee for Nonfiction Picture Books. THAT means I get to read LOTS of books and send our committee's favorites to the final judges! SO - I'll let you know at the end here, which was my favorite spot to be in!! Right now - I am just sitting back and waiting to hear what to start reading - can't wait!!!
The WINNERS are up!!! Go check it out at the Cybils Blog. I am honored to say I had a part - I thoroughly enjoyed being able to choose a finalist in the non-fiction picture books!!!
