{"id":3412,"date":"2010-03-03T15:16:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2016-06-08T17:49:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T21:49:23","slug":"book-award-new-cybils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2010\/03\/03\/book-award-new-cybils\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybils Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure if this award is on your radar. It wasn&#8217;t on mine until recently, and in fact I missed the announcement by a longshot (it was February 14).\u00a0It&#8217;s only a few years old, but I like how it was formed. Basically several bloggers who wrote about children&#8217;s and YA literature wanted to form a sense of community and highlight what they considered to be the best books in those categories of that year.\u00a0Despite its humble beginnings, one shouldn&#8217;t assume this isn&#8217;t a great award. I&#8217;ve been pleased with my samples from it in the past, particularly in the children&#8217;s books.<\/p>\n<p>Because I see great things happening in YA and children&#8217;s literature, and because I&#8217;m pleased to present it to my own children, I want to bring it to your attention.<\/p>\n<p>Cybils Awards for Children&#8217;s and Middle Grade Books<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Picture Book (Fiction): <strong><em>All the World<\/em><\/strong> by Liz Garton Scanlon; illustrated by Marla Frazee<\/li>\n<li>Picture Book (Non-Fiction): <strong><em>The Day-Glo Brothers<\/em><\/strong> by Chris Barton; illustrated by Tony Persiani<\/li>\n<li>Easy Reader: <em><strong>Watch Me Throw the Ball! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)<\/strong><\/em> by Mo Willems<\/li>\n<li>Early Chapter Book: <strong><em>Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit)<\/em><\/strong> by Lucy Nolan; illustrated by Mike Reed<\/li>\n<li>Poetry: <strong><em>Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors<\/em><\/strong> by Joyce Sidman; illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski<\/li>\n<li>Graphic Novel: <strong><em>The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook<\/em><\/strong> by Eleanor Davis<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction: <strong><em>Dreamdark: Silksinger (Faeries of Dreamdark)<\/em><\/strong> by Lani Taylor<\/li>\n<li>Middle Grade Fiction: <strong><em>Chains<\/em><\/strong> by Laurie Halse Anderson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cybils Awards for Young Adult Books<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-Fiction: <strong><em>The Frog Scientist<\/em><\/strong> by Pamela S. Turner; illustrated by Andy Comins<\/li>\n<li>Graphic Novel: <strong><em>Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation<\/em><\/strong> by Tom Siddell<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction: <strong><em>Fire<\/em><\/strong> by Kristin Cashore<\/li>\n<li>Young Adult Fiction: <strong><em>Cracked Up to Be<\/em><\/strong> by Courtney Summers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The only one I&#8217;ve read is <em>Watch Me Throw the Ball!<\/em>, and I&#8217;m telling you, these Elephant and Piggie books are wonderful and charming.\u00a0<em>Chains <\/em>was a National Book Award finalist in 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winners of this year&#8217;s Cybils Awards have been announced. <a href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2010\/03\/03\/book-award-new-cybils\/\"><u>Read the full 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