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Celebrating books for children and teens since 2006. https://linktr.ee/CybilsAwards

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Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Gather '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!

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Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Some 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.

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Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We’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.

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Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 6mo ago

With 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.

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Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 6mo ago

March 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!

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Jerrold Connors@jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Award 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! 🦊⭐⭐⭐

Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Team 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...

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Ally@allyoutthere.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In 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

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Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 11mo ago

November 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!

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Travis Jonker@100scopenotes.bsky.social · last yr.

Nominations 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...

Nominate 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...

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Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We 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

kidlitchat@kidlitchat.bsky.social · 12mo ago

TOPIC: Queries, pitches, log lines, synopses, comps--all the stuff that someone other than you needs to see (sometimes before they agree to see your work itself!). What are you especially good at? What do you dread? Any tips for coming up with good versions of any of those steps? #kidlitchat