*Nominated by me!
Easy Readers/Short Chapter Books (my panel!)
*Bad to the bone by Lucy Nolan
This is such a fun, sweet book and very popular at my library.
Fantasy/SF
As you can see, I'm TORN. If any of these were favorites of yours, please nominate some and help me make up my mind!
- Runaway Dragon by Kate Coombs (I haven't reviewed this yet, but it's so much fun! I love it!)
- Serial Garden by Joan Aiken (I'm not sure this is actually eligible b/c it's reprinted stories, but it does include some new ones and I loooove Joan Aiken)
- Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers (This was one of my favorites of the ARCs I got at ALA. My review here)
- Faceless ones by Derek Landy (Squee! Who could leave out Skulduggery?)
- Violet Wings by Victoria Hanley (Haven't reviewed this yet...but it's Hanley!)
- NERDS by Michael Buckley nominated! (I loved this one too, as you can see here)
- Alien Expedition and/or Camp Alien by Pamela Service (See, I would call this a beginning chapter book, but for Cybils they're shorter than my definition, which is just fine, everybody defines them differently, but I can't really see this going into middle grade fiction, but SOMEBODY MUST nominate this...oh dear. Not convinced? Check out my review here)
- Duck and Cover by Jackie Urbanovic (I just pulled this out in storytime this morning and several kids said delightedly, "that's Max!" Yup. We loves us our Max the duck)
- Trudy by Henry Cole (and our Henry Cole)
- Snow day by Sakai (Betsy Bird and I both liked it! So you know it's good!)
- Welcome to the zoo by Alison Jay (This one just missed last year's Cybils - it was published Oct. 16! It really should go in this year. See my review.)
- It's picture day today by Megan McDonald (see my review)
- Sergio saves the game by Edel Rodriguez (see my review)
- Doggone dogs by Beaumont (David Catrow fans? See my review)
- Do not build a Frankenstein by neil numberman
- On our way home by Sebastien Braun (see my review)
- Panda and Polar bear by Matthew Baek (combined review)
- *Girl Genius 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones by Phil & Kaja Foglio
- Blue Beetle: Boundaries (I don't know if this is eligible b/c I assume the separate comics were published...separately. I am a big Blue Beetle fan
- World of Quest 2 by Jason Kruse (Calvin and Hobbes meets Conan the Barbarian. These are huge at my library - so much fun!)
- Homeschool Liberation League nominated! by Lucy Frank (Somebody has GOT to nominate this. Just has to. If nobody does, I will. See my review and it's not just me - this has been flying of the shelf at my library)
- *Melonhead by Katy Kelly nominated by me! (But how can I neglect poor Melonhead? I laughed myself sick on this book and promoted it to all the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classes on my school visits. See my review)
- Dessert First by Hallie Durand nominated! (This is another one that in my definition would be a beginning chapter book. But whatever. It's fun. See what I said here)
- Happy birthday Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel (Ok, I admit I haven't read it. But only because I'm on the hold list and my copy hasn't come yet. come on, everybody loves Bad Kitty)
- *Which way to the wild west by Steve Sheinkin
- Science Warriors by Sneed Collard (See my review)
- Sea cows shamans and scurvy by Ann Arnold (see my review)
- *About penguins: a guide for children by Cathryn Sill
Poetry - I don't think I nominated anything in this category last year either. I think I've bought maybe 2 poetry books for the library this past year. I got dinosaur and train books instead.
Young Adult Fiction - All the ya stuff I love is usually fantasy and the couple things I liked are already nominated, so I'm good! Might think of something later...
5 comments:
OK, I'm totally going over to nominate There are Cats in this Book. My son adores it.
Yay! I can't help thinking there's some reason it's ineligible, because I can't believe nobody has nominated it!
Hi Jennifer,
I am glad you have those middle grade sf/f books up your sleeve--I am a little anxious that we are missing too many good ones...and I know there will be a flurry toward the end, but still it is nail biting!
Yeah, I really want to see Runaway Dragon on the list - but I also really want Pamela Service's Alien Agent series to show up! She's got two that are eligible, so either one...and I adored Faceless Ones, and I'm a big R. L. LaFevers fan and her new series is fab, and....you get the picture. I'm torn.
Faceless Ones and Flight of the Phoenix are now nominated!
I am much too into this for my own sanity, but that's what makes it fun...
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