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The Cybils are a book award given by children’s and young adult book bloggers.  The Cybils have only two criteria: literary merit and kid appeal.  The winners and finalists as they were announced this morning on the Cybils blog.

I’m seriously so excited!  With Valentines day today, these are the books to give your love to today:

Easy Readers

• Watch Me Throw the Ball! by Mo Willems
• Dinosaur Hunt (Max Spaniel) by David Catrow
• Good Dog, Aggie by Lori Ries
• Mr. Putter & Tabby Spill the Beans by Cynthia Rylant
• Shampoodle (Step Into Reading) by Joan Holub
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Early Chapter Books

• Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit) by Lucy Nolan
• Alice’s Shooting Star by Tim Kennemore
• How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills
• Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes by Kate DiCamillo
• Roscoe Riley Rules #7: Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin by Katherine Applegate

Fantasy & Science Fiction (Middle Grade)

• Dreamdark: Silksinger by Laini Taylor
• 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
• The Farwalker’s Quest by Joni Sensel
• Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
• The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott
• The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Fantasy & Science Fiction (Young Adult)

• Fire by Kristin Cashore
• Candor by Pam Bachorz The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
• The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King
• Lips Touch by Laini Taylor
• Sacred Scars (A Resurrection of Magic,Book 2) by Kathleen Duey
• Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis

Fiction Picture Books

• All the World written by Liz Garton Scanlon; illustrated by Marla Frazee (Maw Books review)
• The Curious Garden by Peter Brown (Maw Books review)
• The Lion & The Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
• Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty (Maw Books review)
• The Listeners written by Gloria Whelan; illustrated by Mike Benny
• The Book that Eats People written by John Perry; illustrated by Mark Fearing (Maw Books review)
• Silly Tilly written by Eileen Spinelli; illustrated by David Slonim

Graphic Novels (Young Adult)

• Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation by Tom Siddell
• The Dreamer: The Consequence of Nathan Hale, Part I by Lora Innes
• Crogan’s Vengeance by Chris Schweizer
• Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Death and Dementia written by Edgar Allan Poe; illustrated by Gris Grimly
• Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood written by Tony Lee; illustrated by Sam Hart and Artur Fujita

Graphic Novels (Elementary/Young Adult)

• The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis
• Creepy Crawly Crime (Joey Fly, Private Eye) written by Aaron Reynolds; illustrated by Neil Numberman
• Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost
• The Stonekeeper’s Curse (Amulet, Book 2) by Kazu Kibuishi
• Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom by Eric Wight (Maw Books review)

Middle Grade Fiction

• Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson (Maw Books review)
• Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford
• Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin (Maw Books review)
• Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry
• All the Broken Pieces by Ann Burg (Maw Books review)
• Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes
• The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O’Connor

Non-Fiction (Middle Grade, Young Adult)

• The Frog Scientist written by Pamela S.Turner, photographs by Andy Comins
• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
• I Can’t Keep My Own Secrets: Six-Word Memoirs by Teens Famous & Obscure edited by Smith Magazine
• Marching For Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge
• Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally M. Walker

Non-Fiction Picture Books

• The Day-Glo Brothers written by Chris Barton; illustrated by Tony Persiani
• Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune & Swimsuit History! by Shana Corey
• Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, An Actual Size Animal Encyclopedia created by Teruyuki Komiya; photos by Toyofumi Fukuda
• 14 Cows for America written by Carmen Agra Deedy with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah; illus. by Thomas Gonzalez (Maw Books review)
• Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 written and illustrated by Brian Floca
• Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea by Steve Jenkins
• Faith (Global Fund for Children Books) by Maya Ajmera, Magde Nakassis, and Cynthia Pon

Poetry

• Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors written by Joyce Sidman; illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
• African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways written by Avis Harley; photographs by Deborah Noyes
• The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson
• The Monsterologist: A Memoir in Rhyme by Bobbi Katz; illus. by Adam McCauley
• The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination by Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston; illustrated by Barbara Fortin

Young Adult Fiction

• Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summer
• Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney
• Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
• How To Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford
• Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
• North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (Maw Books review)

I was a fiction picture book round one panelist and was really excited to find out the winner for that particular category.  I am THRILLED with an All the World win.  I adored that book to pieces.  I haven’t read The Day Go Brothers yet but must admit that I’m a bit sad that 14 Cows for America didn’t take home the prize for non-fiction picture book.

So what did you think of the winners?  Looks like I have tons of reading to do.

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