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Cybils Winners!

February 18, 2009 By Laura


You’ve likely heard that the Cybils winners have been announced. But just in case…

Presenting your 2009 Cybils winners:

Poetry

Honeybee
written by Naomi Shihab Nye
HarperCollins

Honeybee is a hybrid of delicious poetry and lyrical prose poems on wide-ranging themes blending science and observation alongside personal memoir and political challenge. There are ideas buzzing here that young people have probably felt in their gut, but may not have verbalized. Isn’t this what poetry is supposed to do? [from the Cybils blog]

I reviewed Honeybee here. It’s a thought-provoking, wonderful, challenging book that rewards repeated readings!

It was a privilege to be on the nominating panel for poetry again, where we narrowed the list to the top 5. I worked with

Kelly Fineman Writing and Ruminating
Elaine Magliaro Wild Rose Reader
Bruce Black Wordswimmer
Julie Danielson Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

and the discussions and friendly debates were just as thought-provoking as Honeybee itself! It’s always fun to talk about poetry with people who care deeply about it. I learned a lot just from the discussions and the process of reading a ton of poetry books all very close together.
 


Easy Readers

I Love My New Toy
written by Mo Willems
Hyperion

Fantasy & Science Fiction

Middle Grade

The Graveyard Book
written by Neil Gaiman
HarperCollins

Young Adult

The Hunger Games
written by Suzanne Collins
Scholastic

Fiction Picture Books

How to Heal a Broken Wing
written and illustrated by Bob Graham
Candlewick Press

Graphic Novels

Elementary/Middle Grade

Rapunzel’s Revenge
written by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
illustrated by Nathan Hale
Bloomsbury USA

Young Adult

Emiko Superstar
written by Mariko Tamaki
illustrated by Steve Rolston
Minx

Middle-Grade Fiction

The London Eye Mystery
written by Siobhan Dowd
David Fickling Books


Non-Fiction MG/YA

The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir
written by Cylin Busby
and John Busby
Bloomsbury USA

Non-Fiction Picture Books

Nic Bishop Frogs
written and illustrated by Nic Bishop
Scholastic Nonfiction

Young Adult Fiction

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
written by E Lockhart
Hyperion

 

I’ve read about half the winners, and many of the books on the shortlists, since I’ve been systematically making my way through them since the lists were announced. I can’t wait to see all of them. Race ya to the bookstore/library!

Tagged With: cybils, poetry books

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