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"Wow. Just wow. @ibizoboi + Yusef Salaam have created a powerful, well-done book. Punching the Air is written in verse, which ... allows the authors to give a cadence to the story and the broken way that Amal is feeling." @HCMurdoch https://t.co/Qp2i5odV0o #Cybils2020 finalist
"It was clear that the authors had a great time writing this book together ... and that light-hearted amusement is likely to be contagious to readers." @ANdersonGL on Even Goats Need Closure by Jane Donovan and Holly Trechter https://t.co/kTXZQYvBDJ #Cybils2020 #YAlit nominee
5 #MiddleGrade + 5 #YoungAdult books shortlisted for 2021 Lambda Literary Awards https://t.co/UvdNAVnwig. Check 'em out at Waking Brain Cells ... you might recognize a couple #Cybils2020 nominees + finalists among them! via @TashRow
2/2 from @NicoleMHewitt.Bones in the Wall by @SusanBMcCauley - Fed my Addiction | The Barren Grounds by David Alexander Robertson - Fed My Addiction | https://t.co/sWrEeA89ZX #Cybils2020 nominees #MiddleGrade #SciFi #Fantasy
I Talk Like a River by @JScottWrites + @SydneyDraws. "Beautiful text. Beautiful illustrations." @DebNance https://t.co/emPwxIOek5 | "Do. Not. Miss. This. Picture Book. Seriously, look at that cover." @SandyBrehl https://t.co/3MDNU56RLN | #Cybils2020 #PictureBook finalist
"Comics are a medium, not a genre, and can, therefore, be used to explore all sorts of topics." ~ Recent and Upcoming #Nonfiction Comic Releases | Book Riot https://t.co/MAVObsAR03 @BookRiot #GraphicNovel Do we see potential #Cybils2021 nominees? You betcha.
You didn't think we'd forget @BridgetRWilson's #Cybils2020 & #Poetry Part 2 did you? Great recommendations for #MiddleGrade + #YoungAdult audiences ... and let's face it adult #PoetryLovers too. https://t.co/WkbpAAoLm9
Two 1-line #GoodReads reviews of #PictureBook nominee Keith among the Pigeons by @KatieBDrawing. "A darling little book." Emma M https://t.co/TxPm9lbimS | "Lovely illustrations and strong, non-proselytizing text." @DebNance https://t.co/6buhi5Oc7R #Cybils2020
From @TheReadingTub's teen reviewer: "Magic and nostalgia. Its simplicity and truth are what make Stargazing by @alooghobi beautiful and uncommon among [the graphic novels] I usually read." https://t.co/HBdw2XQtlR #Cybils2020 #GraphicNovel nominee
"Powerfully written and beautifully illustrated ... Displacement by @KikuHughes belongs in the canon of great graphic novels that belong on every reading list and every shelf." @RoeSolo https://t.co/72CXgAID3J | #CYbils2020 #YoungAdult #GraphicNovels finalist @01FirstSecond
Alrighty! How did Cybilites do with their #Cybils2020 nominations compared to Top 10 of @YALSA's 2021 Best Fiction for Young Adults? https://t.co/qssH1bGdix. 7 of 10 nominated 2 are finalists. Bookmarks for everyone! #YAlit #YoungAdult Fiction + #SpecFix via @tashrow
What does @CeciliaBedelia say about #PictureBook nominee Bo the Brave by Bethan Woolvin? "The best sorts of fantasy books start with a map – and Bo the Brave has maps for endpapers – a sign of delightful things to come ..." More on our blog: https://t.co/fLpicwqUla #Cybils2020
Book: One Year at Ellsmere @FaithErinHicks. Rev 1: @RoeSolo "loved the character development, the fantasy touch with the forest story, and how both elements come together to make yet another great story from Faith Erin Hicks." https://t.co/8y5HtvJlC2 | #Cybils2020 #GraphicNovel
Into the Tall, Tall Grass @LorielRyon "This is definitely a quiet tale... And the bittersweet emotional payoff in the end is utterly wonderful!" https://t.co/R6qdNf9vGB Judge @NicoleMHewitt reviews of #Cybils2020 #Elementary / #MiddleGrade #SpecFic nominees #fantasy #SciFi
.@NicoleMHewitt has a 'feast' for you w/her bite-size reviews of these #Cybils2020 nominees: Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono: "A wonderful read!" | Embassy of the Dead by @gomabbitt "A madcap ghostly adventure, complete with goofy sidekicks." | https://t.co/R6qdNf9vGB 1/3
Let's start our Saturday with @GraceGetsBooks' #YouTube review of Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and @MisterKristoff https://t.co/QsUIfe7S8N | #Cybils2020 #YoungAdult #SpecFic, nominated by @RebeccaJ_Allen
The Nuff by Veronica Waldrop, illustrated by Cat Elliott is "a heartfelt love letter to girls everywhere." @WordSpelunker reviews this #PictureBook nominee + shares the story behind the story at Word Spelunking: https://t.co/oTaSPIMcmo #Cybils2020 #PictureBook #BookReview
Whoop! 2 #YoungAdult #GraphicNovel reviews from @RoeSolo: Lizard in a Zoot Suit edited + illustrated by @marco949; Displacement written and illustrated by by @kikuhughes https://t.co/Wfhe4ktoae | #Cybils2020 nominated by: @RandomlyReading & @KeepABookOut, respectively.
3/4 Clarence's Big Secret by Roy McGregor | A Garden In Your Belly by Masha D'yans | What's This Tail Saying, @carolynscombs | Nature Did It First by Karen Rohrich Ansberry | Unbeatable Betty by Allison Crotzer Kimmel https://t.co/DcxoCdj0RR #Cybils2020 #Nonfiction nominees
Whoop from the coop, it's a literary feast!! @MitchamBeth reviews 18(!) #Cybils2020 #Nonfiction nominees: Queen of Tejano Music: Selena by Silvia Lopez; Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species by Sabina Radiva; The Teachers March!, @SandraNWallace https://t.co/DcxoCdj0RR 1/4