Saturday, February 12, 2011

The 2010 Cybils Awards to Be Announced Soon!





I served as a 2010 Cybils Round I Poetry Panelist. I think 2010 was a banner year for children's poetry. Our group nominated seven titles. There were other fine poetry books that didn't make our list of finalists.
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The 2010 Cybils Poetry Finalists

Borrowed Names:
Poems about
Laura Ingalls Wilder,
Madam C. J. Walker, Marie Curie,
and Their Daughters
Written by Jeannine Atkins
Henry Holt
Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night
Written by Joyce Sidman
Illustrated by Rick Allen
Houghton Mifflin
Mirror, Mirror:
A Book of Reversible Verse
Written by Marilyn Singer
Illustrated Josee Masse
Dutton
Scarum Fair
Written by Jessica Swaim
Illustrated by Carol Ashley
Wordsong
Ubiquitous:
Celebrating Nature's Survivors
Written by Joyce Sidman
Illustrated by Beckie Prange
Houghton Mifflin

Sharing the Seasons:
A Book of Poems
Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrated by David Diaz
McElderry
Switching on the Moon:
A Very First Book of Bedtime Poems
Collected by Jane Yolen & Andrew Fusek Peters
Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Candlewick
2010 Cybils Poetry Panel

Panel Organizer: Kelly Fineman, Writing and Ruminating
Panelists (Round I Judges):
Bruce Black, Wordswimmer
Elaine Magliaro, Wild Rose Reader
Gina Ruiz, AmoXcalli, The Graphic Landscape
Laura Purdie Salas, Writing the World for Kids
Sylvia Vardell, Poetry for Children
Judges (Round II):
Kelly Fineman
(see category organizer)
Sara Lewis Holmes, Read Write Believe
Greg Pincus, GottaBook
Jama Rattigan, Alphabet Soup
Liz Scanlon, Liz in Ink
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Let me say that it was a pleasure to work with the other Round I Panelists. They all have a true appreciation for children's poetry. I have great faith in our Round II Judges. They've had a difficult task--choosing one winner from all those wonderful poetry books. I can't wait to find out which title they select as the 2010 Cybils Poetry Award Winner!
Congratulations to the authors, illustrators, anthologists, and publishers of all the 2010 Cybils Poetry Finalists!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a fabulous post, Elaine - thanks for all the CYBILS love!!

Anonymous said...

Elaine, as usual we're indebted to you for your enthusiastic support for Cybils. Thanks so much for joining us again this year!

-Anne Levy, Cybils