Yeah! Hooray! The 2008 Cybils winners were announced today.
Easy Readers: I Love My New Toy by Mo Willems. Mr. Willems is, by the way, Z-baby’s favorite author. She loves all of his books, but she is especially fond of the Pigeon books.
Middle Grade Fantasy and Science FIction: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Unfortunately, I tried twice but didn’t make it all the way through this Newbery Award winning book. When I read somewhere that it was partially inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, I understood the format and flow of the book a little better. I still don’t think I’ll go back to it.
Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Oh, YES! This book is the one I thought should win the Newbery or the Printz or something. I’m so glad the Cybils committee picked this book. Semicolon review here.
Fiction Picture Books: How To Heal a Broken WIng by Bob Graham.
Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels: Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale. Ummmm . . . I have this book on my TBR shelf, but I haven’t read it because I’m prejudiced against graphic novels. I never liked comic books, even when I was a kid. Do you think it’s time I got over my irrational aversion to graphics?
Young Adult Graphic Novels: Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki.
Middle Grade Fiction: The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd. Iwas on the MIddle Grade Fiction panel that picked the finalists, and I must say that I didn’t care too much for a couple of the books that our panel ended up choosing. I loved The London Eye Mystery, and I’m so pleased that it won. Semicolon review here.
Middle Grade/Young Adult Nonfiction: The Year We Disappeared: A Father/Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby and John Busby. This one needs to go on the TBR list.
Nonfiction Picture Books: Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop.
Poetry: Honeybee by Naomi Shihab Nye. Poetry and sicence mixed together sounds good.
Young Adult Fiction: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart. I’m really excited about this one, too. Brown Bear Daughter and I both loved it. Semicolon review here.
Furiously adding more titles to my TBR list. . .
Do you think it’s time I got over my irrational aversion to graphics?
Yes, I do. I really liked Rapunzel’s Revenge.
And, even though London Eye was my least favorite of all our nominees, I am really glad it won. After thinking about it, it’s the one with probably the widest appeal. And it was a good book. Just not my personal favorite.
I’m in the middle of Graveyard Book right now, and knowing it was based on The Jungle Book has helped with the pacing… just so you know. 🙂
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