Extra hugs and Valentine cookies to you all! Getting their hands on books, reading, musing, discussing, wrestling time from other commitments to blogging, baking, yoga practices, running, communing with Jane Austen, teaching, writing their own poems, guiding and caring for children, and so many other things. Thanks to the judges and all who work hard to make the Cybils happen. Honored here more in their roles as editors and compilers, working from their generosity as mentors and colleagues, are Lee Bennett Hopkins for Sharing the Seasons, a joyful collection, and Jane Yolen for Switching on the Moon, which celebrates nighttime rituals for the very young. It was exciting to have Borrowed Names named as a poetry finalist, along with Ubiquitous and Dark Emperor by Joyce Sidman, who masterfully pleats science and sounds, making connections intricate as overlapping feathers or scales, and Jessica Swaim’s book Scarum Fair, which combines chills and laughter. It’s amazing how illuminating and fun it can be to read old tales from two directions. Congratulations to all the Cybils Award winners ( click for the link). Marilyn Singer's Mirror Mirror, illustrated by Josée Masse, won the award in poetry: you can click here for my review of this collection of fairy tales told in palindromes.
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