Have you or your child got a favorite book that was released this year? Consider nominating it for a Cybils Award. Cybils, which stands for Children and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards, came into being two years ago. According to the Cybils blog, the organizers “wanted a literary competition that combined the freewheeling democracy of the Internet with the thoughtfulness of a book club. Cybils lets the public nominate books here on our Cybils blog, but then bloggers team up to pick the finalists and winners. The winning books must combine quality and “kid appeal.”
While you’re on the blog to nominate your favorite book, check out the finalists and winners of Cybils for 2007 and 2006. You may find books there that you’d like to read with your mother-daughter book club. Some of my favorites from 2007 made the list: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
Categories you can nominate in include:
- Fantasy and Science Fiction Short List Titles for Teen/Young Adult and Elementary/Middle Grade
- Graphic Novels for Teen/Young Adult and Elementary/Middle Grade
- Non-fiction for Middle Grade and Young Adult
- Middle Grade Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Fiction Picture Books
- Non-fiction Picture Books
- Poetry
To nominate, visit the nominations page and scroll to the bottom. Leave your nomination as a comment. I’ll be adding a few to the list myself.
Mother Daughter Book Club Blog 
Thanks so much for helping to spread the word about the Cybils!!