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CYBILS: Children’s and YA Bloggers Literary Awards Announced

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Oh. My. Gosh. In all the excitement about the Children’s and YA Bloggers’ Literary Awards (aka Cybils), I actually forgot to schedule this! Better late than never ,,, I know I say the same thing every February 14, but I can’t help myself … and I know without even going to Twitter I am not alone. The official announcement came at 12:01 PST [February 14]. I know there are some (*cough* Sheila Ruth *cough*) who stayed up to wait and celebrate. I confess, I’m old. I was asleep! The panelists for the Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books did NOT make it easy for the judges: Julie Azzam, teacher, parent ~ Instantly Interruptible Stacey Loscalzo, teacher, parent, writer/author ~ Stacey Loscalzo.com and @staceylo … Read more →

Happy New Year! Cybils Award Finalists Announced

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Customize a free digital greeting card   First, before I take one more step in announcing the Cybils Award Finalists for the Easy Reader and Early / Short Illustrated Chapter Book categories, I’d like to thank my awesome panel for all their hard work … Jeff Barger - NC Teacher Stuff Katie Fitzgerald - Secrets & Sharing Soda / @sharingsoda Mandy Goldfuss - A Lovely Bookshelf on the Wall Teri Lesesne - Professor Nana and LS5385 / @professornana Colby Sharp - sharpread and Nerdy Book Club / @colbysharp and @nerdybookclub Amanda Snow - A Patchwork of Books  / @ApatchworkofBks Katherine Sokolowski - Read, Write, Reflect / @katsok They read 85 books in the Easy Reader and Early / Short Illustrated Chapter groups and through it all were guided by their passions for emerging and developing readers. Not once did their hearts stray … Read more →

Illustrated Chapter Books & Adventure – Bookmarks for November

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Bookmarks posts spotlight the favorite titles, as read and reviewed by Reading Tub families. In November, most of the books were chapter books for transitional readers, also known as newly independent readers. Read more →