Did you see that the 2013 Cybils finalists have been announced? I’ll wait while you hop over and check out all the categories. There are a lot of wonderful children’s books listed.
As a Round 2 Judge for Elementary and Middle Grade Nonfiction, I was thrilled to see the finalists in that category were (in no particular order):
Locomotive
How Big Were Dinosaurs?
Barbed Wire Baseball
Anubis Speaks!: A Guide to the Afterlife by the Egyptian God of the Dead (Secrets of the Ancient Gods)
Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdös
Volcano Rising
What a wonderful group of books!
In case you are new to Cybils, the Round 2 judges will now discuss these books behind the scenes and a winner will be announced in mid-February. The excitement mounts!