#CYBILS2023 TBR Toppler, #12
... also known as This Week's Roundup of Book Reviews. Review excerpts for 2023 CYBILS Awards nominated and submitted books for the week of 1/29 - 2/2/2024
… or how we cram a whole week’s worth of book reviews into one newsletter. What struck us this week is the number of books for young readers that aren’t part of a series. We love a good series, too, but sometimes, don’t you just want to pick up a book and know that “this is it?”
Click the date to go to the full post, which has book summaries and review excerpts with our judges’ thoughts.
Monday Books - 01.29.2024
Books for young readers.
BOARD BOOK
Fuzzy Furry Ouch by Amanda Jane Jones, Cree Lane Jones
EASY READER
See the Ghost: Three Stories About Things You Cannot See by David LaRochelle, Mike Wohnoutka (Illustrator)
EARLY CHAPTER BOOK
Awesome Orange Birthday: A Branches Book [The Party Diaries, #1] by Mitali Banerjee Ruths, Aaliya Jaleel (Illustrator)
FICTION PICTURE BOOK
Everyone Loves Lunchtime But Zia by Jenny Liao, Dream Chen (Contributor)
NONFICTION
Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From by Annette Bay Pimentel, Madison Safer (Illustrator)
The IN be-TWEEN - 01.31.2024
Books for newly independent readers 8-12 and those in middle grade/junior high.
FICTION (MG)
The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry by Chad Morris, Shelly Brown
GRAPHIC NOVEL
Tegan and Sara: Junior High [Tegan & Sarah, #1] by Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden (Illustrator)
NONFICTION
Born Reading: 20 Stories of Women Reading Their Way into History by Kathleen Krull, Virginia Loh-Hagan, Aura Lewis (Illustrations)
POETRY NOVEL IN VERSE
Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford, Jeffery Boston Weatherford (Illustrator)
SPECULATIVE FICTION (MG)
Abeni's Song [Abeni’s Song #1] by P. Djèlí Clark
FRI-YA! - 02.02.2024
This we went rebel. Instead of going category by category, we shared the list of young adult titles our judges put on their “Ones That Got Away” list - books that were finalist worthy, but didn’t make it.
POETRY - NOVEL IN VERSE
A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama by Ray Anthony Shepard, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
YA FICTION
Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher
When It All Syncs Up [When It All Syncs Up, #1] by Maya Ameyaw
Reminder: There is NO connection between out judge’s review and actual discussions within the panels. These are our judges’ thoughts, in their own words, about what they read.