#CYBILS2023 TBR Toppler, #4
A round-up of reviews for 2023 CYBILS Awards nominated and submitted books featured for the week of 11/20-25
We hope you had a great weekend doing nothing or doing all the things! If, along the way, you ran out of books (or glitter), then you’ve come to the right place! We’ve got a fresh batch of books for you to ooh and ahh over. Oh! And we have magic carpets, too.
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Nov 20 - Middle-Grade Monday
[Elementary/Middle-Grade Graphic Novel + Middle Grade Fiction]
Mexikid by Pedro Martin
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
Nov 21 - Nonfiction Tuesday
[Elementary + Middle-Grade + High School]
Glitter Everywhere by Chris Barton, Chaaya Prabhat (Illustrator)
Digestion: The Musical by Adam Rex, Laura Park (Illustrator)
Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger, Lesley Younge
Nov 22 - Wee Ones Wednesday
[Board Book + Fiction Picture Book]
Elmo's Mommy Day (Sesame Street) by Andrea Posner-Sanchez, Adua Hernandez (Illustrator)
Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
Thanksgiving Day
Nov 24 - Poetry Friday
[Collection + Verse Novel]
Welcome to Monsterville by Laura Shovan, Michael Rothenberg (Illustrator)
Aniana del Mar Jumps In by Jasminne Mendez
Nov 25 - Spec Fic Saturday
[Elementary/Middle-Grade + YA]
The Kingdom Over the Sea by Zohra Nabi
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finch
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 are reading.