The community of children's and young adult book bloggers, aka the kidlitosphere, supports their own book awards with their time and talent. Bloggers nominate the books and serve as panelists and judges. The Cybils awards celebrate "the highest literary merit and "kid appeal."

The winners for 2009 were announced on The Cybils blog on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. For great summaries and more information, see the announcement.

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Cybils Awards for Children's and Middle Grade Books
Picture Book (Fiction) [Image] All the World[Image]
by Liz Garton Scanlon; illustrated by Marla Frazee
Beach Lane Books

Picture Book (Non-Fiction)[Image] The Day-Glo Brothers[Image]
by Chris Barton; illustrated by Tony Persiani
Charlesbridge


Easy Reader[Image] Watch Me Throw the Ball! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)[Image]
by Mo Willems
Hyperion

Early Chapter Book[Image] Bad to the Bone (Down Girl and Sit) [Image]
by Lucy Nolan; illustrated by Mike Reed
Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books


Poetry[Image] Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors[Image]
by Joyce Sidman; illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Graphic Novel [Image] The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook[Image]
by Eleanor Davis
Bloomsbury USA


Fantasy & Science Fiction [Image] Dreamdark: Silksinger (Faeries of Dreamdark)[Image]
by Laini Taylor
Putnam Juvenile

Middle Grade Fiction[Image] Chains[Image]
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Simon & Schuster

Cybils Awards For Young Adult BooksNon-Fiction [Image] The Frog Scientist[Image]
by Pamela S. Turner; illustrated by Andy Comins
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Graphic Novel[Image] Gunnerkrigg Court: Orientation[Image]
by Tom Siddell
Archaia Press

Fantasy & Science Fiction[Image] Fire[Image]
by Kristin Cashore
Dial


Young Adult Fiction[Image] Cracked Up to Be[Image]
by Courtney Summers
Macmillan