Interview with 2007 Cybils Non-Fiction Picture Book Panelists Tricia Stohr-Hunt and Fiona Bayrock
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Fall 2007 reading at our house had a higher than usual non-fiction slant as Andrea joined kidLit bloggers:
- Tricia Stohr-Hunt of The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Fiona Bayrock of Books and ‘Rocks
- Emily Beeson of Whimsy Books
- Jennifer Schultz of Kiddosphere and
- organizer, Eisha Prather of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
on the Non-Fiction Picture Books nominating committee for the second annual Cybils Awards.
In celebration of today’s announcement of finalists in Graphic Novels, Non-Fiction Picture Books, Non-Fiction MG/YA and Young Adult Novels categories of the 2007 Cybils Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards, Mark speaks with Non-Fiction Picture Book panelists Tricia Stohr-Hunt and Fiona Bayrock about a nomination and finalist process done completely online and how a team of five people were able to collaborate to pick seven of forty-six books.
Be sure to pop over to Cybils Central to get the scoop on all the fabulous finalists and, while you’re there, check out the full list of non-fiction picture book nominees.
You can also check out some of the panelists’ thoughts on some of the 46 nominated titles:
- Vulture View
- Lightship
- Living Color
- Let’s Go!
- One Thousand Tracings
- A Horse in the House
- A Seed is Sleepy
- Ballerina Dreams
- Dogs and Cats
- Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt
- May I Pet Your Dog and here
- Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
- Rough, Tough Charly
- Sawdust and Spangles: The Amazing Story of W.C. Coup
- Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas
- The Book of Time Outs: A Mostly True History of the World’s Biggest Troublemakers
- Turtle Summer