The Cybils are the bloggers’ awards for children’s and young adult books. They have five finalists in each of their two graphic novels categories:
12 and under:
Amelia Rules, vol. 3
Babymouse: Beach Babe
The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy’s Great Idea
Kat and Mouse
To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel
13 and up:
American Born Chinese
Castle Waiting
Dramacon, vol. 2
Flight, vol. 3
La Perdida
Manga makes a fairly poor showing, which partly reflects the original list, which was dominated by other graphic novels. Still, there were some strong possibilities. The final picks should be in sometime in February.
About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started
MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for
School Library Journal,
Publishers Weekly Comics Week,
Comic Book Resources, the
Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and
Robot 6. She also edits the
Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
Actually, I think that Kat & Mouse and Dramacon make two very GOOD showings, but admittedly, I’m a little biased. =)
No argument there, Tim, I just wish there were more like them!
Hey, what can I say? We were slow to get word out to the Manga and Graphic Novels crowd. My bad. We’re just grateful fans discovered us and nominated as many books as they did (35). Now we know where to send word next year, right?
Cheers,
Anne