NFPB - Calling All Nominees!

Last year at this time I published a list of nominated books for the Cybils in nonfiction picture books and named some titles that were startlingly absent. We have a terrific list of nominees to date, but some excellent titles are still missing. Won't you head on over and make a nomination? Here are some of the books I have yet to see on our list.

• Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney
• The Dirt on Dirt, written by Paulette Bourgeois and illustrated by Martha Newbigging
• Eggs, written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Emma Stevenson (Read my review.)
• How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly?, written by Robin Page and illustrated by Steve Jenkins
• I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Eric Velasquez (I know it's poetry, but it's biography too! Read my review.)
• Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth, written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jim Burke (Read my review.)
• The Road to Oz: Twists, Turns, Bumps, and Triumphs in the Life of L. Frank Baum, written by Kathleen Krull and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

I'm sure there are many other worthy titles still waiting to be nominated as well. I may be pushing for nonfiction picture books here, but don't forget there are 7 other categories you can nominate titles in. They are:

• Easy Readers
• Fantasy and Science Fiction
• Fiction Picture Books
• Graphic Novels
• Nonfiction Middle Grades/YA
• Poetry
• Young Adult Fiction

So, what are you waiting for? Head on over and nominate a title today! Don't forget, that nominations close on October 15th.