Thursday, January 02, 2025

Cybils Poetry Finalist: CLARA'S KOOKY COMPENDIUM

Janet and I are so pleased to share the news that Clara's Kooky Compendium of Thimblethoughts and Wonderfuzz is a finalist for the Cybils Award in the Poetry category! Woohoo!


There are 7 poetry finalists and we are SO honored to be among them! For more information, go here. Meanwhile, here's the full list: 

A Planet Is a Poem
Amanda West Lewis, illustrated by Oliver Averill
Kids Can Press, Ltd

Black Girl You Are Atlas
RenΓ©e Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Kokila

Grace Notes: Poems about Families

Naomi Shihab Nye
Greenwillow Books

Haiku, Ew!: Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature
Lynn Brunelle, illustrated by Julia Patton
Millbrook Press

Poetry Comics
Grant Snider
Chronicle Books

Windsongs: Poems about Weather
Douglas Florian, illustrated by Douglas Florian
Beach Lane Books

AND OUR BOOK:
Clara’s Kooky Compendium of Thimblethoughts and Wonderfuzz
Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong; illus. by Frank Ramspott
Pomelo Books

The committee also chose 7 novels in verse! 
The winners in each category will be announced on Feb. 14, 2025.
But it is truly an honor to be one of the 7 finalists! 

Now head on over to Mary Lee's amazing blog, A(nother) Year of Reading, for our Poetry Friday gathering here.

14 comments:

Marcie Flinchum Atkins said...

I'm so excited to see this! Yay for Clara! Clara is in such good company!

CYBILS Awards said...

Congratulations, Janet and Sylvia. And thank you for championing great poetry for kids and teens.

Ruth said...

Congratulations!

TraceyKJ said...

Congratulations! I so enjoy this anthology of wonderment!

Mary Lee said...

Congratulations to you and Janet and all the writers who helped to create Clara! That's a strong group of finalists but there's nothing else like your book in the group!

Linda B said...

I saw this earlier on the Cybils' post, Sylvia! Congratulations! I'm looking forward to your new anthology!

Linda Mitchell said...

What a WONDERFUL list of books! Many, many congratulations on Clara!

Jone said...

Congrats on making it to the finals, Sylvia. It's such a fun book.

Sarah Grace Tuttle said...

Woohoo! Congratulations!!! I hope you do something sparkly to celebrate! :)

Patricia Franz said...

Such an honor and so well deserved, Sylvia and Janet! I had a blast using it with my niece's 4th grade class. They will begin their own compendiums this month! Happy New Year!

Heidi Mordhorst said...

"I pledge to strive to be completely unbiased in my role as a Cybils Judge."
Signed, HM😊😊😊😊

Irene Latham said...

Such a lovely list of finalists! Congratulations to you and Janet and CLARA. xo

Rose Cappelli said...

Wonderful news! Congratulations to you and Janet and all the wonderful poets.

Sylvia Vardell said...

Thank you all for your kind words and congratulations. We are so excited about this honor-- especially on behalf of all the poets who contributed including some of YOU! :-)