The day has come. We have our Cybils 2007 Winners! And they are:
Fastasy and Science Fiction:
The True Meaning of Smekday – Adam Rex (Elementary / MG)
Book of a Thousand Days – Shannon Hale ( YA )
Fiction Picture Book:
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County – Janice N. Harrington
Graphic Novel:
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel – Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin (Elementary / MG)
The Professor’s Daughter – Joann Sfar
Middle Grade:
A Crooked Kind of Perfect – Linda Urban (YAY!!!!!)
Non-Fiction:
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood – Ibtisam Barakat (MG/YA)
Lightship – Brian Floca (Picture Book)
Poetry:
This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness – Joyce Sidman
YA Fiction:
Boy Toy – Barry Lyga
I haven’t read all of these books (yet), but I am still incredibly proud to have been part of this process in my small way. I see titles sure to be loved equally by children and their adults! For descriptions of all of the winners, head to Cybils Winners.
Shelf Elf: read, write, rave. 
*beams* They sound lovely : ) And Book of a Thousand Days making the list wasn’t a surprise (to me at least ; )