Thank you for thinking of us! 💛

📖 Moon Song by Michaela Goade
📖 Of the Sun by Xelena González & illustrated by Emily Kewageshig
📖 Our Ancestors' Kitchen by Willie Poll & illustrated by Shaikara David
📖 Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley

Books featured in this post:

📖 Bud Finds Her Gift by Robin Wall Kimmerer & illustrated by Naoko Stoop
📖 Faye and the Dangerous Journey by Kim Sigafus
📖 Fierce Aunties by Laurel Goodluck & illustrated by Steph Littlebird
📖 Legendary Frybread Drive-In edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Check it out, and subscribe to our Substack for more news, book lists, and other features curated for readers like you: cybilsawards.substack.com/

Cathy's book, THE LITTLE RED CHAIR, was a @cybilsawards.bsky.social
finalist and is a beautiful look at a family chair loved for generations. She also has a nonfiction book PEW: THE STINKY AND LEGEN-DAIRY GIFT about a 1,400-pound cheese wheel given to President Andrew Jackson.

This is AMAZING. 📚💛

And if that doesn't inspire you to try your own hand at poetry, then check out these five collections we're loving.

📖 Dinos That Drive
📖 If I Could Choose a Best Day
📖 Words with Wings and Magic Things
📖 Torrible Puns
📖 A Universe of Rainbows

Everyone should do what they feel is necessary to protect themselves and others. However, our intent is not to be silent but to celebrate diverse books. We are just going to do it in a different way for this year.