Hold on to Your Horses nominated for a Cybil award

Yesterday I was notified that Hold on to Your Horses was nominated for a Cybil award. The first round of nominations is not too difficult to achieve since nominations are open to anyone. I could have nominated the book myself, but I didn’t because I wasn’t aware of this fairly new award. That is what makes me so pleased. Someone out there knew about this children’s book blogger award and nominated my book. It means someone out there considered Hold Horses the best new picture book of the year.

The next round involves a panel of experts who will select 7 books in each category to be finalists. I don’t know if Hold Horses will make that cut. There is some pretty heavy competition. You can see the full list of nominated picture books here. You have to scroll down to find Hold on to Your Horses with the other books whose titles start with “H”. The finalists will be announced January 1st.