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.
Congratulations and best of luck!
That is so exciting! Congratulations! Your illustrator really is amazing. I love the style.
~Wendy
Cool!
Congratulations!
I expect that it and you will do well indeed.
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WOW! That is a LOT of books. I will hold fast and only read yours though. Gots ta support the home team.
Let us know if there is anything we can do to help. If there is a ballot box I’m sure we can stuff the heck out of it.
Actually I’d rather if you explore all of the books on the list. I’d hate for you to miss out. There is no ballot box. At this point it is up to a selection committee.
Oh pooh.
Actually, I have to admit that I have already gone through a few of them with my youngest daughter. We still love yours though.
Any chance of getting some of the names from the selection committee, I can start poking them with sharp sticks. ;D