Press Room
A House Divided Book Trailer, Buzz, and a Podcast
The exciting new graphic novel, A House Divided, has a book trailer and has been getting a lot of attention! View →
Help at Home, 5/6/20
This week, we have resources for a DIY city, out-of-this-world coloring with NASA, bedtime stories, and more! View →
Seven YA Books for Music Lovers
If your pile of books to read is getting low, check out our list of music-minded novels! View →
Help at Home, 4/29/20
This week, we’ve got resources about history, art, and a little help in the kitchen!
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Podcast Interview with Chris Monroe on Monkey with a Toolbelt – And a Netflix Trailer!
Don’t miss this podcast interview with Chris Monroe, the author and illustrator of the Monkey with a Toolbelt book series. The series has been turned into a Netflix original animated show, and today the trailer was released! View →
Help at Home, 4/22/20
This week, we have a call for kid illustrators, financial literacy games, STEM, and more! View →
Zoobean Announces Beanstack Distance Learning Reading Challenge In Partnership with Lerner Publishing Group
The “Lerner Sports Challenge” aims to support schools, libraries, and families by providing a free distance learning opportunity; publisher provides access to learning resources and pledges books to winning groups. View →
More: What We’re Reading Right Now
We asked a few more members of our editorial team about what they’re reading to relax, escape, or just rest! View →
Podcast Interview with MariNaomi
In this edition of The Lerner Podcast, editor Greg Hunter interviews cartoonist MariNaomi, creator of the Life on Earth graphic novel series. The most recent book, Distant Stars, came out this spring. View →
Help at Home, 4/15/20
This week, we have a lot of online art resources, STEM, dance classes, and more!
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What We’re Reading Right Now
It’s no surprise that we’re book people. We love books. We love reading books. In uncertain times, a lot of us are leaning on our books. Here’s a short list of what’s in some of our hands and minds to give our hearts a rest. View →
Help at Home, 4/9/20
We’re continuing to gather up free resources for distance learning and social distancing. Our new roundup includes a coloring book to help explain coronavirus to kids, celebrity read-alouds, history projects, and more. View →
Happy Book Birthday: New Picture Books, Middle Grade and YA
Check out April new releases from Lerner Publishing Group! View →
Librarian Prep List of Free Digital Books for Summer Reading or Distance Learning
June may seem far away. However, just in case you can’t reach your local librarian for help with a summer reading program, we’ve made a quick list of some of our favorite digital resources. These are available for free through June 30, 2020. Of course, you don’t have to wait until June. You could use any of these books right now as distance learning sources! View →
Help at Home, 4/1/20
This week, we have art lessons, several read-alouds, craft ideas, and much more! View →
Sheltering in Place: My Kids on Their Lives Now & Books They Recommend
Editorial Director Carol Hinz interviewed her kids, ages 6 and 9, about sheltering in place (and got some book recommendations.)
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Help At Home, 3/25/20
We are continuing to use this space to share resources. This week, we have several read-alouds, DIY makerspace ideas, virtual field trips, and much more! View →
Help at Home, 3/18/20
As lifelong learners, we know we don’t know everything. We are planning on using this space to share online resources that could help keep everyone learning and engaged as we navigate this unprecedented time.
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The Design Behind Follow Those Zebras (and Online Zoo Visits)
We at Lerner recognize that the spread of COVID-19 and the need to practice social distancing during this time have made many routines, such as visiting a zoo or even going to school, unsafe. We plan on continuing to use this space to talk about books, but also share online resources that could help keep everyone learning and engaged. View →
A Spark of Inspiration: How Flash and Gleam Came to Be
For those who are stuck at home, I wanted to try to shed a little light on your day with this new book. I enjoy editing picture books because each one is different. And each one also comes about in a unique way, which makes it fun to ask, “Where did the idea for this book come from?” View →
If We Were Gone: Students Lead the Way
John Coy and Natalie Capannelli’s new picture book, If We Were Gone: Imagining the World without People, is not your average picture book. In a review, Publishers Weekly called it a “disturbingly beautiful dystopian meditation.” When John, Natalie, and those of us at Lerner were working on the book, we certainly didn’t imagine that it would be released just as a global pandemic was spreading. View →
Lerner Digital Can Help You Plan for and Respond to School Closures
School districts facing closures due to coronavirus or other epidemics may have to look for ways to help their students continue to learn even during a relatively lengthy time away from their school building. Lerner Digital has elearning resources that could help. View →
Jeff Fleischer on Electability, Voter Suppression, Electronic Voting, and More
To celebrate the March release of the Zest Books YA nonfiction title Votes of Confidence, 2nd Edition: A Young Person’s Guide to American Elections, Ashley Kuehl asked Jeff Fleischer to explain some terms and trends we’re seeing in the news. View →
Tracking Pythons: Science Up Close
For her new middle-grade nonfiction book, Kate Messner made several trips to Florida and shadowed scientists as they worked. This enabled her to include lots of great sensory details as well as photos and videos of the scenes she describes. View →