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Get Your Summer Reading in Shape with Lerner's Summer Reading Webinars
Mark your calendar for our two upcoming summer reading webinars, featuring the iREAD® and Collaborative Summer Library Program™ summer reading themes. View →
Happy Book Birthday! New YA from Lerner
Check out November new releases from Lerner Publishing Group! View →
A Map into the World: The Story Behind the Book
Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books, shares a fun story about A Map into the World by Kao Kalia Yang. View →
Lerner and the Center for Cyber Safety and Education Collaborate with Garfield®
Help kids make a safer cyber world with the new Garfield’s ® Guide to Digital Citizenship series, coming January 2020 from Lerner Publishing Group. View →
Audiobooks Directly from Lerner!
Here’s how you can listen to your favorite Lerner titles as multi-user audiobooks through Lerner Bookshelf on the web, and on your mobile devices using our Lerner Digital eReader apps for iOS and Android. View →
Art Director Notes: A Map into the World
Associate Art Director Emily Harris shares some notes on finding the perfect cover illustrator for Kao Kalia Yang’s A Map into the World. View →
Diversity, Audits, and Choosing Books
We are excited to see more and more people becoming educated, excited, and involved in creating collections of books that help encourage all students to read books that challenge social norms and build understanding of disenfranchised groups. View →
Lerner Publisher Services Announces New Distribution Agreement with Ruby Tuesday Books
Lerner Publisher Services, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, today announced a new partnership with Ruby Tuesday Books to be their exclusive distributor in the U.S. and Canada beginning November 1, 2019. View →
Podcast Interview with Nicole Valentine
In this episode of The Lerner Podcast, listen in on a conversation between author Nicole Valentine and her editor, Amy Fitzgerald. View →
Q&A with Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke, the authors of Queer, 2nd Edition: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens
Mark Bieschke and Kathy Belge are the authors of Queer, 2nd Edition: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens. We asked them about the inspiration behind their book, coming out, how things have changed since they were teens, and how best to encourage and help queer teens today. View →
Video: Author Kao Kalia Yang Discusses A Map into the World
Kao Kalia Yang shares some of the history of Hmong story cloths, how A Map into the World was inspired by a true story, and a little more background of both Hmong and her personal history. View →
Pets In Books: A Lerner Retrospective
Cat and dog people will agree that this roundup of Lerner pets that have made it into books we published over the years is super cute! View →
Librarians We Love: Anna Zbacnik
This edition of Librarians We Love features Anna Zbacnik, who shares the details of a podcasting project she did – with 3rd graders! View →
NoNieqa Ramos on Coming Out in YA Literature
In honor of National Coming Out Day on October 11, Editorial Director Amy Fitzgerald talked with author NoNieqa Ramos about LGBTQA+ advocacy and representation in YA literature. View →
Librarian Prep List for December: Hanukkah, Hour of Code, and Christmas
The end of the year is quickly approaching! Here’s a list of book display ideas or selections for your readers advisory group for December, to help you bring 2019 to a close. View →
The Truth Is Explores Love, Identity, and Self-Worth
MINNEAPOLIS, MN— Uncover the challenges of expectations and identity in The Truth Is, coming this fall from Carolrhoda Lab®, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™. View →
Stage Dreams Offers New Perspective on the Old West
MINNEAPOLIS, MN— Coming this fall from Graphic Universe™, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™, acclaimed cartoonist Melanie Gillman puts readers in the saddle alongside Flor and Grace as they thwart a Confederate plot in Stage Dreams. View →
Owl's Outstanding Donuts Features Mystery and Friendship
MINNEAPOLIS, MN— Robin Yardi, author of The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez, weaves an intriguing mystery with a sensitive take on grief and recovery in Owl’s Outstanding Donuts, coming this fall from Carolrhoda Books®, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™. View →
Ella McKeen, Kickball Queen Features Strong Girl Athletes
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—In Ella McKeen, Kickball Queen, coming this fall from Carolrhoda Books®, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™, debut author and illustrator Beth Mills offers a pitch-perfect look at being a good sport—while also playing to win. View →
New YA Book Queer, 2nd Ed. Is the Ultimate Guide for LGBTQ Teens
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Coming this fall from Zest Books™, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™, Queer, 2nd Edition: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke offers valuable advice on coming out and finding community. View →
Happy Book Birthday: New Picture Books, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, and YA
Check out October new releases from Lerner Publishing Group! View →
Listen to Sasha Dawn Read a Chapter from Panic
In today’s episode of The Lerner Podcast, author Sasha Dawn reads the first chapter of her latest YA novel, Panic, available October 1, 2019. View →
Link List from Vote!: Women’s Fight for Access to the Ballot Box
Backmatter is always an important part of our nonfiction books. Vote! has so much backmatter that it’s broken into six sections. To help you get a jump-start on your web browsing, here’s the list of websites and links from one of them. View →
Fall Sesame Street Books: A Peek Behind the Curtain
With the Sesame Street Welcoming Words series, children can learn simple words and phrases in Spanish, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Hebrew, and Arabic. View →