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Guest Post: Allyssa Loya
Elementary librarian Allyssa Loya created a technology-forward library that includes a makerspace and coding club. Read on for her tips on how to follow her lead! View →
Cover Design, Eating, and Leaving Your Comfort Zone (To Save Our Planet!)
While for most teens (and adults!) the idea of eating bugs sounds like an episode of Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods or a horror movie, the fact is that these creatures are a part of an ecologically sound idea of how to sustain humans. View →
Sketches and Photos from My Beijing
Earlier this fall, we released My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun, his English-language debut. Today we’re sharing sketches and photos that inspired this graphic novel. View →
Yep, I’m a Fan!
Editorial Director Domenica Di Piazza gives us the skinny on Fandom: Fic Writers, Vidders, Gamers, Artists, and Cosplayers. This YA book is devoted to the big, shall we say huge, world of fandom. View →
Book Trailer Premiere: Foul Play at Elm Tree Park
Check out the book trailer for Q & Ray Case 3, Foul Play at Elm Tree Park to get ready for next month’s World Series! View →
5 Ways to Get Involved in Banned Books Week 2018
The theme for 2018’s Banned Books Week (which is next week!) is “Banning books silences stories. Speak out!” View →
Author Spotlight: Allyssa Loya
I met Disney Coding Adventures author Allyssa Loya at the 2017 TLA (Texas Library Association) conference when she presented to a packed house about how she got a coding club up and running in her library. View →
Lerner Digital Launches Page Plus Feature This Fall
Our newest digital feature, Page Plus, launched this season. It includes 15 new titles to enjoy and explore. But what does Page Plus even mean? View →
Mary Amato’s Inspiration for Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery
Today YA author Mary Amato shares her inspiration for Open Mic Night at Westminster Cemetery. View →
Carol's 5-Year-Old Asks Calef Brown Questions about The Ghostly Carousel
As I mentioned in yesterday’s interview on the blog, my 5-year-old is a bit obsessed with Calef Brown’s new poetry collection, The Ghostly Carousel: Delightfully Frightful Poems. View →
Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Editorial Director Carol Hinz Named a 2018 Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree
Lerner Publishing Group is pleased to announce that Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Editorial Director Carol Hinz has been named a 2018 Publishers Weekly (PW) Star Watch honoree. View →
Meet PW Star Watch Honoree Carol Hinz
Meet Editorial Director Carol Hinz, one of Publishers Weekly‘s 2018 Star Watch Honorees! Carol’s list includes National Book Award Longlist selection Sachiko, Sibert Honoree Sea Otter Heroes, and Orbis Pictus Honoree Dazzle Ships. View →
Happy Book Birthday: New Picture Books, Nonfiction, and YA
Check out September 1 new releases from Lerner Publishing Group! View →
Of Fall and Frankenstein
Today is Frankenstein Day! August 30 was Mary Shelley‘s birthday in 1797, so it has become the day to unofficially celebrate her most famous character.
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Meet A Lerner: Lara Neel
Meet Lara Neel, Lerner’s Trade Marketing Manager! View →
Shark Talk
It’s really “Talking about Sharks,” because that’s exactly what science writer Karen Romano Young will be doing tomorrow on New England Public Radio’s Back-to-School Book Series program! View →
Meet The Magic of Melwick Orchard Author Rebecca Caprara
Rebecca Caprara’s debut middle-grade novel, The Magic of Melwick Orchard, centers on 12-year-old Isa, whose family fractures after her little sister Junie is diagnosed with cancer. View →
Open Mic Night: Cover Design Auditions
It is generally creative law that a best idea is either your very first idea or your very last idea, the one that you almost didn’t pursue. View →
Nevertheless, They Persisted
If you’re interested in political resistance, you may want to pick up our brand-new Alternator BooksTM series, Movements That Matter, along with a few other titles. View →
How to Get the Most Out of Interactive Books
Every season, there are more ways to enjoy and learn from Lerner books! In the Digital Department, we create enhanced eBooks like Interactive Books. Let’s take a walk through one of our newest titles, Discover Cryobiology, and look at each aspect of it. View →
New Graphic Novel Series Features a Spud Superhero
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—New from Graphic Universe™, a division of Lerner Publishing Group: it’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Super Potato to the rescue! Spanish author-illustrator Artur Laperla’s humorous Super Potato series for young readers features a spud like no other: Super Potato can fly, fight, make potato jokes, and save the world all at once. View →
Gooooooooaaaaaaaal!!!
Have you been watching women’s soccer’s 2018 Tournament of Nations? Who will kick the winning goal tonight? Australia? Brazil? Or our very own US team? View →
Radiolab, Obama, and an Out-of-This World Picture Book: Guest Post by David Zeltser + Book Trailer Reveal
Today we welcome author David Zeltser to discuss what inspired him to write his new picture book, The Universe Ate My Homework. Plus, watch the book trailer created by illustrator Ayesha L. Rubio and narrated by Radiolab‘s Robert Krulwich! View →
August New Releases
Check out today’s new releases from Lerner Publishing Group! View →