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Garfield’s Guide to Creating Your Own Comic Strip

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor Calling all Garfield fans—and all fans of comics in general! Lerner and Paws, Inc. (the company behind everyone’s favorite orange feline) have published an exciting new book about comic strips and the elements that go into them, from characters and settings to plots and punchlines. […]Read more

Three Amazing Things about Aly Raisman

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor As a big gymnastics fan, I was thrilled to edit Lerner’s Gateway Biography on Aly Raisman. But even more impressive to me than Raisman’s gymnastics talent is her status as an activist for victims of abuse and a spokesperson for body positivity.Read more

Who’s a Good Dog?

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor As a dog lover, I couldn’t have been more excited to edit the fun new Spring 2019 series from the Lightning Bolt Books brand—Who’s a Good Dog?Read more

The Story of the Parkland Activists Who Inspired a Nation (And This Editor)

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor When I was in school, we lived daily with the fear that we’d face a tragedy like the one that unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine’s Day 2018.Read more

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Makerspace Roundup

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor January 17 is a red-letter day in the world of STEAM! It’s Ben Franklin Day and Kid Inventors’ Day. Libraries can celebrate these occasions today—and all year through!—by encouraging kids to try their hand at their own inventing and/or creative projects, whether those projects be […]Read more

A Few Thanksgiving Faves!

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor Turkey Day is coming soon, you guys! (Better known as Mashed Potatoes and Pumpkin Pie Day in my world … my two personal Thanksgiving favorites.) In preparation for the big celebration, here’s a fun list of Lerner books to get young ones in the Thanksgiving […]Read more

Of Fall and Frankenstein

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor I just love fall. Love it. I like summer too, so I’m sad to see it go, but the changing leaves? Apple cider? Pumpkins—and pumpkin everything? They make me so happy. And one of the things I love best about fall is Halloween. I mean, who […]Read more

3 Right Things that Look Wrong

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor One thing about editing is that, no matter how many books you’ve edited, you still find yourself consulting the dictionary All. The. Time. throughout your workday to make sure that you’re spelling certain words correctly. See, there are a lot of of words that look like […]Read more

4 “Quiet” Books for the Sensory-Sensitive Student

Editor Sara E. Hoffmann shares 4 "quiet" books for young readers. Read more

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