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. And the best part? The information is peppered with hilarious jokes, asides, and snarky comments from Garfield himself! 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.

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

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 science, technology, engineering, arts, or math-focused. Read More