The Lerner Blog

In preparing for the 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference in New York this weekend, I’ve been asked by the facilitator of one of the publishing panels on which I’ll be sitting to turn the mirror on myself to answer the question, “What nonfiction do you enjoy reading?” In making a list for myself, it turns […]Read more "Nonfiction Pleasures from a Nonfiction Editor"

It’s Free Book Friday! This week, enter to win John Hornor Jacobs’ The Conformity, the final installment of The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy. Mr. Quincrux is dead. Armistead Lucius Priest, founder of the Society of Extranaturals, is now seated uneasily in his protégé’s flesh, and though Priest’s powers are not inconsiderable, the Conformity will not settle […]Read more "Free Book Friday: The Conformity"

Summer is a time for fun. It’s a time for friends. It’s a time for creativity and play. What combines all four of these things and delivers them in one big, beautiful, brightly gift-wrapped package? Birthday parties! Our Plan a Birthday Party book (cover pictured) is chock-full of fun ideas for young party planners. Here […]Read more "Summertime = Party Time!"

I love five-minute recipes, you guys. I’m talking cake in a mug. Mac and cheese in a cup. Microwave Mason jar pancakes. So when I discovered in the course of researching Ice Cream (cover pictured) that you could make ice cream in a bag? All I could say was shut the front door. This recipe […]Read more "I Scream, You Scream"

We hosted quite a signing in the booth today! Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff signed ARCs of The Anatomy of Curiosity, their second Merry Sisters of Fate group effort (the first being The Curiosities). Here are some pictures from around the web of the event for everyone who couldn’t see Brenna’s magnificent hair in […]Read more "#BEA15: The Merry Sisters of Fate"

Let’s talk BEA! Oh, but before we do that… Congratulations to Heidi Grange (@GeoLibrarian), who’s won TRASH MOUNTAIN! Send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com, and we’ll send it posthaste. Okay, back to BEA. Today is the third and final day of BEA: BookExpo America, in case you forgot. As this post goes live, the Merry Sisters […]Read more "#BEA15!"

It’s time for another Free Book Friday! This week, enter to win Jane Yolen’s Trash Mountain. With illustrations by Monkey with a Tool Belt illustrator Chris Monroe, this middle-grade novel is sure to delight. The Star Tribune’s Ann Klefstad calls the book “a gripping story, right-sized for children but with all the authentic drama of any […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Jane Yolen’s Trash Mountain"

Earlier this month, Elon Musk and his company, Tesla Motors Inc., announced two new batteries designed for use with rooftop solar electricity systems–one for large-scale industrial use and one for homes or small businesses. This piece, on the announcement, comes from Scientific American. Later analysis suggests that these batteries are pretty neat, but they are not […]Read more "STEM, the evolution of technology, and Elon Musk’s new solar batteries"

Does anything on Earth go better with warm, gooey chocolate chip cookies than a nice, tall, ice-cold glass of milk? What about with s’mores, their chocolatey, marshmallow-y center sliding out around the edges of two crunchy graham cracker squares? To me, milk is pretty much the perfect drink. If you agree, you’ll love From Grass […]Read more "Thank a Cow"