The Lerner Blog

I’ve worked with some great authors on work-for-hire projects aimed at the school/library market. I would like to work with even more great authors. It’s not hard to become a standout work-for-hire author. Besides writing skills (of course), the magic ingredients are super simple: patience, diligence, and some self-awareness. If you’re thinking about giving it […]Read more "How to Be an Awesome Freelance Author"

Enter to win our new Locked Out high-low series by acclaimed author Patrick Jones. Bridge, a book in his previous The Alternative series, earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. This urban fiction series features diverse characters and is set in cities around the US. Locked Out explores the complex ways that parental incarceration affects teens, from […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Locked Out"

Who hasn’t dreamed of being an astronaut? Maybe a famous inventor? In our new STEM Trailblazer bios, students can read about many of the big names in science, technology, engineering, and math today. This week, I’m so happy to share the standards-aligned teaching guide for this new series. This teaching guide, aimed at grades 2-5, […]Read more "FREE Teaching Materials: STEM Trailblazer Bios"

I invited Amber J. Keyser to say a few words about writing TFCB’s Sneaker Century, just out this spring. Reviews are glowing, and Booklist points out, “This [book] will be popular.” Here’s what Amber has to say: I wish you could see my pile of research notes for SNEAKER CENTURY: A HISTORY OF ATHLETIC SHOES. […]Read more "Sneaker Century Outtakes"

First, congratulations to Michele, who’s won The Bunker Diary! Email publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with your address and we’ll get your book in the mail. And now for an Egmont update… It’s been a crazy past few weeks for us here at Lerner! On February 25, we announced via this press release that we had purchased around 100 […]Read more "Welcome to Lerner, #LastListEgmont!"

Now that we are twelve days into “meteorological spring,” my thoughts have turned to driving with the windows open, shedding the down puffer coat and faux-fur-lined boots, and breathing in that glorious smell of spring that always fills the air right around this time of year (well, or at least by May or June, here […]Read more "Celebrating Spring"

I love expressing myself through clothing and accessories. To me, that’s what’s most fun about fashion—that is, that it gives you the opportunity to shape your outward appearance to reflect your tastes, personality, and favorite things (e.g., colors, cuts, and textures). That’s exactly why I love our What’s Your Style? series (covers pictured below). Each […]Read more "Fashion from the Heart"

We’re giving away a copy of The Bunker Diary, Kevin Brooks’s Carnegie Medal-winning, three-starred young adult novel that has everyone talking. (Seriously. Google it.) I can’t believe I fell for it. It was still dark when I woke up this morning. As soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building […]Read more "THE BUNKER DIARY Free Book Friday!"

With snow melting and sunshine in the forecast, I’m finally starting to believe spring is on its way!  Trees and flowers might not start blooming for another few weeks, but I can’t get visions of butterflies and wildflower fields out of my head. It should come as no surprise then that one of my favorite […]Read more "Free Teaching Guide: FSN Pollination"