The Lerner Blog

Congratulations to Nayda Torres! You’ve won BirdCatDog! Please send an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and your mailing address so we can get your book in the mail. This week’s giveaway is The Red Zone, a set of high-low books that revolve around football players in Ohio trying to maintain their school’s football dynasty. Welcome […]Read more "Free Book Friday: The Red Zone"

   Kids may be approaching winter vacation, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop learning. Help kids see math in their lives at home and at school with Math Everywhere! This new series challenges students to find and solve everyday math problems while in the kitchen, playing sports, shopping, or traveling.     Lerner is […]Read more "FREE Teaching Guide for Math Everywhere!"

Yesterday was the first big snow of the year, complete with terrible traffic. I spent enough time in meetings to melt my brain. So it’s possible I’m a little loopy, but I’d like to devote today’s blog post to the humble e-mail subject line. I love a good subject line. I also spend a ridiculous […]Read more "In Praise of the E-Mail Subject Line"

Congratulations to Kayleen Reusser! You’ve won Ghost Walls! Please send us an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and your mailing address so we can get your book in the mail. This week, we’re giving away a fantastic graphic novel for fledgling readers. Kirkus Reviews called BirdCatDog “stylish and inventive and an excellent examination of point of view” […]Read more "Free Book Friday: BirdCatDog"

Like most people who work in publishing, I’m a white lady. Why does that matter? Lots of reasons, but here’s one reason it’s mattered lately. Do any indigenous people from California work at Lerner? No. That’s why this book had a content consultant. I’ve been working on a slew of educational nonfiction books, and a […]Read more "White Ladies Editing Kids’ Books"

First, Margaret Willey has a tremendously interesting and very honest essay on L’Engle’s Camilla and the long history of YA girls at the Horn Book website right now, and you should read it. It’s a window into why she is a joy to edit and publish. I remember a long-ago conversation with my sister while […]Read more "Down from their towers"

I get to work with many authors and illustrators who have school-visit schedules that would make your head spin. John Coy, Nancy Carlson, and Greg Neri to name only three rack up more miles and passport stamps than I care to contemplate. I consider myself a good traveler and something of a road warrior where […]Read more "Let us now praise school visitors"

When I was in college, my extra-awesome English department started the October Unhappy Hour to celebrate Halloween. We’d all get together, dress up, eat food (the more sugar and unnatural orange dye, the better), and listen to each other read spooky stories in the library for a few hours. Designed by Jennifer Williams Dressing up […]Read more "All Hallows Read Recommendations"