The Lerner Blog

At my house, books are a major part of my 3-year-old son’s bedtime routine. He often tells me what book he wants, and I’ll grab it from the bookshelf. For the most part, he can recognize a book by its cover but not by its spine. There’s one notable exception to this rule, though. Millbrook’s […]Read more "What a Spine!"

Congratulations to Lisa A. (@Angloaddict)! You are the winner of For the Good of Mankind?: The Shameful History of Human Medical Experimentation! Please send us a DM on Twitter or an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your book in the mail. This week we’re going graphic […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

About six weeks ago, a friend and fellow newcomer to the publishing industry showed me this piece from Publisher’s Weekly. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Quick summary: independent editor Marjorie Braman muses on the job description of editors who still work on the “inside” (publishing houses), as opposed to freelancing. Pull quote: “…editing is no longer […]Read more "Jack of All Trades (and Schools and Libraries)"

Can you believe it’s already been a week since your last dose of Internet fun? This week we’re going to look at a few things that may actually be relevant to those of you in the library/school biz before ingesting our dessert. Library book overdue in Texas? Go directly to jail Texas, it’s a big […]Read more "Digital Tuesday is Here"

Photo Editor Manager Cynthia Zemlicka is back on the Lerner Blog, this time with a literary contribution to a November cause: In appreciation of Movember and the men who are growing mustaches to raise money and awareness for men’s health, today’s blog features literary mustaches! Mark Twain   William Shakespeare       Ernest Hemingway […]Read more "Literary Movember"

Congratulations to Gina Taylor (@MrsGinaTaylor)! You are the winner of Spending Spree: The History of American Shopping! Please send us a DM on Twitter or an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your book in the mail. Who’s ready for a fantastic blog tour? Author Vicki Oransky […]Read more "Free Book Friday! Blog Tour Edition"

What’s killing the bees? That’s a mystery scientists and gardeners have been investigating for years now. Our bee population is dropping. This matters because about one-third of our food supply is pollinated by bees. Apples, almonds, apricots, and avocados, for a start…and that’s just food starting with A. Here in Minneapolis, researchers at the University […]Read more "FREE Classroom Activities for The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees"

Imagine you’re a young child, waiting patiently as Halloween morning turns to Halloween night. You’ve waited patiently all month, in fact, eager to sport a brand-new Oscar the Grouch costume around your Saint Paul neighborhood. Although you didn’t make the outfit and didn’t purchase it, you maintain a sense of ownership over the duds in […]Read more "A Call for Middle-Grade Fiction Submissions"

We all know those authors–the ones who’ve written SO MANY BOOKS. Ever wonder how they keep their characters straight? Or how they managed to capture the voice of a nine-year-old in one book while also nailing the perspective of a thirteen-year-old in another book? Or how they can churn out twenty-some installments of a series, […]Read more "The Art and Science of Writing a Series"