The Lerner Blog

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Some books have great titles from the moment the author submits them. Other books don’t start with quite the right title, but we easily find one we all love. And then there are the problem children. Perhaps that’s overstating it, but some books are particularly hard to title. Typically, […]Read more "Title Trouble"

Vampires. They’re everywhere, you know. On HBO, at the movie theater, at amazon.com…. They might even be lurking on your Netflix list. After all these centuries, the vampire’s popularity shows no sign of waning. The bloodsucking being from world folklore continues as a reliable fixture in books and movies. In that sense, I guess, vampires […]Read more "A Publishing Dream Come True"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_lqHsy2xLVmU/TKoQRwJivJI/AAAAAAAAARM/9a-Qq-TYWAk/video182732d2ccc2%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none;" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('69865efb-d492-4c4e-acd9-c493b5ff6ff3'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " http://www.youtube.com/v/DHuwGStJT_Y&hl=en“;” alt=”” /> Aaaaah, this is where I am in my heart and in my mind’s eye today—dancing along the River Seine in Paris with Gene Kelly. I’m just back from vacationing in France with my […]Read more "An American in Paris"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Millbrook published Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg, written and illustrated by Mia Posada, in 2007. Recently I learned that Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers is releasing this book in Japan. Here is the original U.S. cover:Here is the Japanese cover:And here is a sample spread from the book’s Japanese […]Read more "Guess What Is Growing Inside This (Japanese) Egg"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Has this week’s focus on Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures left you wanting more? Never fear, there is always more!On our website, you’ll soon find additional materials including a slide show of some of the amazing photos in the book, links to websites where you can […]Read more "Ocean Week Day 5: Still Want More?"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Dr. Joel “Jody” Martin is Curator of Crustacea and Chief of the Division of Invertebrate Studies at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He studies crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, and shrimp. During the Census of Marine Life, Dr. Martin conducted research on coral reefs near the […]Read more "Ocean Week Day 4: Scientist Q&A"

[Here’s Julie Caruso’s report on her photo research work on Journey into the Deep.] When a project called Journey Into The Deep hit my desk late last fall, I was excited to work on a book about all those weird creatures that scientists have been finding in the deep sea over the last decade. I […]Read more "Deep-Sea Photos: Bringing Together Science, Art, and Love for the Ocean"

Senior Graphic Designer Danielle Carnito shares her thoughts on the design of Journey into the Deep. Something you may not know about designers: we’re really quite humble. Really. When working through a design, anyway. Different projects require different types of design, and as good designers, it’s our job to know which way to go. Design […]Read more "Ocean Week Day 2: On Book Design"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Today I’m kicking off Ocean Week here on the Lerner Books blog! What is Ocean Week? It’s a week all about the new book Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures by Rebecca L. Johnson.Rather than me telling you what this book is about, I’m going to let […]Read more "Ocean Week Day 1: Meet Rebecca L. Johnson"