The Lerner Blog

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press I’ve been following the comments on Roger Sutton’s recent post, “We ARE here to judge, but . . .” with great interest. When is a mistake or factual error in a book (whether nonfiction or fiction) significant enough to warrant pointing it out in a review? And whose fault […]Read more "On Mistakes"

by Anna Cavallo Associate Editor Oil flowing out of the deepwater wellhead on May 11, 2010 Ever since the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, I’ve been a little torn. I find the actual and potential effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico so heart-wrenching that I can […]Read more "Learning from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill"

Does that title send a shiver down your spine? Especially in light of recent events in the Gulf of Mexico. Good. It probably ought to. One of the most striking things I learned from Sally Walker’s Frozen Secrets is just what a miracle of diplomacy Antarctica is.  A group of treaties first ratified in 1959 […]Read more "Antarctic Oil"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB Here’s me in my Lerner office reading Seven Wonders of Green Building Technology by Karen Sirvaitis. This book came out in Spring 2010 in TFCB’s newest set of Seven Wonders titles. This set focuses on the wonders of science and technology, and includes titles on architecture, communication, engineering, […]Read more "Reading TFCB"

By Rebecca L. Johnson, author Last Friday, June 11, was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, arguably the most famous ocean explorer of our time. Thanks to the medium of television, Cousteau had a direct impact on my life. I grew up in the heart of the Great Plains, essentially a thousand […]Read more "Remembering Jacques-Yves Cousteau"

When I started at Lerner, the first books I read were the old In Grandma’s Day series. I love reading about family life in other eras—how different some aspects were and how many others seem the same. One of my favorite periods is the World War II era. That’s my parents’ generation, and I grew […]Read more "On the Front Lines"

Author Blythe Woolston must have read my mind (she tends to do this) before her recent blog post about Ulysses and censorship. I make a habit of a halfhearted effort at rereading Ulysses every June 16. Well, I peruse more than re-read, I guess. I might dip in at Le0pold Bloom in his outhouse (shocking!) […]Read more "Blythe before Bloomsday"

As BEA recedes in the rearview, ALA Annual looms. It’s going to be a busy, exciting show for us, with CSK and YALSA Nonfic award celebrations among other good things. I’m not sure I’ll have a spare moment during my 48 hours in D.C., but if I did, I’d probably take YALSA’s advice and check […]Read more "What to do in DC?"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB In reading PW online last week, I was interested—both as a book person and as a francophile (and francophone)–to notice that a new literary magazine and literary prize are on the horizon. Shakespeare and Company bookstore (above), a must-see stop on any literary tour of Paris, is officially […]Read more "Paris Magazine"