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Roundup: Our Favorite YA Titles for Teen Read Week

By Kate Schefer, Digital Products Coordinator Every year, YALSA promotes teen literacy and engagement with a week celebrating books for teens. This year, as you may know, the theme is “It’s Written in the Stars: READ,” which puts the focus on sci-fi, fantasy, and other extraordinary books. As a formerly voracious teen reader, I especially […]Read more

Postcards from an Octopus

By Libby Stille, Publicist Have you ever wondered what sea creatures would write if they could send postcards? And by chance did you want to see this in picture book format? Or maybe you’ve just always wanted a different take on an animal life cycle book. Love, Agnes: Postcards from an Octopus is a fresh look […]Read more

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Librarian List Prep for December

That’s right – we’re posting this list in October so that you can get ready for December! Simply use this list to quickly pull together displays, featured reads or anything else you need.Read more

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Happy Book Birthday: New Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, and YA

Check out October 1 new releases from Lerner Publishing Group!Read more

Happy 60th Anniversary, NASA!

by Ashley Kuehl, Executive Editor of Trade YA Nonfiction Who’s having a birthday next week? Our very own national space agency, that’s who! As of October 1, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (more commonly known as NASA) has been in existence sixty years (#NASA60th, yay!). They’re posting lots of fun photos and videos to celebrate the […]Read more

Guest Post: Allyssa Loya

Our guest blogger today is elementary librarian Allyssa Loya, who teaches in the Rockwall (Texas) ISD. A true technology enthusiast, she is also the author of Lerner’s new series Disney Coding Adventures. On Monday, September 24, she presented a fantastic SLJ-hosted webinar called No Fear Coding: How to Start a Coding Club and Why It […]Read more

Sketches and Photos from My Beijing

By Libby Stille, Publicist Earlier this fall, we released My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun, his English-language debut. Today we’re sharing sketches and photos that inspired this graphic novel. Read more

Yep, I’m a Fan!

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director of Twenty-First Century Books When I was a young girl growing up in Madison, Wisconsin, I was a big fan of reporter Brenda Starr. She was the protagonist of a comic strip by the same name, created by Dalia Messick (who went by the professional name of Dale Messick). […]Read more

Book Trailer Premiere: Foul Play at Elm Tree Park

By Greg Hunter, Associate Editorial Director, Graphic Universe The World Series is only one month away, and there’s no better way to get excited for the baseball games than with a ballpark mystery. Q & Ray Case 3, Foul Play at Elm Tree Park, arrives in stores October 1. It’s a hilarious graphic novel about […]Read more

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