The Lerner Blog

Ever wonder how all the parts of book cover get made and then put together? Here’s a simplified equation* of one recent cover, Tripping Back Blue by Kara Storti.    +    + =   ** –  x picture of feathers*** =   * NOT PICTURED: all the parts of the equation when I was […]Read more "Equation for a Book Cover Design"

Happy Friday, everyone! Congratulations to Carl Kurcinka, who’s won a copy of The Hunt for the Missing Spy. Carl, send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com and we’ll get your book in the mail. Did you know that on this day in 1913, water from the Great Miami River flooded the city of Dayton, Ohio? The floodwaters wouldn’t recede […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Floodwaters and Flames"

Today, Floodwaters and Flames: The 1913 Disaster in Dayton, Ohio author Lois Miner Huey talks to Millbrook Press editor Carol Hinz about the book in particular and children’s nonfiction in general. Carol: I never heard about this massive 1913 storm and flood before you send me the proposal for this book. Where did you find […]Read more "Editor Carol Hinz Talks to Author Lois Miner Huey"

After eleven books together, two series, some picture books, and a harrowing Boston Marathon experience, I finally got to have lunch with Laurie Friedman. Laurie and I first worked together about six years ago, when I jumped at the chance to edit #17 in her popular Mallory series: Oh Boy, Mallory. By that point, Laurie […]Read more "Meeting Again, for the First Time: A Modern Tale of Author and Editor"

This week Audisee™ eBooks with Audio was selected to be an EdTech Cool Tool Award Finalist! Congratulations Audisee team for the superb work. Our champion Audisee™ eBooks with Audio were also recently awarded this past fall; Audisee won an Award of Excellence from Tech & Learning and took home an Academic’s Choice Award! Check out […]Read more "Congrats to our Award Winning Audisee™ eBooks with Audio!"

To some this might sound strange, but one of the things I most look forward to come spring are those dark and stormy days with raindrops drumming against the windowpane; thunder gently rumbling overhead; moody clouds moving through the sky; and the smell of fresh, wet earth filling the air. Such days are perfect for […]Read more "Springtime Showers"

It’s Friday, and we’ve got a fun middle-grade mystery to give away. But first, congratulations to Jon Roux, who’s won a copy of Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land. Jon, send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com and we’ll get your book in the mail. Today, enter to win The Hunt for the Missing Spy, […]Read more "Free Book Friday: The Hunt for the Missing Spy"

Special thanks to intern Spencer Hanson for the following post! The Little Princewas penned by French aristocrat, writer and pioneering aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Since the novella’s publication in 1943, it has been translated into over 250 languages and adapted for radio, plays, musicals, ballet, and opera. Now director Mark Osborne (Kung Fu Panda) has […]Read more "The Little Prince Hits the Big Screen"