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Kirstin Cronn-Mills talks about writing Transgender Lives: Complex Stories, Complex Voices (TFCB/Fall 2014) on her blog. Take a look to hear about the delights and complexities of the writing process. At left is her friend and colleague Alex Nelson reading the book. Note how you can see his reflection in the book cover!Read more "Learn, Grow, Support"

Congratulations to Randall Bonser (@rbwritenow)! You’ve won Knockout Games! 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, enter to win Rebecca L. Johnson’s When Lunch Fights Back: Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses, an up-close […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

The editorial department at Lerner has a company-wide reputation for producing lots of babies. A little more than a year ago, when I transitioned from an internship in the marketing department to my shiny new job as an editor, I was warned not to drink the water on the third floor, as there seemed to […]Read more "It Takes a Village: Why Books Are Like Children"

There are few pleasures in bookmaking greater than that moment when you’re paginating a picture book text, and suddenly it all clicks. I have no idea how others do it, but I make a 40 page Word document (so I can include ends—hence the “[pasted down endsheet]” tag shown above). Then, I dump in the […]Read more "The pleasures of pagination"

Questions were asked; answers were given. A good time was had by all.Read more "In case you missed the frosting and sprinkles."

Lerner Digital had another strong showing at this year’s ISTE conference in Atlanta. We spoke to a lot of teachers, media specialists, tech professionals, and administrators. We introduced many people to our Lerner Digital family of products, including our brand new product, which I’ll happily share with you next week (though if you look closely […]Read more "International School Technology Expo"

I was flipping through a J.Crew catalog this weekend and was startled to find this: It may be hard to see in this photo, but the model’s sweatshirt says, “YOU ARE HERE.” This phrase immediately made me think of the opening poem in Dear Wandering Wildebeest, a poetry collection by Irene Latham coming in September. […]Read more "Surprised by Poetry"

Congratulations to Diane Norris (@thisdianenorris)! You’ve won Saturday Night Live! 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’s free book is G. Neri’s Knockout Games, a gripping, timely YA novel which Kirkus […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

We got some great travel advice and learned some crazy facts last week with the Our Great States giveaway. For example, did you know that the world’s largest hockey stick is in Eveleth, Minnesota? a town in Michigan celebrates Christmas year-round? (Plus, we hear Michigan’s great for camping!) some parks in New York City used […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Saturday Night Live Edition!"