The Lerner Blog

Production editor Erica Johnson is back on the blog today with some fascinating news to share about Neil deGrasse Tyson. Take it away, Erica! Science, space, time…these are topics so massive that they can be hard to comprehend. Fortunately, there are great books and television programs to help us! I’ve been watching the TV series […]Read more "Cosmos and The Wonders of Science"

Ever wonder about public domain images? Photo Editor Todd Strand has some insight on the topic: As a photo editor I am constantly looking for new sources of imagery to help illustrate our books. One of the more interesting developments in image research is the advent of public and private institutions opening up online some […]Read more "Thank You, Public Domain"

Congratulations to Tammi Laney (@tammi3kids)! You’ve won a copy of Chasing the Storm: Tornadoes, Meteorology, and Weather Watching! 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. It’s time to give away a YA novel! […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Anybody remember the 1996 film Twister? No? Well, I don’t blame you, but I may never forget the day I watched 42 minutes of it in my middle school science class. We never finished it, so I didn’t get to find out whether the least memorable astronaut from Apollo 13 (Bill Paxton, the good guy) […]Read more "Storm’s a-comin’…along with FREE teaching resources!"

Inspired by a piece I heard recently on NPR about The American Scholar magazine’s list of best sentences in fiction or nonfiction, I asked my editorial colleagues to share their favorites and to explain why they chose the sentence they did. Kris’s favorite: “It was a pleasure to burn.” –-Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury This […]Read more "The Sentence That Grabs You—and Won’t Let Go"

Congratulations to Donna (@donnak4)! You’ve won a copy of Joy in Mudville! 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. Storm season is coming up, so this week’s Free Book Friday giveaway will help […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

I just love K–2 books, you guys. The sparse elegance of the language and the sense of wonder they inspire about our world make them just like poetry to me. Everyone who knows me knows not to get me started on this topic…not unless they want to hear me wax rhapsodic for a good long time, […]Read more "When Good Things Happen to Good Books"

Today on the Lerner blog, Photo Editor Manager Cynthia Zemlicka tells you what to do if you want to impress a photo editor: Do you know what makes photo editors sad? Digital images that are too small to print. Sure, that image file may look fine on the screen of your phone. Unfortunately, if the […]Read more "Giant photo brings excitement to world of photo editors"

Congratulations to Earl! You’ve won the ShockZone: True Survival Stories series! 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 Friday giveaway comes just in time for baseball season.  Joy in Mudville from […]Read more "Free Book Friday’s Salute to Baseball"