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Congratulations to @ctough24! You are the winner of #1 Can You Say Catastrophe? by Laurie Friedman! 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 we’re excited to giveaway Shadowlark, the second book in […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Even the best books have limits–namely, page limits. For Lerner books, at least, page counts go by eights, so if you have enough material for, say, 27 pages, you’ll have to cut it down to 24 pages’ worth. This is sad, but we do not despair, because…(drum roll)…we have eSource! Extra material that didn’t quite […]Read more "No Bones about It: Free Teaching Resources"

Did someone say web gems? Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens. [The Guardian] Video: This 98-Year-Old Man Spent 13 Years Creating Remarkable Art in MS Paint Death takes a holiday: […]Read more "Web Gems!"

Raise your hand if you get nervous and/or try to move away whenever a bee is buzzing around you. Me too, I’ll admit, if only because of a couple painful stings throughout my whole life. Which were likely from wasps or hornets, not bees. But working with Sandra Markle on The Case of the Vanishing […]Read more "The [Ongoing] Case of the Vanishing Honeybees"

Congratulations to Debbie Mickelson (@DebMickelson)! You are the winner of Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment by Carla Killough McClafferty! Please send us 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 we’re proud to introduce a brand new series […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

This is absolutely my favorite time of year, you guys. I mean, really: Is there anything better than a cool October evening, crimson and ochre leaves skittering down the street, a mug of hot tea or cocoa, and a book to get utterly absorbed in? My wish for everyone is that they have the opportunity […]Read more "Falling into Reading"

From Lisa Doan, author The Berenson Schemes: Jack The Castaway. Coming this spring. One fine morning a few years ago, I saw a news story about “helicopter parents.” These interesting individuals view the world, including other children, teachers, and college admissions officers, as enemies to their children’s very survival. (As far as I know, the […]Read more "The Art of Risk"

Hey everyone! Here are some behind-the-scenes pictures of the filming of the highly-anticipated sequel to the Lerner Digital Interactive Book Video. Hollywood is buzzing!Read more "Sneak Preview"