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Jon Fishman is back with another fun post to share. Enjoy! OK, I’ll admit it. I still like to play video games. It all started a long time ago (1983) in a land far, far away (Polk County, Wisconsin). That was the year my mom brought home a brand-new computer, an Apple IIe, from the […]Read more "Tales of a Gamer"

Very cheeky. Don’t believe a word she says, and if she starts telling you about amputation, disfigurement, ambiguity, juvenile detention, and “flagrant lack of resolution” being shortcuts to my heart, just walk away. Or, better yet, go look at all the other Editorial Conversations with Fake Boyfriends. Also, @mstiefvater is certainly talking about her other […]Read more "Very cheeky, Ms. Fitzgerald"

Give this IndieGoGo campaign a look. It’s a great ide on its own, but wouldn’t it be an amazing initiative in partnership with a library system (which would have space and digital infrastructure)? http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/app-camp-for-girlsRead more "App Camp for Girls"

Lerner Interactive Books are amazing for tons of reasons, but here are the top two: 1. They help readers of all levels improve their literacy skills. 2. Readers are exposed to engaging and educational Lerner content! You may be aware of our iBooks, but are you aware of all of the great content they feature? […]Read more "Interactive Book Series Spotlight"

Designers are highly visual people. (Go figure.) And, designers draw inspiration from anything around them—which is one reason why it is so important to see and do new things. Or to see the regular everyday in a new perspective. You never know when inspiration will hit, or when any of the knowledge and bits of […]Read more "Textures & patterns: Design inspiration"

Wow! Thanks to all of the new readers who left comments on our last Free Book Friday post! It’s always exciting when we know new people are visiting the Lerner Books blog.  A huge congratulations goes out to Suzanne Romero and Y. Rena Williams! You have both won copies of Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

And thus you should always look under the jacket.Read more "Designers are sneaky"

Production editor Heidi Hogg is back with another fantastic post. Here’s Heidi!Katherine Pierce from The Vampire Diaries. Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl. Doctor Evan Marks from Beauty and the Beast. Malcolm Merlyn from Arrow. What do all these characters have in common? They’re villains. Heroes get all the praise, but a good villain is what […]Read more "Villains!"

Hey, baseball season! Is that you? It’s hard to see you among all the spring thunderstorms here in Minnesota. Here’s some guaranteed baseball fun, no matter what the weather forecast looks like. Today’s featured eSource downloads, which focus on the Common Core English Language Arts Standards, are for the Carolrhoda title Something to Prove: The Great […]Read more "Baseball, Common Core, and African American History"