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Boys Value Reading More with Ereaders “Middle school boys rated reading more valuable as an activity after two months of using an ereader, according to a study by researchers in Texas. Classroom time spent using ereaders produced a positive attitude in boys in reading improvement classes at an urban middle school. However, the researchers from Southern […]Read more "Digital Potpourri 4/10"

I hope those of you who celebrate Easter had a nice day yesterday! Speaking of holidays, Anna blogged about our new book Sarah’s Passover recently, and I’m pleased to say that we also have Emma’s Easter as part of the Cloverleaf Books—Holidays and Special Days series. This fun picture book explores the religious and secular […]Read more "Emma’s Easter"

[I asked prolific writer and esteemed colleague Sandra Markle to blog about her new educational effort, Markle’s Book Explorers.] I’m about to visit ten schools in ten different states across the United States. I’ll be sweeping down the East Coast, zooming across the Midwest, and zipping all the way up to the far Northwest before […]Read more "Markle’s Book Explorers in a School near You"

We’re all doing a little jig at the Graphic Universe office! The Ferret’s a Foot, the third book in the Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye series, has been nominated for an Eisner Award! Colleen Venable and Stephanie Yue’s book shares the spotlight with five other stellar titles in the category of “Best Publication for […]Read more "Hurrah for The Ferret’s a Foot!"

With the exception of the Lerner blog, you should never trust what you read on the internet. Especially on April first. Every year, websites large and small play tricks, hoaxes, and lay Easter eggs all over unsuspecting internet denizens. It’s easy to forget April Fool’s day, and I will admit to having been bamboozled once […]Read more "Best of the Internets: April Fools 2012"

I’m exhausted. We have a new puppy at home. A terrier mix. For those of you who know dogs, that’s a lot of work. Puppies are rambunctious and erratic, and they do all kinds of things you don’t want them to do—every single day. And terriers are a lively, keenly intelligent, demanding breed. It’s like […]Read more "It’s a Dog’s Life!"

Congratulations, Jeanette W. Stickel! She is the winner of our Graphic Universe prize pack! Please send your mailing address to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com and we will get your books shipped out! Spring is definitely in the air and that means baseball season! With opening day for Major League Baseball less than a week away, we want to […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Do you have Hunger Games fever? The HG movie has been all over the news ever since it opened last Friday. I haven’t seen it yet, but I did get the inside scoop on one of its key players when I got to edit Lerner’s Jennifer Lawrence biography (cover pictured, left). Jennifer, of course, plays […]Read more "Hunger Games Fever"

If you’re like me, you’ve heard the term “Pinterest” bandied about the internet in the past few months, but have only a vague understanding that it might possibly be a website that has something to do with photos…maybe? As it turns out, we were totally right about that photo website thing. Pinterest is a social […]Read more "A Pinteresting Read"