The Lerner Blog

How is it almost April already? With these first few months of 2012 speeding by, it’s nearly time for Passover, beginning this year on the evening of April 6. In preparation, check out Sarah’s Passover, one of the six new holiday titles in the Cloverleaf Books brand.                                Young Sarah (through the engaging writing of […]Read more "Sarah’s Passover"

Congratulations to @KristineAsselin! She is the winner of The Knife and the Butterfly by Ashley Hope Pérez! This week we’re giving away a Graphic Universe prize pack filled with new Spring 12 books! One lucky winner will fill his or her bookshelves with the new Miss Annie series, Lou! series, and the new graphic novel […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

[I asked Sarah, one of our production editors, to blog today.] How many people does it take to make a manuscript into a great book? That sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s also a great question to ask a group of school kids. I recently talked to small group of K-8 students […]Read more "It Takes a Company"

Louboutins! I’m sensing There is a deep and profound (read: confused) silence out in blogreaderland at this name. You’re wondering this: Louboutins? Really? How is that possible? I didn’t think they allowed that kind of style in the Midwest. Don’t the inhabitants wear only muck boots and old kangaroo sneakers? Maybe some puffy moonboots lined […]Read more "Anonymity and Shoes—Red Suede"

Last Wednesday morning, I hopped on the subway from Brooklyn and headed to the Graphic Universe office at the Empire State Building in Manhattan. But on that day, the GU office was just a temporary stop to grab a box of books and then to continue my way uptown to an elementary school. By uptown […]Read more "Graphic Universe Artist Inspires at "Career Day""

The new iPad, which launched on Friday, sold three million units over the weekend. “The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery […]Read more "Digital Potpourri 3/20"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/nyregion/nonfiction-curriculum-enhanced-reading-skills-in-new-york-city-schools.html The results of a promising study in New York were released last week (link above) showing that a reading curriculum based on developing nonfiction reading skills creates stronger readers. Are we surprised? The study was designed by the Core Knowledge people and takes place in an environment in which states are adopting the Common […]Read more "Nonfiction Reading: Did We Know This Already?"

Congratulations to The Carusos! They are the winners of Meltdown! The Nuclear Disaster in Japan and Our Energy Future by Dr. Fred Bortz! This week,two lucky winners will receive copies of The Knife and the Butterfly by Ashley Hope Pérez! After a marijuana-addled brawl with a rival gang, 16-year-old Azael wakes up to find himself […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Recently I came across an article on modern etiquette (or lack thereof) that, at first glance, might seem to have Cranky Old Journalist written all over it. As in, “Kids these days . . .” with a disappointed shake of the head. But I found it substantive and interesting. Go take a look:  The Etiquette […]Read more "Etiquette, Civility, and Citizenship"