The Lerner Blog

Everyone knows what a meme is, right? and who Ryan Gosling is? Well, turns out he’s part of a Ryan Gosling meme craze these days. Could be old news by now, but the “Hey Girl” library meme above made the rounds last week among those of us in the library/publishing world. Who knew the library […]Read more "Hey Girl, I Like the Library Too"

[Senior graphic designer Danielle Carnito shares what designers are really thinking.] Ever walk up on a working designer and see them scowling at a computer screen? Or just staring? And then wonder if that is what designers do all day…stare and scowl? It’s true, there is a lot of screen time logged in our chosen […]Read more "Inside the Mind of a Designer"

Congratulations to Mommy Reads! She is the winner of all six books in our new Searchlight Books–What’s Amazing About Space? series! That’s more than $160.00 worth of books! Mommy reads, please send your mailing address to lmatvick@lernerbooks.com and I’ll get your books shipped out ASAP! Without further ado, let’s move onto this week’s giveaway where […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Longtime readers of this blog may recall that I love wordplay in general and mondegreens in particular. (Click here for a quick refresher on what mondegreens are.) I blogged about all this back in February of last year. I also love the holidays. Yep, my tree is up, I have presents underneath it, I’ve got […]Read more "Holiday Mondegreens"

We are all very proud to announce that a Graphic Universe title from the Guinea Pig Pet Shop Private Eye series, written by Colleen AF Venable and illustrated by Stephanie Yue, was grandly saluted in the December 2011 issue of School Library Journal. A ferret’s a Foot made the Top 10 Graphic Novel list for […]Read more "A Ferret’s a Foot Makes Top Ten List in School Library Journal"

I enjoyed reading about David Macaulay’s nighttime reading in a PW post last week called nothing less than “On My Nightstand: David Macaulay’s Nighttime Reading.”  Mostly I loved that he has piles of books on his stand, not just one. Photo to prove it too, though not this one. For this week’s TFCB post, I […]Read more "10 Nightstand Reads (More Actually, but Who’s Counting?)"

I was excited to learn recently that Spiky, Slimy, Smooth: What Is Texture? by Jane Brocket had won a 2012 Teacher’s Choice Award for Children’s Books. I just now experienced a whole new wave of excitement when I came back from a meeting to discover that this award comes with an honest-to-goodness plaque. Wow! Now […]Read more "An Honest-to-Goodness Plaque"

[I asked production editor Jen Garske to share her thoughts as we head into the holiday season.] Well, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is upon us. Children are making lists of the presents they hope to receive. Adults are making holiday goodies, writing out holiday cards, and doing their holiday shopping. All […]Read more "Giving Back"