The Lerner Blog

The title of this post might be a little misleading. I don’t actually have any tips you, reader. What I do have is a whole boatload of tip sheets that I should be working on right now. Think of the last book you read. Now write a brief description of the book, a sales handle, […]Read more "Tips"

One of the funny things about publishing—at least in a company that’s been around for a while—is how personal choices can evolve into lucky breaks. An example is XML. When Harry first started the company, printing was done from negative film that skilled technicians called strippers carefully taped into large sheets called flats. Harry is […]Read more "We Have and They Have Not"

Well, not much, at least. Instead, go read Brian Farrey’s blog post for today. “Remember when you were told to just ignore a bully and they’d go away? That’s a lie. It’s always been a lie. Today, they bully you even when you’re dead.” Go buy A.S. King’s Everybody Sees the Ants so it can […]Read more "Nothing to see here"

Last weekend the Graphic Universe crew (Carrol Burrell, Robyn Chapman, and Colleen AF Venable) packed into a car and made a late night trip to Boston. The next morning we joined GU artists Stephanie Yue, Shelli Paroline, and Zack Giallongo to exhibit at the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo. MICE is a small 1-day comics convention […]Read more "MICE is Nice!"

There are still a few hours left to sign up for our free Booklist Webinar: The Scoop on Series Nonfiction! Click here to register and then join us today at 1:00 PM CST to get take a look at our great new nonfiction books for fall! We’re so excited about our new nonfiction titles that […]Read more "Booklist Webinar and Free Books!"

In honor of the fall weather we’ve been having, here are some some autumnal facts from various books in the new Cloverleaf Books Fall’s Here! series. -Every year, fall begins on September 22 or 23. This day is the fall equinox. On the equinox, day and night are the same length. -Orchards around the world […]Read more "Fall Is Here"

I love children’s books that take you into a child’s world and invite you to imagine what his or her life is like. Such books are a powerful tool for developing empathy. Lerner’s First Step Nonfiction—Communities series does just that, taking readers into the country, the city, and the suburbs to see how a typical […]Read more "On Empathy and Communities"

He’s got a good thing going. Free copy of any Carolrhoda Lab titles to ten randomly selected participants.Read more "Help Steve"

            This started out to be an entry about fig compote, but instead, it’s going to be about differences in literary sensibilities. Hmmm…. It all starts with the fact that I’m currently reading L’elegance du herisson (The Elegance of the Hedgehog) by French novelist and professor of philosophy Muriel Barbery, […]Read more "Of Figs and Hedgehogs"