The Lerner Blog

Robyn Chapman,NY Editorial Assistant With the May premiere of Thor fast approaching, comic lovers are looking for good reading material. The School Library Journal compiled this handy list of titles staring this god of thunder. Graphic Universe’s own Thor & Loki made the list. Here is what they had to say: “Gr 3-8-Readers will appreciate […]Read more "GU Comics Day: The Mighty Thor(s)"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB It’s always fun to see what wins the big ALA awards at this time of year, and I was particularly interested in the new Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award. The award has been around since the 1970s, but the first Stonewall award for children’s and young […]Read more "Stonewall Goes Mainstream"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press As part of my job, I give presentations from time to time. I presented Millbrook’s Spring 2011 list first back at our launch meeting, then at our sales conference last July, and finally at our librarian preview webcast. I practiced and practiced, but one book title always seemed to […]Read more "The Book with the Title I Can’t Pronounce"

By Sara HoffmannSenior Editor 1. Spotted on the packaging for some lounge socks I recently purchased: “They pamper your feet while lounging around and are great for travel.” Hmmm … so can I expect to find my lounge socks kicking back in my living room someday, sipping lemonade? 2. From a container of steel-cut oats […]Read more "Five Reasons Why the World Needs Proofreaders"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press I just learned that Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures is an honor book for the 2011 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. This award is given annually by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Congratulations to author Rebecca L. Johnson! Congratulations to […]Read more "Thank You, Orbis Pictus Award Committee"

… but do we need to do a run of T-shirts for Blythe Woolston’s Morris Award speech? Better design ideas welcome: (front) (back) Apparently, Blythe was highly quotable in her “uproarious” and “inspiring” Morris acceptance speech.Read more "I’m not really a T-shirt guy, but…"

by Robyn Chapman,NY Editorial Assistant I love a good mystery, and here at Graphic Universe we have two lady detectives on the scene. There is the bookish guinea pig, Sasspants (or Detective Pants, as she does NOT prefer to be called)… …and the hip haikuist Megan Yamamura… I have a feeling both of them would […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Remembering Anne Francis"

On behalf of Blythe and all the YA sympathizers here at Carolrhoda Lab, thank you for making our year. Because I love to see where things started, I dug this up: Around sixteen months later, here we are. I’m speechless (and those who know me know how rare that is).Read more "Thank you, William C. Morris YA Debut Award Committee…"

For some reason, I’m unusually inclined to see parallels to editorial decision making in baseball, particularly in the early off season (so-called “hot stove” season) when general managers are bidding on free agents and making trades and then later in the winter, when the Baseball Hall of Fame balloting happens. Baseball is a hugely emotional […]Read more "Deciding what’s good"