The Lerner Blog

Marlene Targ Brill provides a behind-the-scenes look at how this book came to be. I believe every story has a story. That’s the case with Annie Shapiro and the Clothing Workers’ Strike, part of the new History Speaks: Picture Books Plus Reader’s Theater series. This book began many years ago when my brother’s wife sent […]Read more "Guest Blog: Marlene Targ Brill on Annie Shaprio and the Clothing Workers’ Strike"

I got to spend a couple hours yesterday watching a great American illustrator work. (Free book to the first person to comment with his name.) Watching an artist work in his studio is a rare treat. Watching the artist take requests is almost too good to be true. I took the pictures you see here, […]Read more "Sometimes my job is too much fun"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Remember the screaming? It was here and here. Oh, okay, I’ll play it again for you: <img style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none" alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_wdqJfhPgZTI/TFb_4cs1p6I/AAAAAAAAAZU/OatjYFY8Ljs/video321425dc373c%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="'\" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('b04b1a53-0146-4a04-a857-a2c790d65ed5'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " http://height= As Betsy explained on her blog, the reason for the screaming is our […]Read more "History Speaks: What All the Screaming Is About"

by Anna Cavallo Editor Did you see the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio? I won’t give anything away. But it did get me thinking about where ideas and goals come from. A couple weeks ago, I ran the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon. We had absolutely perfect weather, and they don’t call it “The Most Beautiful Urban […]Read more "Inception"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB GREAT NEWS! TFCB just got starred reviews from Booklist for three of our Fall 2010 USA TODAY Lifeline Biographies: Danica Patrick, Stephenie Meyer, and Tupac Shakur! For the full text of the review for these titles, check out the Lifeline series on our company website tomorrow and scroll […]Read more "A Night at the Opera"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Some books have great titles from the moment the author submits them. Other books don’t start with quite the right title, but we easily find one we all love. And then there are the problem children. Perhaps that’s overstating it, but some books are particularly hard to title. Typically, […]Read more "Title Trouble"

Vampires. They’re everywhere, you know. On HBO, at the movie theater, at amazon.com…. They might even be lurking on your Netflix list. After all these centuries, the vampire’s popularity shows no sign of waning. The bloodsucking being from world folklore continues as a reliable fixture in books and movies. In that sense, I guess, vampires […]Read more "A Publishing Dream Come True"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_lqHsy2xLVmU/TKoQRwJivJI/AAAAAAAAARM/9a-Qq-TYWAk/video182732d2ccc2%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none;" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('69865efb-d492-4c4e-acd9-c493b5ff6ff3'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " http://www.youtube.com/v/DHuwGStJT_Y&hl=en“;” alt=”” /> Aaaaah, this is where I am in my heart and in my mind’s eye today—dancing along the River Seine in Paris with Gene Kelly. I’m just back from vacationing in France with my […]Read more "An American in Paris"