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History Speaks: What All the Screaming Is About

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"
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Inception

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"
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A Night at the Opera

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"
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Title Trouble

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"
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A Publishing Dream Come True

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"
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An American in Paris

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"
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Ocean Week Day 5: Still Want More?

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Has this week’s focus on Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures left you wanting more? Never fear, there is always more!On our website, you’ll soon find additional materials including a slide show of some of the amazing photos in the book, links to websites where you can […]Read more "Ocean Week Day 5: Still Want More?"