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By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Millbrook published Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg, written and illustrated by Mia Posada, in 2007. Recently I learned that Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers is releasing this book in Japan. Here is the original U.S. cover:Here is the Japanese cover:And here is a sample spread from the book’s Japanese […]Read more "Guess What Is Growing Inside This (Japanese) Egg"

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?"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Dr. Joel “Jody” Martin is Curator of Crustacea and Chief of the Division of Invertebrate Studies at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. He studies crustaceans such as crabs, lobsters, and shrimp. During the Census of Marine Life, Dr. Martin conducted research on coral reefs near the […]Read more "Ocean Week Day 4: Scientist Q&A"

[Here’s Julie Caruso’s report on her photo research work on Journey into the Deep.] When a project called Journey Into The Deep hit my desk late last fall, I was excited to work on a book about all those weird creatures that scientists have been finding in the deep sea over the last decade. I […]Read more "Deep-Sea Photos: Bringing Together Science, Art, and Love for the Ocean"

Senior Graphic Designer Danielle Carnito shares her thoughts on the design of Journey into the Deep. Something you may not know about designers: we’re really quite humble. Really. When working through a design, anyway. Different projects require different types of design, and as good designers, it’s our job to know which way to go. Design […]Read more "Ocean Week Day 2: On Book Design"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Today I’m kicking off Ocean Week here on the Lerner Books blog! What is Ocean Week? It’s a week all about the new book Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures by Rebecca L. Johnson.Rather than me telling you what this book is about, I’m going to let […]Read more "Ocean Week Day 1: Meet Rebecca L. Johnson"

By Sara HoffmannSenior Editor Do you have any favorite words? They might be words that have a positive association in your mind. Or they might just be words you think are fun to say. I have a bunch of favorite words. Here are just a few of them. • Sluice: I’ve loved this word ever […]Read more "Favorite Words"

I’m bouncing around with excitement for Steve Brezenoff’s book launch party tonight. He’ll be reading from and signing The Absolute Value of –1 at legendary Minneapolis indie Magers & Quinn. This is the first time I’ve had the pleasure of editing a local author (I know! Shocking!) so this is my first local launch. Booklist […]Read more "A reading! Tonight!"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB [the Eiffel Tower, above, by Alison Behnke] I’m on vacation in Paris, France, this week! Think of me walking along the Seine; eating croissants for breakfast, cheeses for lunch, and the specialite du jour for dinner; speaking French; taking the TGV fast train to Marseille to visit a […]Read more "En Vacances!"