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The Artwork Is Coming!

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Working on an illustrated book is always exciting—you’re never completely sure how the book will look until the artist sends in the final art. Art often comes to us digitally (whether it’s because the artist works digitally or because the artist scans or photographs the finished pieces), but we […]Read more "The Artwork Is Coming!"
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You Know It’s Fall When…

by Anna CavalloEditor The calendar may say we officially have another week and a half of summer, but this year–at least in Minnesota–fall followed the cultural schedule and dutifully came with Labor Day weekend. The days are mild, the nights are suddenly chilly. Thanks to an early spring and a wet summer, we are enjoying […]Read more "You Know It’s Fall When…"
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KidLit Con 2010

A gentle reminder, if I may? You really should come to this if you can. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to Liz. Or Leila. Or Jen. You might also be enticed by our keynote. And if all of this fails, and you need a schedule, well, stay tuned. We’ll be announcing it next week.Read more "KidLit Con 2010"
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TFCB: Fall 2010 Is Here!

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB With the school year starting, it’s so exciting to have a brand new pile of TFCB books to crow about. If you haven’t had a chance to read Betsy Bird’s wonderful write-up on her Fuse #8 blog about the Fall 2010 Lerner offerings (including those of TFCB and […]Read more "TFCB: Fall 2010 Is Here!"
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9.02.10

A day that will live in teen infamy. A day that will never happen again. Yes, today is 90210, as in Beverly Hills 90210. And who says 90210 had no literary merit? No place on a book blog? Nonsense! Witness, Dylan McKay, Byron scholar: <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_DRH_8nTKpLY/TH_Um9qlX3I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/bhgYPxCB-R0/video1ff07f1c2af1%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none;" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('ebd043a7-d756-44c7-be2a-9821b34be9ba'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = […]Read more "9.02.10"
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NIGHT SKY

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB I’ve had my head in the clouds lately, reading a lot of material about outer space. It’s galaxies and nebulae that particularly intrigue me, and I recently learned that you can easily pick out the Orion Nebula in the sword of the Orion constellation just below the three […]Read more "NIGHT SKY"
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I Write Like, the Sequel

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press I am trying to forgive Greg for blogging about the website I Write Like before I had a chance to get to it. I can totally come up with another topic for a blog post on the spur of the moment. No hard feelings, though, really. Moving on . […]Read more "I Write Like, the Sequel"