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ALA, Here We Come!

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press If you’re at ALA this weekend, be sure to stop by our booth—number 2311. We can’t promise to bring along our temperate Minnesota weather, but we can promise we’ll have some fabulous new books on hand as well as two great authors and one amazing illustrator. Saturday11:00Brian P. Cleary […]Read more "ALA, Here We Come!"
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Belated Tupac Shakur Birthday Post

[Another post from Greg Hunter on another recent editing experience.] Here are 10 things I didn’t know about 2Pac before editing his USA Today Lifeline Biography, which will be available shortly. 1. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971. 2. Tupac Amaru, originally the name of an Incan leader, roughly translates to “shining […]Read more "Belated Tupac Shakur Birthday Post"
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The voice of the author

Author Steve Brezenoff recorded a short podcast with Authors on Tour at BEA, and it just went live. He does a great job of explaining the title of the novel—something that always seems to escape me when I have to do it. Enjoy: http://www.authorsontourlive.com/interviews/BEABrezenoffPodcast.mp3 Download this MP3 – (Right Click) Local indie bookselling institution Magers […]Read more "The voice of the author"
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It’s Everywhere!

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB Remember my post about visiting the High Line elevated walkway (left) in New York City at the end of May? Well, now that I’m back in Minneapolis, it—the High Line—is following me everywhere. For example, the Walker Art Center (right) here in Minneapolis invited Lisa Switkin, lead designer […]Read more "It’s Everywhere!"
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On Mistakes

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press I’ve been following the comments on Roger Sutton’s recent post, “We ARE here to judge, but . . .” with great interest. When is a mistake or factual error in a book (whether nonfiction or fiction) significant enough to warrant pointing it out in a review? And whose fault […]Read more "On Mistakes"
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Antarctic Oil

Does that title send a shiver down your spine? Especially in light of recent events in the Gulf of Mexico. Good. It probably ought to. One of the most striking things I learned from Sally Walker’s Frozen Secrets is just what a miracle of diplomacy Antarctica is.  A group of treaties first ratified in 1959 […]Read more "Antarctic Oil"
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Reading TFCB

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB Here’s me in my Lerner office reading Seven Wonders of Green Building Technology by Karen Sirvaitis. This book came out in Spring 2010 in TFCB’s newest set of Seven Wonders titles. This set focuses on the wonders of science and technology, and includes titles on architecture, communication, engineering, […]Read more "Reading TFCB"
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Remembering Jacques-Yves Cousteau

By Rebecca L. Johnson, author Last Friday, June 11, was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, arguably the most famous ocean explorer of our time. Thanks to the medium of television, Cousteau had a direct impact on my life. I grew up in the heart of the Great Plains, essentially a thousand […]Read more "Remembering Jacques-Yves Cousteau"