The Lerner Blog

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press This past weekend, I was a History Day judge at the regional level. History Day in general is a big deal, and History Day in Minnesota is a really big deal. About 30,000 students start out every year, and roughly 55 of those students will represent Minnesota at the […]Read more "History Day: A Judge’s Perspective"

[I asked Greg Hunter to give us his insights this week.] Since starting as an assistant editor at Lerner several months ago, I’ve often run up against a unique occupational challenge: to be mindful of not only what’s relevant to young readers, but what appears to have staying power. Will preteen America’s love affair with […]Read more "Mysteries of the Third-Floor Editorial Library, or Rethinking the Shelf-Life of Nonfiction"

It’s been like Christmas here this week. Of course, the launch date for Carolrhoda Lab was the big date circled in red, but there were also surprises to be unwrapped. The advance reading copies of the books showed up yesterday (does that make them Boxing Day presents?). Now, I’m filled with something like post-Christmas satisfaction […]Read more "New Things"

by Erin Finnegan, NY editorial intern Continuing bravely on with Artist Spotlights, this week I interviewed Courtney Huddleston, the illustrator of Twisted Journeys #11, Shipwrecked on Mad Island, as well as the upcoming Twisted Journeys #18 (title TBA). What computer programs and/or what kind of pens, pencils and brushes do you use? I mainly use […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Shining a spotlight on: Court Huddleston"

I’m at the point in my life where I don’t mind dating myself. So here goes. I was—and find I still am—a passionate Beatles fan. I was reminded of this as I was watching the DVDs from The Beatles Anthology. When the segment on their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show came on, I […]Read more "Beatlemania"

How can I tell? It’s not the rivers of mud or the crocuses. It’s our shiny new imprint, Carolrhoda Lab: Allow me a moment of inarticulate glee and giddiness about this announcement. It’s no secret how important YA is to me, both as an art form and as a part of an important conversation about  […]Read more "Spring has sprung."

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB Check out activities at your local library this week to see what’s up for Teen Tech Week. This event is a national initiative sponsored by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) to encourage teens to make use of libraries’ nonprint services. Here in Minneapolis, our Hennepin County library […]Read more "Teen Tech Week (March 7-13, 2010)"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press Animal books are a staple of children’s nonfiction publishing. We offer books on everything from sugar gliders to ticks to pigeons. So I try to pay special attention when an interesting new piece of information about animals comes to light. A few days ago, I heard about some research […]Read more "Do Let the Pigeon Be an Art Critic?"

By Anna Cavallo, Associate Editor Last week a series of articles in The New York Times caught my attention—three pieces about the roller coaster ride a few oncologists and cancer patients have been on throughout a clinical trial for a new melanoma treatment. For trial patients with a certain variety of this deadly skin cancer, […]Read more "Cultivating the Next Generation of Cure Finders"