The Lerner Blog

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press The year 2009 was significant for this company—it marked Lerner’s 50th anniversary. But this year is also the 10th anniversary of the Words Are CATegorical series. I wasn’t working for Lerner when the series began, but in Harry Lerner’s memoir, Tenacity Well Directed, he shares the story of how […]Read more "10 Years of Words Are CATegorical"

By Sara Hoffmann Senior Editor The Best Dogs Ever (cover pictured), Lerner’s brand-new series about popular dog breeds, has made publishing news! It appeared in a recent article in Extra Helping, School Library Journal’s online newsletter. And it’s all because of the wonderful story behind the books’ dedications. As the article describes, Elaine Landau, The […]Read more "Best Dogs in the News"

Where will we read and on what is almost as big a question these days in publishing as what we will. Everyone is placing bets, and the last few months have been very interesting. Actually, I think the last few days have been extremely interesting on the future of the book front—maybe it’s just post-black-Friday […]Read more "The Future of the Book"

by Erin Finnegan, editorial intern Continuing on from last week, I have another artist spotlight. This time I interviewed Sandy Carruthers, the artist behind some of our Twisted Journeys books, as well as two of our Graphic Myths and Legends series. Q. What computer programs and/or what kind of pens, pencils and brushes do you […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Shining a spotlight on: Sandy Carruthers"

This past holiday weekend, I played the role of a herring. Yep, the small fish of the North Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea. A freelance editor I know who writes and edits for our Visual Geography Series (VGS) is also a filmmaker. She makes films on all kinds of topics. One of her recent films, […]Read more "A Fish Tale"

By Carol Hinz Editorial Director, Millbrook Press The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is currently exhibiting a number of works of art from the Louvre. I went to the museum recently, and for me one of the highlights was seeing The Astronomer by Jan Vermeer. Last year I edited Bob Raczka’s book The Vermeer Interviews, so […]Read more "The Vermeer Interviews: Not Just for Art Class"

by Erin Finnegan, editorial intern Following up last week’s focus on Tintin Pantoja, I have another Artist Spotlight. This time I asked the same questions of Stephanie Yue. Stephanie is the artist behind our exciting new series Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye by Colleen AF Venable. Q. What computer programs and/or what kind of […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Shining a spotlight on: Stephanie Yue"

I love the fact that LPG has so many content-creation processes in the house. For example, one of the ways we generate new series ideas is through an annual all-day session of raw brainstorming. Every person in my department participates and is required to bring an idea. (We also get ideas from authors, sales reps, […]Read more "The Way We Do the Things We Do"

Earlier this month (November 3), we had citywide elections for mayor, park board, and a referendum on changing the structure of the board of taxation. Voter enthusiasm was low, so when I showed up at my polling place at 2:00 p.m., I was only the 125th person to show up for voting. All the same, […]Read more "Election Day Reading"