The Lerner Blog

Friday is usually Lerner Imprint Day on our blog, and I have to say, I’m pretty excited to dedicate this week’s Lerner post to one of my favorite new series in the imprint—The Best Dogs Ever. That’s right. Today our blog is going to the dogs. (Sorry. I just couldn’t stop myself.) One of the […]Read more "Going to the Dogs"

The Steel Pan Man of Harlem, Colin Bootman’s latest picture book is about to be out, and we couldn’t be more pleased with how it turned out. He transported the pied piper to Harlem in a magical, captivating way. We just recently completed a trailer for the book, which you can see here and on […]Read more "Rats!"

Other folks on the blog have talked about how nice it is to meet authors and artists at conventions and elsewhere, to get a chance to attach an actual person to the pixels. Since the Graphic Universe office is here in Manhattan, there tend to be extra opportunities to invite authors and artists in for […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Meeting and Greeting"

Long, long ago, in a land far away—well actually it was on the fourth floor of our building at 241 First Avenue (below)—but anyway, editors of all ages and skills toiled diligently. They mostly edited manuscripts that had something to do with geography. In those days, we researched using books and news stories from newspapers […]Read more "Evolution of a Job"

I love summer reading. It’s the time of year when you get a chance to catch up on all those books you’ve meant to read during the year–or to reread a perennial favorite or two. And as an adult, you get to make your own list of must reads. Here’s a selection of what’s on […]Read more "Summer Reading"

Publishing and promoting more than 300 new books each year is no easy task. That’s why our interns are invaluable! We love our interns and we hope the experience they gain while working at Lerner will help lead them to a lifelong love of publishing. Now, to give you a look inside a Lerner Publishing […]Read more "We Love Interns!"

What do nonfiction editors do when they’re on vacation? They visit libraries! I was recently in Seattle, and one of the highlights of my trip was visiting Seattle’s Central Library. From the exterior, the 11-story structure is impressive. From the interior, it’s even more impressive. A section of flooring on the first floor is carved […]Read more "Seattle’s Central Library or What I Did on My Summer Vacation"

(I thought it would be interesting to hear about the development of the Follow That Food Chain series from the authors’ perspective. Here’s the story of the series’ genesis from Becky Wojahn. –Ann Kerns) Don and I first got the idea for Follow That Food Chain from our boys. They’re two animal-loving guys who, as […]Read more "FTFC: the Story Behind the Story"

The filmmaker John Hughes died today. It’s probably fair to say that his movies laid the foundation for a lot of the great YA being written today. I can’t say anything on the subject that author Steve Brezenoff didn’t say better on his blog earlier today. […] As a writer of YA, I am constantly […]Read more "RIP: John Hughes"