Behind the Scenes – Page 30

Little Monsters of the Ocean: Book Design

By Danielle Carnito, Trade Art Director I’ve done my fair share of designing books about ocean life, and it doesn’t get old. Despite my inability to appreciate visiting aquariums (sorry, folks, I have no logic behind that. But I do enjoy watching jellyfish.), I love images of the creatures themselves and working them into a […]Read more

NIU STEM Read presents Quarantine: The Summer Camp

by Lara Neel, Trade Marketing Manager The STEM Read program at Northern Illinois University has created a “Quarantine: The Summer Camp,” program based on the popular young adult novel by Lex Thomas. This residential camp for students entering grades 9 through 12 will immerse students in a week of writing, science and games based on […]Read more

Darby Creek High/Low Fiction Imprint Meets Teens Where They Are

By Kate Schefer, Digital Products Coordinator When I first started as the Digital intern for Lerner two years ago, we were in the middle of production for our Fall 2017 enhanced ebooks, including Interactive Books and Audisee ebooks with audio.Read more

A Common Thread Between the Guthrie Theater and Lerner

by Lara Neel, Trade Marketing Manager, with help from Honor Murphy and Sophia Charbonneau If you visit the office spaces at Lerner, you might notice that we have a few quilts hanging up on our walls.Read more

Saying a Fond Farewell

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director of Twenty-First Century Books It’s hard to believe, but after twenty-seven years with Lerner Publishing Group, I am retired. My last day was Friday, March 29, 2019. The company had a wonderful sendoff for me, with cake and gifts and wonderful speeches. The photo above shows me with some […]Read more

Flower Talk Q&A with Author Sara Levine

By Carol Hinz, editorial director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Spring is finally here! While flowers have yet to make an appearance in the Twin Cities, they’ll be here before too long. Speaking of which, do you know what flower colors mean? And I’m not talking about red flowers representing love!Read more

Author Interviews

Interview with Castle of Lies Author Kiersi Burkhart

By Amy Fitzgerald, Associate Editorial Director, Carolrhoda Novels Where did the idea for this epic tale start?Read more

Books For Africa

By Joni Sussman, Publisher, Kar-Ben Publishing When Books For Africa (BFA) sponsored a trip to South Africa in honor of its 30th anniversary last January, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to see a part of the world I’d never visited.Read more

Taking Learning Off the Page with Science Buddies

By Kate Schefer, Digital Products Coordinator Working in the Digital department at Lerner most often means ensuring that all of our frontlist titles are available in digital formats, so readers can access them anywhere, anytime, and on any device. But we also work hard to find ways to innovate within the digital space, to reach […]Read more

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