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The Ebola Outbreak in DRC: What You Need to Know

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director of Twenty-First Century Books With a new outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in central Africa, I asked TFCB medical writer Connie Goldsmith to investigate and share more with us about what’s happening there. Connie is the author of TFCB’s The Ebola Epidemic: The […]Read more

High/Low Titles – What Does That Mean?

by Lara Neel, Trade Marketing Manager Those of us who publish books can sometimes be (accurately!) accused of developing our own language, of sorts. For example, you may have noticed that we tend to call a book a “title.” I think that’s because we want to be clear when we’re talking about a set of […]Read more

Some of Our Most Talked-about Titles in 2018: Part 2

Following up on last week’s post from Greg Hunter and Amy Fitzgerald, here is Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books, to share a few of the titles she’s been involved with.Read more

Some of Our Most Talked-About Titles in 2018: Part 1

Greg Hunter, the Associate Editorial Director for Graphic Universe, and Amy Fitzgerald, the Associate Editorial Director for Carolrhoda Novels, have stopped by the blog to share a few notes about some of their most talked-about titles for this year. So, without further ado, here they are!Read more

Lerner Remembers: Our Favorite Halloween Memories

By Kate Schefer, Digital Products Coordinator Halloween is almost here! It may seem like all the stores have skipped right over it, with their Christmas and Hanukkah displays, but I intend to relish it. I think I enjoy Halloween so much because it happens during my favorite time of year, and it involves some of […]Read more

Cover Design for Girls on the Line

By Emily Harris, Senior Graphic Designer I enjoy working on jigsaw puzzles, which is probably part of the reason why I love my job so much. Every book cover is a new challenge, and it often feels like I’m putting a puzzle together. For example, how do you take a 232-page book set in China […]Read more

Attitude of Gratitude Journals

By Mandi Andrejka, Editor, School/Library Planning & Partnerships #attitudeofgratitude is a trend I’ve seen going around social media over the past months. More specifically, I recently saw a post about an Attitude of Gratitude journal and was immediately intrigued. The idea was that gratitude is a sentiment that we can (and should) express more often. […]Read more

Behind the Scenes of Making a Picture Book: The Vast Wonder of the World

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books To celebrate the upcoming release of The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just, I wanted to (virtually) bring together a few of the people involved to share a behind-the-scenes peek at how the book came together. Read more

The Three Stages of Editing a Novel

By Amy Fitzgerald, Associate Editorial Director, Carolrhoda Novels There’s no one right way to edit a book, but when I tackle a middle-grade or YA novel, I usually divide my editorial process into three stages. Each stage calls for a different skillset, a different way of looking at the story. Here are some of the […]Read more

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