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5 Ways to Use Audisee® eBooks with Audio in the Classroom

By Kate Schefer, Digital Products Coordinator We’ve discussed the benefits of Audisee® eBooks with Audio for struggling readers before in this post. But you may still be wondering how to incorporate them into your classroom. In today’s post, we’ll provide you with 5 unique ways to implement Audisee eBooks in your classroom, to the greatest benefit […]Read more

Nurturing Passion through Series Nonfiction

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing EditorRead more

The Art of Copyediting High-Low Fiction

By Kayla Pawek, Editor For most of the titles on our list, copyediting is the most straightforward part of the editing process. This is true because most of our books are leveled nonfiction. Our in-house copy editor knows that she’s responsible for fixing grammar spots, adjusting formatting, and ensuring text is appropriately leveled for the […]Read more

The Art of Cover Design: Zoo Scientists to the Rescue

By Emily Harris, Senior Graphic Designer I had the honor of designing the cover to Zoo Scientists to the Rescue, written by Patricia Newman, with photographs by Annie Crawley. Zoo Scientists to the Rescue is a new nonfiction book for middle-grade readers that highlights three scientists who are working to save endangered species. You can learn more […]Read more

Zoo Scientists to the Rescue: From the Cutting Room Floor

By Senior Production Designer Erica Johnson Photographer Annie Crawley, senior graphic designer Emily Harris, and I had a great time putting together Zoo Scientists to the Rescue, a nonfiction book for middle-grade readers that Annie created with author Patricia Newman. Zoo Scientists highlights three scientists who are working to save endangered species. You can learn more about the […]Read more

New for Fall: 5 Nonfiction Series on STEM Topics

by Ashley Kuehl, Editorial Director of Lerner Publications Do your students love coding, physical science, biographies, or robots? Here’s a quick roundup of the STEM series we published this season. Read more

Announcing the Crayola® Poster Contest Winner!

We received many fantastic entries for our Make Learning Colorful poster contest, so we thought we’d share a selection. Thanks to everyone who entered!Read more

Help Teens Go Beyond the Headlines With New Nonfiction on the Opioid Crisis

By Twenty-First Century Books Editorial Director Domenica Di Piazza “It’s hard to watch someone you love fall so deeply under the spell of a substance that turns him or her into a stranger. Someone you don’t even want to know.” Best-selling YA novelist Ellen Hopkins says this about her own experience with her meth-addicted daughter. […]Read more

Why We Need YA Novels with Unlikable Female Protagonists

By Alix Reid, Editorial Director of Carolrhoda Lab™ I had the very great pleasure of working with Elana K. Arnold on her YA novel, What Girls Are Made Of, which is a National Book Award for Young People’s Literature finalist. (You can read more about that here.)Read more

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