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Think Summer (Reading)! Discover Terrific Titles for the Build a Better World™ Summer Reading Theme January 26, 2017 1:00 p.m. CST Shake off those winter chills by making plans for your summer reading program! Find inspiring, engaging titles for the CSLP Build a Better World™ theme, and learn how you can get free posters to […]Read more "Think Summer (Reading)!: Discover Terrific Titles for the Build a Better World™ Summer Reading Theme"

Special thanks to digital intern Katharine Seggerman for the following post! Next Thursday marks a grisly anniversary for residents of the upper Midwest: the so-called Children’s Blizzard, which occurred on January 12, 1888. On this day, an unexpected blizzard swept through the portion of the Midwest encompassing the Dakotas, Nebraska, and Minnesota. The devastation was […]Read more "Remembering the Children’s Blizzard of 1888"

Today’s blog post comes to you from product planning director Jenny Krueger. With the Maker Movement and the popularity of STEAM, hands-on projects are an increasingly popular part of elementary education. Nonfiction standards including procedural texts, an emphasis on curiosity, and interest in integrating art into STEM all drive a need for simple, fun resources […]Read more "Hands-On Fun"

Special thanks to digital intern McKenna Balzer for the following post! Have you ever noticed animal tracks outside and wondered Who Was Here? In Minnesota, we pride ourselves on being very engaged with nature and the “great outdoors.” We love to go camping, hiking, biking, and exploring and learn so much about the world and […]Read more "Who Was Here? Discovering Wild Animal Tracks"

Congratulations to Elizabeth Elder, who’s won our holiday giveaway! Elizabeth, please send us your address and we’ll send you the books when we’re back in the office on Tuesday. Happy holidays from all of us at Lerner Publishing Group! May your days be merry and bright, and we wish you many good books in new […]Read more "Holiday Giveaway Winner"

Special thanks to Spencer Hanson for the following post! Many pet owners have witnessed the phenomenon of their animals displaying odd behaviors, which sometimes includes emulating their owners or even their furry peers. Half the internet is dedicated to chronicling this. We’ve all heard it said that cats think they are human, and humans have […]Read more "A Very Merry Guinea Dog Christmas!"

  EDITOR’S NOTE: Doesn’t it feel as if astronomers are finding new planets every day? Just this September, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope confirmed the existence of a planet that is orbiting two stars in the system OGLE-2007-BLG-349, eight thousand light-years away. So I asked Karen Latchana Kenney (above) to share some thoughts about researching and writing […]Read more "Meet Karen Latchana Kenney"

Happy Friday! Congratulations to Annette Bay Pimentel, who’s won Like a Bird: The Art of the African American Slave Song. Annette, please send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com and we’ll get your book in the mail! The holiday season is now officially in full swing, and since it’s the most wonderful time of the year (though the windchill […]Read more "Holiday Giveaway!"

My apologies if the title of my post just gave you a major earworm. You know, “Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah, come light the menorah”? Classic holiday tune. Tends to get stuck in my head all day. But I adored singing this song in elementary school, so the earworm brings back only happy memories for me. […]Read more "Oh Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah!"