The Lerner Blog

It’s Friday! Thank goodness. Congratulations to Sarah Lerohl, who’s won Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Maniac Muffins by Chris Monroe. Sarah, please send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com so we can get your book in the mail. Attention, Quarantine fans: we’re giving away a copy of The Giant by Lex Thomas today! In the violent early days […]Read more "Quarantine Giveaway"

Bonfires. Changing leaves. Brisk weather. Cozy sweaters. Pumpkins. Pumpkin Spice Everything. These are just some of the things I love about the upcoming season. Another one is First Step Nonfiction’s Observing Fall series by immensely talented authors Mary Lindeen and Mari Schuh. Treat a kid you know to these books this fall—or crack one open […]Read more "Fall Preview!"

The Stand-In by Steve Bloom is set to hit the stores October 1st. It’s a hilarious rom-com, an antidote to some of the grimmer YAs out there, about blue-collar Brooks Rattigan, who becomes a stand-in date for the daughters of the elite who don’t have anyone to take them to the milestone parties of senior […]Read more "Q&A with Steve Bloom, author of THE STAND-IN"

Caren Stelson is the author of Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story, which will be released on October 1, 2016. The book tells the story of Sachiko Yasui, who was six years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki where she lived. Booklist called Sachiko “luminous, enduring, [and] utterly necessary” in its starred review […]Read more "Q&A with Author Caren Stelson"

Special thanks to Jeff Mitchell for the following post! Lerner Digital’s award-winning Audisee™ eBooks with Audio are designed to provide an engaging, intuitive, and versatile option for readers of all levels in grades 4-12. These eBooks feature professional narration and sentence highlighting to interest reluctant readers, struggling readers, auditory learners, ELL/ESL students, and on-level students. […]Read more "Get Students Reading this Fall with Audisee™ eBooks with Audio!"

Chocolate and books…few things in this world are closer to my heart. Here’s a fun way to enjoy both at once—and to celebrate the final days of summer and the early days of fall. 1. Gather your favorite elementary-age kid(s). 2. Grab a selection of books about chocolate. Here are a few of my favorites […]Read more "Books and a Snack"

Happy Friday! Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Maniac Muffins by Chris Monroe will be out in less than two weeks, but we’re offering a chance for you to win it now. It’s packed with adorable art, zany characters, and quite a few vicious baked goods . . . Gigantic maniac muffins are on the loose! To […]Read more "Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Maniac Muffins Giveaway"

Making a book is always a team effort. But one particular book we’re releasing this fall, Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story, required teams on two continents for it to come into being. Author Caren Stelson first heard Sachiko Yasui speak in 2005, when Sachiko visited Minneapolis and told her story of surviving the atomic bombing […]Read more "The Book That Took a Village"

Special thanks to Jeff Mitchell for the following post! There are many reasons we here at Lerner are excited about our brand new, dynamic Bumba Books™. Need a well-crafted non-fiction title to engage a naturally curious, emerging reader in grades PreK-1? Check. Interested in content that not only informs but also encourages young readers to […]Read more "Bumba Interactive Books"