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240th Independence Day

Special thanks to Kris Vetter for the following post! Next week marks America’s 240th birthday! What better way to celebrate Independence Day than to hear the stories behind America’s most iconic monuments and words with the Cloverleaf Books series Our American Symbols. Learn the origin story of the Star Spangled Banner as our national anthem, […]Read more "240th Independence Day"
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Why Do We Say These Things?

Is this because I’m an editor, or does anyone else out there find themselves wondering what the deal is with the way we talk? (And by “we,” I pretty much mean all of us—especially myself, because I wonder about the things that come out of my own mouth about a million times more often than […]Read more "Why Do We Say These Things?"
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Get Gardening

Special thanks to intern Rebecca Rowell for the following post! It’s officially summer! The gardening season is in full swing. We’ve moved past tulips, lilacs, and other spring flowers and are well on our way to the glorious colors (and tastes!) of summer in Minnesota. Even the youngest of gardeners—or budding botanists or aspiring arborists—can […]Read more "Get Gardening"
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The Library in My Head

Read. I give this advice all the time. Read children’s books. Read the books are currently being published–not just what you loved in your own childhood. Read, read, read. Intellectually, this advice always made sense to me, but recently I’ve been noticing the ways in which my reading influences how I edit books. Around 2007 […]Read more "The Library in My Head"
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Free Book Friday: Masters of Disguise

Happy Free Book Friday! First, congratulations to Kizzi Roberts, who’s won The Black Dragon. Kizzi, please send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com so we can get your book in the mail. Today we’re giving away a copy of Masters of Disguise: Amazing Animal Tricksters by Rebecca L. Johnson. In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game—and not […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Masters of Disguise"
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Visit Lerner at ALA

The ALA Annual Conference starts Thursday, June 23, in Orlando! Lerner will be in booth 1351.Along with other publishers, we will be handing out silver ribbons in remembrance of those who lost their lives in Orlando. Here’s a link to the full schedule, and we have a few events we’d like to call out: YALSA’s […]Read more "Visit Lerner at ALA"