The Lerner Blog

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"

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?"

Happy Friday, everyone! Today we’re featuring a Goodreads giveaway of a Fall 2016 title: Incognita (sequel to Tabula Rasa) by Kristen Lippert-Martin. In the wake of an experimental procedure that almost wiped out her memory forever, Angel has a chance for a fresh start. She’s recovered most of her memories, rebuilt her physical strength, and reunited with her […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Goodreads Incognita Giveaway"

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"

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"

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"

One of my favorite moments in editing is when I come across something in a book I’m working on that truly inspires me. Coming across these little “somethings” is like getting a gift in the middle of my day. Just such a thing happened when I was working on How Can I Help?: A Book […]Read more "Becoming a “Difference-Maker”"

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"

You knew there had to be a Hamilton post. But if you feel like you’ve already heard more than enough about the brilliant Broadway hip-hop tribute to America’s first treasury secretary, A) you’re dead to me, and B) don’t worry, this isn’t really (or at least solely) a Hamilton post. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes […]Read more "Hamilton, Star Wars, and Radically Relatable Children’s Lit"