The Lerner Blog

It’s Friday, and we’re giving away Free Book Friday’s first #LabF15 title. But first…congratulations to @rrhislib! Send us your email and we’ll get First Man in the mail. This week, enter to win A 52-Hertz Whale by debut novelists Bill Sommer and Natalie Tilghman. This modern-day epistolary novel is part of our phenomenal 7-book Lab 5th anniversary season, and […]Read more "Free Book Friday: A 52-Hertz Whale"

Much as we’re loathe to admit it, summer is on its way out, and fall is coming! (Have you seen the back-to-school displays in stores?) Fortunately, there is much to look forward to: new pencils and lunchboxes, red and orange-colored trees, sweatshirt weather, pumpkin-flavored everything, and an exciting new list of K‒12 titles from Lerner. Excitement […]Read more "Join Our Librarian Preview Webinar"

Two of my Lerner Publishing Group colleagues–Alix Reid (editorial director, Carolrhoda Books and Carolrhoda LAB) and Ellie Byler (Marketing data coordinator)—and I (Domenica Di Piazza, editorial director, Twenty-First Century Books) are mentioned in a recent July article in Publishers Weekly about what publishing industry professionals read with their families. Take a look for some touching […]Read more "Reading with Our Families"

Happy Friday, everyone! Congratulations to Rhonda Peña, who won copies of two Brian P. Cleary books. Rhonda, please email your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com so we can get your books in the mail!This week, enter to win First Man: Reimagining Matthew Henson by Simon Schwartz. In this graphic novel, Simon Schwartz weaves biography and fiction together to […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Graphic Novel Giveaway!"

Calling all pet lovers! Have I got the perfect pick for you. It’s called How I Care for My Pet (cover pictured, left), and it’s just right for all those K–2 students who can’t get enough of animals.This book follows a boy through a day of caring for his adorable, doe-eyed goldendoodle. We come along […]Read more "Pet Lovers’ Perfect Pick"

This blog is for all you authors out there—and there are far too many of you—who have lost your editors or who have had your books orphaned. I’ve been thinking a lot about you as I’ve settled into my new job as editorial director of Carolrhoda Books and Carolrhoda Lab, Lerner Publishing Group’s trade fiction […]Read more "A Shout-Out to Orphaned Authors"

Last weekend in the Twin Cities was seriously hot with off-the-hook humidity, but we Lerners still had plenty of fun! On Sunday, July 26, St. Paul Saints pitcher Kramer Sneed read John Coy’s Hoop Genius to a group of about 50 young fans. What a perfect book for ball game lovers! (Okay, baseball and basketball aren’t […]Read more "Weekend Recap"

One of my favorite pleasures of summertime is perusing local produce at food co-ops, farmers’ markets, and the pop-up fruit-and-veggie stands that are ubiquitous at this time of year. There are baskets of fragrantly sweet, seed-bespeckled strawberries. Bundles of buttery, crispy-soft spinach leaves. Piles of simultaneously fresh, earthy, and savory-smelling tomatoes. In celebration of summer’s […]Read more "Celebrating Nature’s Bounty"

Time for Free Book Friday! First, congratulations to Bonnie Taylor, who’s won Blazing Courage. Bonnie, please email us at publicity@lernerbooks.com to claim you prize. This week, enter to win two Brian P. Cleary books: They’re There on Their Vacation and Bow-Tie Pasta: Acrostic Poems. Meet the Tuckabees. They’re going on vacation. They choose the wackiest destinations for […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Brian P. Cleary!"