The Lerner Blog

First, congratulations to Michele, who’s won The Bunker Diary! Email publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with your address and we’ll get your book in the mail. And now for an Egmont update… It’s been a crazy past few weeks for us here at Lerner! On February 25, we announced via this press release that we had purchased around 100 […]Read more "Welcome to Lerner, #LastListEgmont!"

Now that we are twelve days into “meteorological spring,” my thoughts have turned to driving with the windows open, shedding the down puffer coat and faux-fur-lined boots, and breathing in that glorious smell of spring that always fills the air right around this time of year (well, or at least by May or June, here […]Read more "Celebrating Spring"

I love expressing myself through clothing and accessories. To me, that’s what’s most fun about fashion—that is, that it gives you the opportunity to shape your outward appearance to reflect your tastes, personality, and favorite things (e.g., colors, cuts, and textures). That’s exactly why I love our What’s Your Style? series (covers pictured below). Each […]Read more "Fashion from the Heart"

We’re giving away a copy of The Bunker Diary, Kevin Brooks’s Carnegie Medal-winning, three-starred young adult novel that has everyone talking. (Seriously. Google it.) I can’t believe I fell for it. It was still dark when I woke up this morning. As soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building […]Read more "THE BUNKER DIARY Free Book Friday!"

With snow melting and sunshine in the forecast, I’m finally starting to believe spring is on its way!  Trees and flowers might not start blooming for another few weeks, but I can’t get visions of butterflies and wildflower fields out of my head. It should come as no surprise then that one of my favorite […]Read more "Free Teaching Guide: FSN Pollination"

Over the weekend, I read a fascinating article by Jill Lepore about the Internet and the challenges in archiving its content. The Internet was not built to preserve content—and you can see that every time you follow a link and get nowhere. This is more than mere inconvenience, however. Lawyers and judges include Web pages […]Read more "Eeeew . . . Link Rot"

This week, enter to win Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis. As the planet’s population explodes, so does the demand for water. About one out of every nine people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water, while one out of every five—almost 1.5 billion humans—lives in a region where water demand […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Running Dry"

In case you missed it, we have some big news to share this week! We are thrilled to welcome Egmont USA authors and illustrators to the Lerner Publishing Group family! Lerner Publishing Group Acquires Egmont USA List Nearly 100 Egmont USA Titles Find a New Home at Lerner Publishing Group MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Lerner Publishing Groupannounced today […]Read more "Lerner Welcomes Egmont USA!"

The world lost a great marine scientist yesterday. Dr. Eugenie Clark studied sea creatures by swimming in the oceans with them. This piece from the New York Times tells about her life better than I could. I think a key quote, though, for anyone who has or works with kids, is this:Her mother worked in […]Read more "In honor of marine scientists"