The Lerner Blog

So I got this email a couple years ago. And I followed Tess’s advice, and I bought the  manuscript, and Kate worked like crazy on it. And for a while I thought this guy: Was as imaginary as this guy: Kate straightened me out eventually, and she still liked me enough that she told me […]Read more "A chain of events"

Much like putting together a next-day meal that works from varied leftovers, Senior Production Editor Erica Johnson today finds a way to combine bits of a whole–Thanksgiving Dinner, design, and math–in today’s returning-from-the-holiday-weekend blog post. (And she does a much better job at it than me putting together this blog intro!): We’re back to work […]Read more "Designing Math"

I love holidays for many reasons, one of which is that I usually catch up on reading. This Thanksgiving holiday is no exception. In my pile are two twentieth-century American classics and a twentieth-century British classic. Every year at Thanksgiving, my father reads aloud Truman Capote’s The Thanksgiving Visitor. When I was young, I didn’t […]Read more "Thanksgiving 2014: Domenica’s Reading List"

Congratulations to Christina Taylor! You’ve won The Red Zone! Please send an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and your mailing address so we can get your books in the mail. This week, enter to win Dino-Boarding, the latest installment of the Dino-Sports picture books written by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by Barry Gott. The dinos are […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Dino-Boarding"

Congratulations to Nayda Torres! You’ve won BirdCatDog! Please send an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and your mailing address so we can get your book in the mail. This week’s giveaway is The Red Zone, a set of high-low books that revolve around football players in Ohio trying to maintain their school’s football dynasty. Welcome […]Read more "Free Book Friday: The Red Zone"

   Kids may be approaching winter vacation, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop learning. Help kids see math in their lives at home and at school with Math Everywhere! This new series challenges students to find and solve everyday math problems while in the kitchen, playing sports, shopping, or traveling.     Lerner is […]Read more "FREE Teaching Guide for Math Everywhere!"

Yesterday was the first big snow of the year, complete with terrible traffic. I spent enough time in meetings to melt my brain. So it’s possible I’m a little loopy, but I’d like to devote today’s blog post to the humble e-mail subject line. I love a good subject line. I also spend a ridiculous […]Read more "In Praise of the E-Mail Subject Line"

Congratulations to Kayleen Reusser! You’ve won Ghost Walls! Please send us an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and your mailing address so we can get your book in the mail. This week, we’re giving away a fantastic graphic novel for fledgling readers. Kirkus Reviews called BirdCatDog “stylish and inventive and an excellent examination of point of view” […]Read more "Free Book Friday: BirdCatDog"