Behind the Scenes – Page 96

White Ladies Editing Kids’ Books

Like most people who work in publishing, I’m a white lady. Why does that matter? Lots of reasons, but here’s one reason it’s mattered lately. Do any indigenous people from California work at Lerner? No. That’s why this book had a content consultant. I’ve been working on a slew of educational nonfiction books, and a […]Read more

Down from their towers

First, Margaret Willey has a tremendously interesting and very honest essay on L’Engle’s Camilla and the long history of YA girls at the Horn Book website right now, and you should read it. It’s a window into why she is a joy to edit and publish. I remember a long-ago conversation with my sister while […]Read more

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Happy Halloween from Free Book Friday: Ghost Walls!

Congratulations to Melissa Blattner! You’ve won Ghostly Evidence! 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. Happy Halloween! We’ve got one more semi-supernatural Fall 2014 title to give away: Ghost Walls: The Story of a 17th-Century Colonial Homestead. In 1638, John Lewger […]Read more

Let us now praise school visitors

I get to work with many authors and illustrators who have school-visit schedules that would make your head spin. John Coy, Nancy Carlson, and Greg Neri to name only three rack up more miles and passport stamps than I care to contemplate. I consider myself a good traveler and something of a road warrior where […]Read more

All Hallows Read Recommendations

When I was in college, my extra-awesome English department started the October Unhappy Hour to celebrate Halloween. We’d all get together, dress up, eat food (the more sugar and unnatural orange dye, the better), and listen to each other read spooky stories in the library for a few hours. Designed by Jennifer Williams Dressing up […]Read more

Life at Chernobyl?

When the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl exploded in April 1986, no one could possibly have foretold the dramatic resurgence of plant and animal life that scientists are witnessing in the region in the twenty-first century. Rebecca L. Johnson interviewed some of the key scientists who are working in Chernobyl’s so-called Dead Zone to try […]Read more

Free Book Friday’s Countdown to Halloween: Ghostly Evidence!

Congratulations to Elizabeth Meyers! You’ve won Monster Buddies! 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. We’ve got another great book for Halloween to give away: Ghostly Evidence: Exploring the Paranormal! It’s late at night, and you’re on a tour of a […]Read more

Spooooky!

You guys! It’s almost Halloween! And we can celebrate big-time this year, because the Night of Fright is falling on a Friday. This means later trick-or-treating, lots of Halloween party potential, and the option to stay up late eating candy and watching scary movies (provided that’s your thing). Since this Halloween is bound to be […]Read more

Free Book Friday’s Countdown to Halloween: Monster Buddies!

Congratulations to Toni Chipka! You’ve won Sometimes You Barf! 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. Halloween is coming up, so to help you prepare, we’re giving away Monster Buddies! Putting a fun twist on a spooky subject, this eight-book […]Read more

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