This post is from Domenica DiPiazza, editorial director of Twenty-First Century Books. Photo found here About a year and a half ago, Twenty-First Century Books author Connie Goldsmith shared a Facebook post about military working dogs and a light went off in my head. What a great idea for a YA title! We were off […]Read more "Take a Smell Walk"

Happy Picture Book Month and happy Friday to you all! Today we’re giving away a copy of A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent, written by Anne Rockwell and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award winner Floyd Cooper. Told for the first time in picture book form is the […]Read more "#PictureBookMonth Giveaway: A Spy Called James"

You guys, I seriously can’t believe that ….Or it will be in one week from today. My work as an editor keeps me so busy, and time flies by so fast, that I think it’s really important to stop and take stock of things sometimes or life will sail right past. Today I’m pausing to […]Read more "So Thankful"

Special thanks to Spencer Hanson for the following post! Lerner Digital has been on the forefront of developing enhanced eBooks with audio and text highlighting for schools and libraries since the launch of Audisee eBooks with Audio® in 2014. Audisee was recently named a 2016 finalist for the Cool Tool Award from Edtech Digest and […]Read more "Acquiring Content Knowledge with Audisee eBooks with Audio®"

I’m not one to abandon a novel midway through reading it. Most of the time, even if I’m not enamored with a book, I can’t quite let myself quit! But I discovered recently that mysteries are a special case. After sorting out a story’s central twist, and at a spot much earlier than I had […]Read more "Mystery Writers, Mystery Readers, and Cracking the Case"

With Thanksgiving coming up next week and the winter holidays riding on its coattails, my thoughts turned to a sugary-and-cinnamon-y treat for November’s Books and a Snack. For this activity, you’ll need some Thanksgiving-themed books. See below for my picks from Lerner’s library. You’ll also need the following supplies: 1 spice cake mix 1 angel […]Read more "Books and a Snack"

It is finally Friday, and we’re kicking off a Goodreads giveaway for a Spring 2017 title: Camp So-and-So by Mary McCoy. We’ll be sending five advanced review copies to five lucky winners, so throw your hat in the ring for an early Christmas present! .goodreadsGiveawayWidget { color: #555; font-family: georgia, serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; font-size: […]Read more "Galley Giveaway: Camp So-and-So"

In December of every year, at venues large and small, people flock to see performances of The Nutcracker. In The Nutcracker Comes to America, Chris Barton tells the story of how this ballet, which originated in Russia, came to the United States and was first performed in the middle of the twentieth century. Gorgeous illustrations […]Read more "The Nutcracker’s Two-Hundred-Year Journey"

How to Be an Earthling® is a Moonbeam 2016 Gold Medal Winner in the Best Book Series—Chapter—Book category! The first title in the series, #1 Spork Out of Orbit is also a Silver Medalist! After crash landing his spaceship on the school playground, Spork joins Mrs. Buckle’s third-grade class to fulfill his mission of earning a Galaxy […]Read more "Moonbeam Gold Medalist: How to Be an Earthling"