Caren Stelson is the author of Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story, which will be released on October 1, 2016. The book tells the story of Sachiko Yasui, who was six years old when an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki where she lived. Booklist called Sachiko “luminous, enduring, [and] utterly necessary” in its starred review […]Read more "Q&A with Author Caren Stelson"

Special thanks to Jeff Mitchell for the following post! Lerner Digital’s award-winning Audisee™ eBooks with Audio are designed to provide an engaging, intuitive, and versatile option for readers of all levels in grades 4-12. These eBooks feature professional narration and sentence highlighting to interest reluctant readers, struggling readers, auditory learners, ELL/ESL students, and on-level students. […]Read more "Get Students Reading this Fall with Audisee™ eBooks with Audio!"

Chocolate and books…few things in this world are closer to my heart. Here’s a fun way to enjoy both at once—and to celebrate the final days of summer and the early days of fall. 1. Gather your favorite elementary-age kid(s). 2. Grab a selection of books about chocolate. Here are a few of my favorites […]Read more "Books and a Snack"

Happy Friday! Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Maniac Muffins by Chris Monroe will be out in less than two weeks, but we’re offering a chance for you to win it now. It’s packed with adorable art, zany characters, and quite a few vicious baked goods . . . Gigantic maniac muffins are on the loose! To […]Read more "Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Maniac Muffins Giveaway"

Making a book is always a team effort. But one particular book we’re releasing this fall, Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story, required teams on two continents for it to come into being. Author Caren Stelson first heard Sachiko Yasui speak in 2005, when Sachiko visited Minneapolis and told her story of surviving the atomic bombing […]Read more "The Book That Took a Village"

Special thanks to Jeff Mitchell for the following post! There are many reasons we here at Lerner are excited about our brand new, dynamic Bumba Books™. Need a well-crafted non-fiction title to engage a naturally curious, emerging reader in grades PreK-1? Check. Interested in content that not only informs but also encourages young readers to […]Read more "Bumba Interactive Books"

Happy Friday! First, congratulations to Leah Clarke, who’s won Wired Man and Other Freaks of Nature by Sashi Kaufman. Leah, email your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com and we’ll get your book in the mail. We’re running a Goodreads giveaway of The Stand-In this week—click on the link below to enter for a chance to win one of five copies. […]Read more "Free Book Friday: The Stand-In"

Editors spend their days talking about books. But usually conversations in the office don’t start with, “I just read the most fascinating book.” They’re often more like, “Did you ever figure out that photo caption in that book about extinct fish?” or “Can you sign off on that final proof so this book can go […]Read more "What We’re Reading"

Special thanks to Spencer Hanson for the following post! How libraries incorporate eBooks into their established print collections has been an ongoing experiment. It has only been since 2010 that a significant amount of school libraries have started offering eBooks. The Sixth Annual Survey of eBook Usage in U.S. School (K-12) libraries found the percentage […]Read more "Balancing Digital and Print in Library Collections"