As Danielle Carnito pointed out just a couple weeks ago, we frequently find ourselves simultaneously working on books will release in different seasons. I recently returned from showing off our new Fall 2016 titles at BEA, and this afternoon I’ll be presenting Millbrook’s Spring 2017 books as part of our spring launch. As exciting as […]Read more "Waiting, Waiting"

Happy Free Book Friday! First, congratulations to the RRHS Library Staff (@rrhslib), who’s won Luis Paints the World. Send the address to publicity@lernerbooks.com and we’ll get your book in the mail. It’s time for the Mallory edition of Free Book Friday. Laurie Friedman’s popular Mallory series features Mallory McDonald, a spunky, energetic grade schooler whose stories are perfect […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Mallory Edition"

This Saturday, there will be an international demonstration asking for GMO labeling, among other things related to large-scale agriculture. People will gather around the world to show their support of finding out more information about GMOs and asking that any genetically modified foods they buy are labeled. GMOs are pretty controversial, and people on both […]Read more "Growing Green"

Special thanks to Kris Vetter for the following post! In the recent Guardian article titled “Books are back. Only technodazzled thought they would go away,” journalist and author Simon Jenkins pits print books against digital books. Even just the subtitle, “The hysterical cheerleaders of the e-book failed to account for human experience, and publishers blindly […]Read more "Print Books and Digital Books Are Not at War"

In a recent post, I shared that I’ve been a pretty enthusiastic follower of this year’s presidential contest. Whichever side of the political aisle you tend to lean toward, you have to admit that it has been a wild and fascinating ride thus far! And there’s no reason adults and older students should be the […]Read more "For the Love of Voting"

Happy Free Book Friday! First, congratulations to Twila Claycomb, who’s won Growing Green. Twila, send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com and we’ll get your books in the mail. Today we’re giving away a copy of Luis Paints the World, written by Terry Farish and illustrated by Oliver Dominguez. Luis wishes Nico wasn’t leaving for the Army. To show Nico […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Luis Paints the World"

Meet Kai Marshall, one of our marketing interns! 1. What brings you to Lerner? I’m in my last semester of undergrad at the University of Minnesota, and I’m majoring in English and GSD (German, Scandinavian, and Dutch). I’ve always been interested in publishing and working with books in general. When I saw a posting for Lerner’s […]Read more "Meet a Lerner: Kai Marshall"

It’s been one of those weeks in the design department at Lerner, and it’s only half done. We’re at the end rush of getting our last Fall 16 books to the printer in the fastest way possible, right in the middle rush of getting the Spring 17 books designed, and right at the beginning rush […]Read more "A Confluence of Seasons, in Pictures: Life in Publishing"

Special thanks to intern Rebecca Rowell for the following post! On May 10, 1869—147 years ago today—the transcontinental railroad was completed. The event was marked by a celebration in Promontory, Utah, where the heads of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad drove a final spike into the line that joined their two […]Read more "The Amazing Transcontinental Railroad"