Thanksgiving is fast approaching! So bring on the turkey (or Tofurky) and settle into the holiday season with festive reading material. Here are just a few titles—some new, some old favorites—to help young readers celebrate the season: The Nutcracker Comes to America: How Three Ballet-Loving Brothers Created a Holiday Tradition  ★ Booklist ★ Publishers Weekly  ★ […]Read more "‘Tis the Season for Holiday Bedtime Stories"

Happy Friday, and congratulations to Twila Claycomb! She’s won the Dark Hunter series. Twila, send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com and we’ll get your books in the mail. On Sunday, the presidential election will be exactly one year away! Stock your library with nonfiction titles about elections and government with two new series that we’re giving away this week: […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Inside Elections and Exploring Government"

Greetings from Columbus, Ohio, where it was 70 degrees today and should drop down to 33 degrees sometime tomorrow night. I’m here for my very first AASL conference, and I’m enjoying the sight of so many school librarians exploring the city. I’ve made a quick sweep of the trade show floor, and it’s exciting to […]Read more "AASL 2015 and Engineering Keeps Us Safe"

Guest post written by author Patricia Newman and photographer Annie Crawley. A book begins in the imagination—a messy place awash in ideas and excitement. We corral those ideas, that passion, and figure out what we want to say on the printed page, hoping when we finally send the book into the world, it makes an […]Read more "The Remarkable Role of Story in Saving Our Ocean"

More good news for Audisee™ eBooks with Audio! In addition to receiving an Academics’ Choice Award™ Smart Book Award earlier this year, Audisee has won an Award of Excellence from Tech & Learning. More congratulations to the Audisee team, as well as the other winners (full list here). In case you need a refresher… Audisee titles are eBooks with embedded […]Read more "Another Award for Audisee™ eBooks with Audio!"

Happy November, everybody! Here are a few of the things I’m excited for this month: wearing warm sweaters watching the Macy’s Parade eating mashed potatoes everything pumpkin! first big snow I hope November brings each of you much to look forward to too!Read more "November in Book Covers"

TGIF, and congrats to RRHS Library Staff (@rrhslib)! They’ve won Emily Franklin’s Last Night at the Circle Cinema. DM us your address and we’ll send you the book!Since Halloween is tomorrow, we’re giving away a series to put you in the Halloween spirit! Enter to win Dark Hunter, a six-book high-low series for struggling or reluctant middle […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Dark Hunter"