It’s Friday! Congratulations to Crystal Brunelle, who’s won Out of Darkness. Send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com, and we’ll get your book in the mail.Time for a picture book giveaway! This week, enter to win Feeding the Flying Fanellis: And Other Poems from a Circus Chef, written by award-winning author Kate Hosford and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Cosei […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Feeding the Flying Fanellis"

Okay, so this very well may just be me, but does anyone else notice how the wording of certain expressions and phrases sometimes suddenly changes—like, almost overnight? Case in point: the phrase “by accident.” I don’t hear people say this much anymore. It seems like everyone’s now saying “on accident.” Not that this difference matters […]Read more "Say What?!"

Did you guys know that August is the most popular birth month? It’s true. As someone who loves birthdays (both mine and other people’s), I think that makes August pretty special. It also makes August an apt time to talk about Sam Is Six (cover pictured), a book I wrote because of my love of birthdays. […]Read more "A Birthday Book"

It’s Friday! Congratulations to Mindy Rhiger (@mindyreads), who’s won the Lab galley giveaway. DM us your address, and we’ll choose 5 galleys to send your way.This week, we’re continuing our Lab 5th anniversary fun by giving away a copy of Ashley Hope Pérez’s Out of Darkness, which has already earned two stars from Kirkus Reviews and School […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Out of Darkness"

This week, we found out that Audisee™ eBooks with Audio received an Academics’ Choice Award™ Smart Book Award! Congrats to the Audisee team, including all of the interns who tirelessly tested the eBooks. So what is Audisee? Glad you asked.  Audisee titles are eBooks with embedded audio books and text highlighting that allow readers to follow along. There […]Read more "Exciting news for Audisee™ eBooks with Audio!"

Today on the blog, Emily Franklin writes about her real-life inspiration for Last Night at the Circle Cinema, her upcoming Carolrhoda Lab novel that follows three friends as they spend a final, fateful night at the Circle Cinema. Enjoy! Ferris Bueller’s Day Off—6 times. With a group of older friends. With my older brother. With […]Read more "The Circle Cinema: Guest Post by Emily Franklin"

Last week, we had fun presenting our new fall books in a librarian preview webinar. I thought I’d share a few of Millbrook’s upcoming nonfiction titles today. Next month, I’m hoping to share more about some of our upcoming picture books. Without any further ado . . . The Great Monkey Rescue is an exciting new […]Read more "New Books for Fall"

Happy Friday, and congratulations to Beth Streit! She’s won a copy of A 52-Hertz Whale. Email publicity@lernerbooks.com to claim your prize, Beth. Today, we’re excited to announce Carolrhoda Lab’s 5th anniversary season with a galley giveaway! This fall, look for seven new Lab novels in bookstores and libraries near you. However, this week one lucky […]Read more "Carolrhoda Lab™ Fifth Anniversary Giveaway"

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson has written award-winning picture books and the Coretta Scott King Award honoree No Crystal Stair—a young adult documentary novel with illustrations by R. Gregory Christie. Below Vaunda answers questions about her latest book The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore (also illustrated by R. Gregory Christie), a picture book about her […]Read more "Q&A with Vaunda Micheaux Nelson"