Arie Kaplan Today we talk to author Arie Kaplan, who has written many books for Lerner. Today, he’ll be talking about his latest Twenty-First Century Books title, Swashbuckling Scoundrels: Pirates in Fact and Fiction, a young adult nonfiction book sure to attract every reader from the reluctant to the ravenous. Lerner: In addition to writing nonfiction […]Read more "Q&A with Author Arie Kaplan"

You guys! Fall officially starts this Wednesday, September 23, at approximately 3:22 AM Central Daylight Time. Not that I am keeping track or anything. Does anybody else out there love fall as much as I do? If so, you might want to share this activity—adapted from Fall Leaves: Colorful and Crunchy (published by Millbrook Press, […]Read more "Fall Fun"

It’s Friday! And tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day, so bust out your pirate lingo! You know. Avast. Arr! Shiver me timbers. Et cetera. (If you need to brush up on your parlance, try this website.)In honor of the…holiday, we’re giving away a copy of Swashbuckling Scoundrels: Pirates in Fact and Fiction by Arie […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Talk Like a Pirate Edition"

Last month, I shared some of Millbrook’s fabulous nonfiction titles coming out in Fall 2015. And has promised, here’s a sampling of new picture books! A Spectacular Selection of Sea Critters is a collection of concrete poems, which are poems that take the shape of the object they describe. The author is Betsy Franco, who […]Read more "New Picture Books for Fall"

Many of you remember what happened fourteen years ago today. Where you were when you found out, who you were with. The hours spent watching coverage of skyscrapers collapsing. And you won’t forget any of that anytime soon. And yet fourteen years ago today, most middle schoolers weren’t even alive. School Library Journal shared this […]Read more "Remembering 9/11"

Let’s kick off the school year with some good old-fashioned election politics. It’s fall of 2015, which means that campaigns for the 2016 presidential elections are well under way. We have two excellent new nonfiction series to help you navigate politics and elections with students. For a younger crowd, we have First Step Nonfiction: Exploring […]Read more "Elections and American Politics"

Happy Friday, everyone! Congratulations to Samantha Kolber (@SamanthaKolber), who’s won Feeding the Flying Fanellis. DM us your address or send it to publicity@lernerbooks.com, and we’ll get your book in the mail.How about another giveaway to celebrate five years of Carolrhoda Lab™? This week, enter to win The Anatomy of Curiosity, cowritten by acclaimed YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa […]Read more "Free Book Friday: The Anatomy of Curiosity"