I have to say, I really love living in Minnesota. I was born and raised here, yet I feel like the state always holds something fun and new for me to discover. One of my favorite things about Minnesota is its diversity. We have the highest population of Somali people outside of Africa. We have […]Read more "State of Diversity"

Happy Friday! In case you missed it, this is our plan for the weekend: This library was set up last summer on the beach of a Bulgarian Black Sea resort, and we think they have the right idea. Are you listening, Minneapolis Parks and Rec? However, we’re slated for thunderstorms on Sunday, so that’s our […]Read more "Friday Fun: Links and a Giveaway"

In preparing for the 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference in New York this weekend, I’ve been asked by the facilitator of one of the publishing panels on which I’ll be sitting to turn the mirror on myself to answer the question, “What nonfiction do you enjoy reading?” In making a list for myself, it turns […]Read more "Nonfiction Pleasures from a Nonfiction Editor"

It’s Free Book Friday! This week, enter to win John Hornor Jacobs’ The Conformity, the final installment of The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy. Mr. Quincrux is dead. Armistead Lucius Priest, founder of the Society of Extranaturals, is now seated uneasily in his protégé’s flesh, and though Priest’s powers are not inconsiderable, the Conformity will not settle […]Read more "Free Book Friday: The Conformity"

Summer is a time for fun. It’s a time for friends. It’s a time for creativity and play. What combines all four of these things and delivers them in one big, beautiful, brightly gift-wrapped package? Birthday parties! Our Plan a Birthday Party book (cover pictured) is chock-full of fun ideas for young party planners. Here […]Read more "Summertime = Party Time!"

I love five-minute recipes, you guys. I’m talking cake in a mug. Mac and cheese in a cup. Microwave Mason jar pancakes. So when I discovered in the course of researching Ice Cream (cover pictured) that you could make ice cream in a bag? All I could say was shut the front door. This recipe […]Read more "I Scream, You Scream"

We hosted quite a signing in the booth today! Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff signed ARCs of The Anatomy of Curiosity, their second Merry Sisters of Fate group effort (the first being The Curiosities). Here are some pictures from around the web of the event for everyone who couldn’t see Brenna’s magnificent hair in […]Read more "#BEA15: The Merry Sisters of Fate"

Let’s talk BEA! Oh, but before we do that… Congratulations to Heidi Grange (@GeoLibrarian), who’s won TRASH MOUNTAIN! Send your address to publicity@lernerbooks.com, and we’ll send it posthaste. Okay, back to BEA. Today is the third and final day of BEA: BookExpo America, in case you forgot. As this post goes live, the Merry Sisters […]Read more "#BEA15!"

It’s time for another Free Book Friday! This week, enter to win Jane Yolen’s Trash Mountain. With illustrations by Monkey with a Tool Belt illustrator Chris Monroe, this middle-grade novel is sure to delight. The Star Tribune’s Ann Klefstad calls the book “a gripping story, right-sized for children but with all the authentic drama of any […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Jane Yolen’s Trash Mountain"