Inspired by a piece I heard recently on NPR about The American Scholar magazine’s list of best sentences in fiction or nonfiction, I asked my editorial colleagues to share their favorites and to explain why they chose the sentence they did. Kris’s favorite: “It was a pleasure to burn.” –-Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury This […]Read more "The Sentence That Grabs You—and Won’t Let Go"

Congratulations to Donna (@donnak4)! You’ve won a copy of Joy in Mudville! Please send us a DM on Twitter or an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your book in the mail. Storm season is coming up, so this week’s Free Book Friday giveaway will help […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

I just love K–2 books, you guys. The sparse elegance of the language and the sense of wonder they inspire about our world make them just like poetry to me. Everyone who knows me knows not to get me started on this topic…not unless they want to hear me wax rhapsodic for a good long time, […]Read more "When Good Things Happen to Good Books"

Today on the Lerner blog, Photo Editor Manager Cynthia Zemlicka tells you what to do if you want to impress a photo editor: Do you know what makes photo editors sad? Digital images that are too small to print. Sure, that image file may look fine on the screen of your phone. Unfortunately, if the […]Read more "Giant photo brings excitement to world of photo editors"

Congratulations to Earl! You’ve won the ShockZone: True Survival Stories series! Please send us a DM on Twitter or an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your book in the mail. This week’s Free Book Friday giveaway comes just in time for baseball season.  Joy in Mudville from […]Read more "Free Book Friday’s Salute to Baseball"

During the first few years of the April Fools internet prank, we saw a whole lot of funny pages confuse an awful lot of naive Facebookers. Unfortunately, the amount of funny has decreased and the amount of internet savvy has increased. There are a few good pranks out there, but there are a lot of […]Read more "BeardSwipe, Glub Glub Water Dance, and a Bunch of Reasons Why You Should Avoid the Internet Today"

Congratulations to Jenny Conejo! You’ve won a copy of K-Pop: Korea’s Musical Explosion! Please send us a DM on Twitter or an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your book in the mail. This week’s Free Book Friday giveaway is our new ShockZone: True Survival Stories series from […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

I’m a big believer that most of our satisfaction in life comes from our relationships with others. And the quality of those relationships has everything to do with what we put into them. Lerner has a brand-new series that’s all about learning how to be a better family member, neighbor, and citizen. It’s called First […]Read more "Citizenship 101"

Hey everyone! The Lerner gnomes are hard at work on fun new projects. Want to know what they’re up to? Here’s a hint: it involves books. Without further adieu, here are those tasty internet tidbits you so desperately desire. Where Are the People of Color in Children’s Books? [New York Times] Bill Nye Is Too […]Read more "Digital Tuesday"