Congratulations to Brenda Schrider (@bschride)! You are the winner of Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woelfle with illustrations by Alix Delinois! 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. Attention fashionistas! Are you bummed that […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Here’s a guest post from Jenna Lester, our awesome and astute editorial intern without whom much of my list’s back matter wouldn’t exist. Jenna has exciting news to share about a conference that’s sure to be of interest to all writers and book lovers!Greetings, fellow book lovers! As the current editorial intern here at Lerner, […]Read more "AWP Writing Conference"

Production Editor Erica Johnson is on the blog today to talk about book layout, photo selection, and one reason why it’s really ok to watch music videos while at work: Book design and photo selections are shaped by many different choices. Sometimes it’s content-based: what imagery is available for this topic? Is the text taking […]Read more "K-Pop!"

Congratulations to Heather (@HeatherRobison8)! You are the winner of Every Body’s Talking: What We Say Without Words by Donna M. Jackson! 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, in honor of both Black […]Read more "Free Book Friday"

Today in Minnesota, we’re having some weather. “Yeah, yeah,” you say, “we all have weather every day. Whatevs. And also I have heard enough from you Lerner people about your cold and your snow.” And you’re right, of course. Ten inches of snow in one day is par for the course in a Minnesota winter. […]Read more "Surviving in Cold Places…and FREE downloadable teaching tools"

Hey everyone, Things have been busy here in Lerner Digital land. We’re up to our knees in pixels that need pushing. Hey, speaking of pixels here are some interesting links culled from the finest internets. Enjoy! Lyubov Orlova: Ghost ship carrying cannibal rats ‘could be heading for Britain’  [The Independant] #SochiProblems Is More of An […]Read more "Web Gem Tuesday"

          Presidents’ Day, aka Washington’s Birthday, is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of February to honor the first president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is in February too, so the holiday, although officially limited to celebrating Washington’s birth, is in the popular mind a nod of recognition to […]Read more "Presidents’ Day 2014"

Congratulations to Jodi Meadows (@jodimeadows)! You are the winner of The Other Way Around by Sashi Kaufman! 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. Love is in the air today! But is there an easy […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Valentine’s Body Language Edition!"

Production editor and Olympics fan Leesha Plante is guest blogging today about the Olympic Games and tennis great Maria Sharapova. Here’s Leesha! Last Friday I tuned into the opening ceremonies for the Sochi Games. I was fascinated by all the Russian history and culture that the opening ceremony featured. But I was even more intrigued […]Read more "Amazing Athletes at the 2014 Olympic Games"