You know who has an awesome job? Renan Ozturk. He’s an expeditionary artist. That means he travels with people on expeditions to fascinating locales, and then he documents the trip through art. I learned about him by reading Millbrook’s new title Secrets of the Sky Caves and editing the FREE teaching tools that support this book. As […]Read more "Exploring careers from your classroom"

Here in Minneapolis we’re bracing ourselves for the second “polar vortex” of the winter. With temps in the negatives all week, there’s not much to do except scour the internet for interesting videos and articles to share with you. Enjoy! I’ll Never Ever Look At Books The Same Again After Seeing These Hidden Messages. Wow. […]Read more "The Polar Vortex v2.0: Webgems Avalanche Edition"

    Lerner Publishing Group has many excellent titles to support the celebration of Martin Luther King Day, which Americans mark this year on January 20, today. A selection of recent titles from the Twenty-First Century Books imprint for YA readers to explore in understanding King, his life, and his work include these: Martin Luther […]Read more "Martin Luther King Day, 2014"

Congratulations to LisaLisa22! You are the winner of Lightning Bolt Books ™ — Animals in Danger series from Lerner Publications! Please send an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing addresses so we can get your books in the mail. Any fans out there of books with low reading levels, high interest levels, and […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Character education is a topic close to my heart. Why? I believe that learning how to treat others is the backbone of all other types of learning. After all, if students aren’t being treated in a way that makes them feel safe and supported at school, then they can’t learn anything at all. Fortunately, the […]Read more "Kids of Character"

Congratulations to Barbara Moon (@moonb2)! You are the winner of Expressing the Inner Wild: Tattoos, Piercings, Jewelry, and Other Body Art from Twenty-First Century Books! 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 one lucky […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

We here at Lerner are just putting the final touches on our spring 2014 FREE downloadable teaching tools. We began uploading files yesterday and hope to have everything available on our website in the next few days. Keep up with what’s new (and everything else!) by visiting our eSource page. Here you can search by […]Read more "Find and download FREE teaching tools to use with our books!"

You may have heard that it’s cold here in Minnesota. The high in Minneapolis today is -14°F. Yikes! I went out briefly today to return a few library books (hooray for libraries being open today!) and it wasn’t so bad except for the few minutes I was walking directly into the wind. But enough about […]Read more "Brrrrr"

Congratulations to Charles! You are the winner of our new Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day 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 books in the mail. We want 2014 to kickoff with a wild start so this […]Read more "Free Book Friday! New Books for a New Year!"