Recently, I have been spending indulgent evenings on my patio reading a book–in PRINT! For more than a year, I’ve been doing most of my reading via ebooks. While I occasionally have read an ebook while relaxing outdoors, I more often read them “on the go” in the minutes I find while waiting for the […]Read more "From Digital to Print and Back Again"

Carolrhoda has published hundreds of authors and illustrators in its five decades in print, but perhaps none is more closely associated with the imprint than Nancy Carlson. Of course, Nancy’s work predates my editorial tenure—hell, Nancy’s earliest work predates my potty training—but she’s not slowing down, and we’re very proud to continue to publish her […]Read more "One Foot in Front of the Other"

It’s a beautiful Free Book Friday morning! Congratulations to Christine Womack who is the winner of our new My Reading Neighborhood: Kindergarten Sight Word Stories series! Christine, please send an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing address so we can get your books in the mail. This week we’re giving away […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

*Disclaimer: None of the people/animals pictured in this post actually expressed the opinions ascribed to them. At least not within my hearing. Though if you ask me, this moose has “literacy advocate” written all over him. “So what’s all this I keep hearing about a ‘summer slide’? Sounds dangerous.” “I think I can explain. When students […]Read more "Fighting the "Summer Slide": A Case Made in Captions"

Lerner Interactive Books are amazing for tons of reasons, but here are the top two: 1. They help readers of all levels improve their literacy skills. 2. Readers are exposed to engaging and educational Lerner content! You may be aware of our iBooks, but are you aware of all of the great content they feature? […]Read more "Lerner Interactive Books Series Spotlight: Cloverleaf Books™ Community Helpers"

Welcome another member of our Photo Editing team, Todd Strand. Todd is our Archivist & Photographer, which makes him uniquely qualified to tell you about another facet of Lerner Publishing Group:  Independent Picture Service, a Lerner Universal Corp. company. Independent Picture Service provides photos for books published by the Lerner Publishing Group and also has […]Read more "Independent Picture Service: an introduction"

Welcome back to Free Book Friday! Congratulations to Marisol Perez who is the winner of our new What Is a Food Web? series from Searchlight Books™! Marisol, please send an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday” and tell us your mailing address so we can get your books in the mail. If you’re looking for a […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

As I mentioned in my last post, I recently spent a few days at the ISTE conference. The most obvious aspect of the conference was that we have arrived at a point when technology is part of our schools. Students and teachers are using laptops, interactive whiteboards, cell phones, and other devices on a daily […]Read more "Technology in education data from Project Tomorrow’s 2012 survey"

Memories of the American Library Association (#ALA2013) conference may be cloaked in July 4th fireworks haze, but we really did have a exciting show with many sparkling events. We opened the show Friday night with book signings from two powerhouse nonfiction authors–Sally M. Walker with her award-winning book Their Skeletons Speak, and Carla Killough McClafferty […]Read more "ALA Fireworks"