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"

  Okay, so help us settle this internal debate. It came up during the design phase of the Tillie Pierce cover (left) that Yours Truly (right) might look just a tiny bit like Ms. Pierce. What do you think? It’s a burning question on our end, so cast your vote and let us know what […]Read more "Does She or Doesn’t She?"

We’ve got a winner! Congratulations to Maggie Knapp from Trinity Lutheran School! Maggie and her students have won all six books in our creepy, crawly new S.W.I.T.C.H series from Darby Creek! Maggie, 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 […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"

Jon Fishman is back with another fun post to share. Enjoy! OK, I’ll admit it. I still like to play video games. It all started a long time ago (1983) in a land far, far away (Polk County, Wisconsin). That was the year my mom brought home a brand-new computer, an Apple IIe, from the […]Read more "Tales of a Gamer"

Very cheeky. Don’t believe a word she says, and if she starts telling you about amputation, disfigurement, ambiguity, juvenile detention, and “flagrant lack of resolution” being shortcuts to my heart, just walk away. Or, better yet, go look at all the other Editorial Conversations with Fake Boyfriends. Also, @mstiefvater is certainly talking about her other […]Read more "Very cheeky, Ms. Fitzgerald"

Give this IndieGoGo campaign a look. It’s a great ide on its own, but wouldn’t it be an amazing initiative in partnership with a library system (which would have space and digital infrastructure)? http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/app-camp-for-girlsRead more "App Camp for Girls"

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 "Interactive Book Series Spotlight"

Designers are highly visual people. (Go figure.) And, designers draw inspiration from anything around them—which is one reason why it is so important to see and do new things. Or to see the regular everyday in a new perspective. You never know when inspiration will hit, or when any of the knowledge and bits of […]Read more "Textures & patterns: Design inspiration"

Wow! Thanks to all of the new readers who left comments on our last Free Book Friday post! It’s always exciting when we know new people are visiting the Lerner Books blog.  A huge congratulations goes out to Suzanne Romero and Y. Rena Williams! You have both won copies of Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"