March is Women’s History Month, and a number of government institutions, including the Library of Congress and the National Archives, among others, are paying tribute to the amazing contributions of women through history. There are some great resources for teachers to check out. One very special resource is Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle […]Read more "Tillie Pierce and Women’s History Month"

The ceremonial drawing of names from a hat has been performed, and Jade Horn is the winner of the new You’re the Chef series from Millbrook Press. Send us your mailing address in an email to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com with the subject line “Free Book Friday,” and clear some space on your counter for these beauties: As for the rest of […]Read more "Free (throw) Book Friday!"

No, just kidding. But this past Monday, March 4, was indeed National Grammar Day in the United States. Editors and educators encourage people to make this a day to learn something new about grammar, style, and usage of language. If your Twitter feed is as writer- and editor-centric as mine, you probably saw the flurry […]Read more "Make Every Day National Grammar Day!"

March 3-9 is “Read an E-Book Week“ around the world. Okay, mostly in Canada, where the event originated, but also in Brazil [TeleRead]. Canada can be a trendsetter. Stranger things have happened. [Huffington Post. You will never look at librarians the same way again.] My first thought, upon discovering Read an E-Book Week, was “WHY CAN NO ONE […]Read more "One More Reason to Read an eBook (or ebook or e-book or E-Book or…)"

This post comes to you from Patrick Jones, librarian and author. We recently published his book The Main Event: The Moves and Muscle of Pro Wrestling. I asked Patrick to share his thoughts on the recent International Olympic Committee decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Games, beginning in 2020.The news that the wrestling will […]Read more "Olympic Smackdown"

If you survived the terrible pun of the subject line and your name is Mike Hornick, you’ve passed the final test to prove you’re worthy of a free copy of The Sin-Eater’s Confession! Email us at publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com to tell us your mailing address, and we’ll send you your prize. It will look like this, except in 3D. And […]Read more "Free Book Friday Marches On"

Well, I stand corrected! In the Marais today, I ran across a small bookstore called La Manoeuvre that’s part of the “Libraires de l’est parisien” group. The clerk there gave me a veritable lesson in French YA fiction, which, it turns out, is absolutely thriving. She sent me home with three of her favorites (covers […]Read more "Ooops! French YA Is Alive and Well"

As Oscar Wilde once wrote, “Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.” (Never fear, we’ll save the imaginary conversation with Oscar Wilde for another post.) For the past couple of days I’ve been reflecting on a short piece that asks the rhetorical question, “Can we make books fun again?” [Joanna […]Read more "Can We Delight in Digital Publishing?"

Ah, I’m on vacation as you read this, in the City of Lights. It’s probably my favorite city in the whole world. I love the way it smells here, I love the food, the history of fashion and art. The language (which I speak, hooray!). And, the bookstores! Wow. You wouldn’t exactly know the digital […]Read more "Hunting for YA in Paris"