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Free Book Friday!

Congratulations to Bigfoot who is the winner of Waga’s Big Scare written and illustrated by Samuel Hiti! Bigfoot, please send your mailing address to publicityinfo@lernerbooks.com and we’ll get your book in the mail for you just in time for Halloween! This week we’re paying tribute to our favorite libarians who taught us everything we know about the […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"
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Digital Potpourri 10/9

It seems like I’ve done eReader device comparisons more than a couple of times in the past year. The landscape has changed so much since 2011 and with even more options looming on the horizon, how can a consumer know which device is right for them? Luckily for me, Smon Hill over at Digital Trends […]Read more "Digital Potpourri 10/9"
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Pin It!

I gave in and signed up for Pinterest last week, mostly to feed my love of vintage fashion. In fact, did you know that last Monday (October 1, 2012) was the eighty-sixth birthday of the Little Black Dress (on display in 1950s Paris, below right)? You can learn more about the the story behind the […]Read more "Pin It!"
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Free Book Friday!

Congratulations to Kelly! She is the the winner of Dino-Football written by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by Barry Gott. The weather is getting cooler which means Halloween is just around the corner! In honor of our favorite sugar-filled holiday, one lucky reader will win Waga’s Big Scare written and illustrated by Samuel Hiti! Waga isn’t the biggest […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"
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Oh, Common Core….

This (perhaps obvious) thought arrived in my brain yesterday while discussing CCSS with my intelligent colleague Andrew Karre: Good literature existed before Common Core was written.     It seems the publishing industry is tripping over itself to put CCSS labels on a lot of its product. I’ve seen a number of school library publishers rolling out […]Read more "Oh, Common Core…."