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Free Book Friday!

Congratulations to Ben Anderson! He is the winner of our brand new My Favorite Horses series from Lerner Publications! With the big ALA and YALSA award announcements coming on Monday, we wanted to honor last year’s William C. Morris YA Debut Award-winning author Blythe Woolston! If you loved The Freak Observer, wait until you get […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"
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Passing the Torch

One more thing that caught my eye today: a reflection from Katherine Paterson on her two years as the National Ambassador For Young People’s Literature. It’s worth a read even if Bridge to Terabithia didn’t reign over your tween reading favorites as it did mine. Paterson’s lofty goals for her tenure as Ambassador (“I wanted […]Read more "Passing the Torch"
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Game-Changer?

Revolutionary, a new era, a reinvention. These are the words being used to describe Apple’s new iBooks 2 and iBook Author software, unveiled today at the Guggenheim in New York. Check it out: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/50255-apple-enters-the-textbook-self-publishing-market.html iBooks 2 will allow for a more interactive textbook learning experience, and likely a cheaper one (depending on whether someone already […]Read more "Game-Changer?"
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2008, the year of the image

Three significant things happened for me in 2008: My son was born; I began working at Carolrhoda; and I got serious about photography. All three are actually quite related. I wanted this job for lots of reasons, but one of them was so that I could make books that my son would be interested in […]Read more "2008, the year of the image"
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No content for your iPad? Apple may have the solution. Lerner Digital definitely does!

Apple has organized an “education announcement” that will take place at the Guggenheim museum in New York on Thursday. While the details of the event remain a mystery, internet speculation is pointing to the release of a “GarageBand for e-books” software that will allow authors to publish direct-to-digital content. In the same way that GarageBand […]Read more "No content for your iPad? Apple may have the solution. Lerner Digital definitely does!"
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Chinese New Year

Are you ready for Chinese New Year? It’s one week from today! 2012 will be the year of the dragon. For spring 2012, we have a new set of books in the Cloverleaf Books brand, our nonfiction picture book brand for grades K-2. The new set is all about Holidays and Special Days. Chelsea’s Chinese […]Read more "Chinese New Year"
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Free Book Friday!

Congratulations to @missmillie78, Marcelino Ugalde, and Jenn Koehler! You have all won copies of The White Zone by Carolyn Marsden! This week, one lucky reader will win our brand new My Favorite Horses series from Lerner Publications! My Favorite Horses is sure to appeal to kids with a passion for horses and riding. Each title […]Read more "Free Book Friday!"
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Problems Chip Hilton never had…

“If the sport of football ever dies, it will die from the outside in. It won’t be undone by a labor lockout or a broken business model — football owners know how to make money. Instead, the death will start with those furthest from the paychecks, the unpaid high school athletes playing on Friday nights. […]Read more "Problems Chip Hilton never had…"
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Author Interviews

Pioneer Trina Robbins Interviewed in Popular Comic Book Website

One of Graphic Universe’s most acclaimed writers—Trina Robbins—author of the popular Chicagoland Detective Agency series and the highly praised single title Lily Renée, Escape Artist—was recently interviewed by the esteemed comic book website CBR (Comic Book Resources). Interview. CBR, a pillar in the comic book community, has numerous awards to their credit, including a 2011 […]Read more "Pioneer Trina Robbins Interviewed in Popular Comic Book Website"