I love children’s books that take you into a child’s world and invite you to imagine what his or her life is like. Such books are a powerful tool for developing empathy. Lerner’s First Step Nonfiction—Communities series does just that, taking readers into the country, the city, and the suburbs to see how a typical […]Read more "On Empathy and Communities"

He’s got a good thing going. Free copy of any Carolrhoda Lab titles to ten randomly selected participants.Read more "Help Steve"

            This started out to be an entry about fig compote, but instead, it’s going to be about differences in literary sensibilities. Hmmm…. It all starts with the fact that I’m currently reading L’elegance du herisson (The Elegance of the Hedgehog) by French novelist and professor of philosophy Muriel Barbery, […]Read more "Of Figs and Hedgehogs"

Congratulations to Cathe Olson! She is our Lerner Fashion Week winner and will receive all five books from our new Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion series! Thanks to all who participated and stay tuned for another chance to win free books later this week!Read more "Lerner Fashion Week Winner"

Last year at about this time, we started receiving final art from Wes Thomas. He illustrated four books in our Cloverleaf Books Planet Protectors series. I always enjoy seeing final art up close, but it was especially fun in this case because the art is cut paper collage. It’s fascinating to see all those tiny […]Read more "Q & A with Illustrator Wes Thomas"

[I asked Senior Production Editor Martha Kranes to blog today.] As often happens at my job as a production editor at Lerner Publications, life intersects with work. Last January I decided to take salsa lessons to help spice up the long Minnesota winter. At the same time, I started working on Latin Dance in the […]Read more "Salsa Dip"

For our final day of Lerner Fashion Week, we’re taking a look at a staple in closets across America… blue jeans! Today kids, teens, and adults wear jeans on a regular basis, but that wasn’t always the case!The Little Black Dress and Zuit Suits: Depression and Wartime Fashions from the 1930s to the 1950s tells […]Read more "Lerner Fashion Week Day 5- Blue Jean Blues"

While New York Fashion Week is filled with designers who have probably been making their own clothes for decades, I’m lucky if I can hem a pair of pants! Fortunately for me, I don’t have to make my own clothes. That wasn’t the case though for families who lived in the 1700s and 1800s. This […]Read more "Lerner Fashion Week Day 4- Homespun and Homemade"

Hundreds of cartoonists flocked to the annual Small Press Expo last weekend, including Graphic Universe’s Carol Burrell, Colleen Venable, Zack Giallongo, and Shelli Paroline. While attending this usually happy event we received some shattering news: beloved publisher Dylan Williams had passed after battling cancer. Dylan was the driving force behind Sparkplug Comic Books, one the […]Read more "Comic Lovers Mourn the Passing of Dylan Williams"