By Sara HoffmannSenior Editor 1. Spotted on the packaging for some lounge socks I recently purchased: “They pamper your feet while lounging around and are great for travel.” Hmmm … so can I expect to find my lounge socks kicking back in my living room someday, sipping lemonade? 2. From a container of steel-cut oats […]Read more "Five Reasons Why the World Needs Proofreaders"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press I just learned that Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures is an honor book for the 2011 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. This award is given annually by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Congratulations to author Rebecca L. Johnson! Congratulations to […]Read more "Thank You, Orbis Pictus Award Committee"

… but do we need to do a run of T-shirts for Blythe Woolston’s Morris Award speech? Better design ideas welcome: (front) (back) Apparently, Blythe was highly quotable in her “uproarious” and “inspiring” Morris acceptance speech.Read more "I’m not really a T-shirt guy, but…"

by Robyn Chapman,NY Editorial Assistant I love a good mystery, and here at Graphic Universe we have two lady detectives on the scene. There is the bookish guinea pig, Sasspants (or Detective Pants, as she does NOT prefer to be called)… …and the hip haikuist Megan Yamamura… I have a feeling both of them would […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Remembering Anne Francis"

On behalf of Blythe and all the YA sympathizers here at Carolrhoda Lab, thank you for making our year. Because I love to see where things started, I dug this up: Around sixteen months later, here we are. I’m speechless (and those who know me know how rare that is).Read more "Thank you, William C. Morris YA Debut Award Committee…"

For some reason, I’m unusually inclined to see parallels to editorial decision making in baseball, particularly in the early off season (so-called “hot stove” season) when general managers are bidding on free agents and making trades and then later in the winter, when the Baseball Hall of Fame balloting happens. Baseball is a hugely emotional […]Read more "Deciding what’s good"

In today’s fast-paced world of Facebook, Twitter, and social media you need to have a website that makes life easy for your customers. Well, we are proud to say that after months and months of hard work the all new http://www.lernerbooks.com is up and running. The site is also getting rave reviews from our customers […]Read more "Loving Our New Website"

by Robyn Chapman, NY Editorial Assistant It’s that time of year again! The year-end reviews are out, and Graphic Universe left its mark on 2010. Here is your handy guide to the best-of-the-best. Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye: Hamster and Cheese was a big winner this year! It was listed in the prestigious 2010 […]Read more "GU Comics Day: The Best of 2010"

By Diana Childress, TFCB author Call me an escapist. I love travel. And when I can’t go to distant places, I love delving into books about faraway people and places and imagining myself there. There’s a big bonus to such “armchair travel”: when you go by book instead of airplane, you can journey through time […]Read more "Long Ago and Far Away"