by Anna CavalloEditor The calendar may say we officially have another week and a half of summer, but this year–at least in Minnesota–fall followed the cultural schedule and dutifully came with Labor Day weekend. The days are mild, the nights are suddenly chilly. Thanks to an early spring and a wet summer, we are enjoying […]Read more "You Know It’s Fall When…"

A gentle reminder, if I may? You really should come to this if you can. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to Liz. Or Leila. Or Jen. You might also be enticed by our keynote. And if all of this fails, and you need a schedule, well, stay tuned. We’ll be announcing it next week.Read more "KidLit Con 2010"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB With the school year starting, it’s so exciting to have a brand new pile of TFCB books to crow about. If you haven’t had a chance to read Betsy Bird’s wonderful write-up on her Fuse #8 blog about the Fall 2010 Lerner offerings (including those of TFCB and […]Read more "TFCB: Fall 2010 Is Here!"

A day that will live in teen infamy. A day that will never happen again. Yes, today is 90210, as in Beverly Hills 90210. And who says 90210 had no literary merit? No place on a book blog? Nonsense! Witness, Dylan McKay, Byron scholar: <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_DRH_8nTKpLY/TH_Um9qlX3I/AAAAAAAAAmQ/bhgYPxCB-R0/video1ff07f1c2af1%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none;" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('ebd043a7-d756-44c7-be2a-9821b34be9ba'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = […]Read more "9.02.10"

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, TFCB I’ve had my head in the clouds lately, reading a lot of material about outer space. It’s galaxies and nebulae that particularly intrigue me, and I recently learned that you can easily pick out the Orion Nebula in the sword of the Orion constellation just below the three […]Read more "NIGHT SKY"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press I am trying to forgive Greg for blogging about the website I Write Like before I had a chance to get to it. I can totally come up with another topic for a blog post on the spur of the moment. No hard feelings, though, really. Moving on . […]Read more "I Write Like, the Sequel"

By Sara HoffmannSenior Editor I thought I’d use my post today to reveal an editing secret I’ve discovered. (Well, OK … it’s not that much of a secret. I alluded to it once in this post already. And also, it wasn’t me who discovered it. A wise editor I worked with in the past shared […]Read more "A Trick of the Trade"

I mean, you probably already do read Read Roger if you’re reading this. But in case you missed it, I think there are some interesting comments (not just mine) on Roger’s excellent “The best of all possible worlds” post last week (points for Voltaire reference amid all the Mockingjay hubbub). My comments are pretty clear, […]Read more "Read Roger!"

by Connie Goldsmith [Note from Domenica Di Piazza, TFCB editorial director: I invited Connie Goldsmith to write a little about her three titles in our new USA TODAY Health Reports series, which is part of our Fall 2010 TFCB lineup.] [Connie, left, at Lake Tahoe, with sun hat, sunscreen, and clean hands] My critique partners […]Read more "Lesson Learned: Wash Your Hands!"