by Erin Finnegan, editorial intern Continuing bravely on, I have a third artist spotlight. This time it’s Matt Wendt, the artist behind some of our Twisted Journeys series, including the reoccurring character Agent Mongoose. Q. What computer programs and/or what kind of pens, pencils and brushes do you use? A. I’m one of those old-school […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Shining a spotlight on: Matt Wendt"

[A few weeks ago, we heard from Marcia Marshall, Sandra Markle’s editor, in her blog post about their work together. Here’s Sandy’s side of the story.] I love those Go Behind the Scenes shows about the making of a movie. Well, this time you’re getting to go behind the scenes with me on the making […]Read more "Behind The Scenes with Sandra Markle"

My colleague Andrew Karre posted last week (Thursday December 3) about the future of the book. His entry reminded me of the interest generated recently by the auction of Cormac McCarthy’s typewriter (not pictured at left). The typewriter at left is an Underwood and is part of a collection of manual typewriters that belongs to […]Read more "Moving—or Not—into Modernity"

By Carol Hinz Editorial Director, Millbrook Press Thank you very much to everyone who entered the Gross Body Science Draw a Germ contest. We received a lot of entries, and the variety and creativity of the entries was fantastic! The judges had a very difficult job! Here’s a photo of just a portion of the […]Read more "Draw a Germ Contest—Winners!"

By Carol HinzEditorial Director, Millbrook Press The year 2009 was significant for this company—it marked Lerner’s 50th anniversary. But this year is also the 10th anniversary of the Words Are CATegorical series. I wasn’t working for Lerner when the series began, but in Harry Lerner’s memoir, Tenacity Well Directed, he shares the story of how […]Read more "10 Years of Words Are CATegorical"

By Sara Hoffmann Senior Editor The Best Dogs Ever (cover pictured), Lerner’s brand-new series about popular dog breeds, has made publishing news! It appeared in a recent article in Extra Helping, School Library Journal’s online newsletter. And it’s all because of the wonderful story behind the books’ dedications. As the article describes, Elaine Landau, The […]Read more "Best Dogs in the News"

Where will we read and on what is almost as big a question these days in publishing as what we will. Everyone is placing bets, and the last few months have been very interesting. Actually, I think the last few days have been extremely interesting on the future of the book front—maybe it’s just post-black-Friday […]Read more "The Future of the Book"

by Erin Finnegan, editorial intern Continuing on from last week, I have another artist spotlight. This time I interviewed Sandy Carruthers, the artist behind some of our Twisted Journeys books, as well as two of our Graphic Myths and Legends series. Q. What computer programs and/or what kind of pens, pencils and brushes do you […]Read more "GU Comics Day: Shining a spotlight on: Sandy Carruthers"

This past holiday weekend, I played the role of a herring. Yep, the small fish of the North Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea. A freelance editor I know who writes and edits for our Visual Geography Series (VGS) is also a filmmaker. She makes films on all kinds of topics. One of her recent films, […]Read more "A Fish Tale"