Reading opens so many opportunities for learning and growing. Learn with your favorite Sesame Street characters with these new fall titles!Read more "Sesame Street ® Reads!"
The story of the Elwha River in Washington State is one of both environmental harm and restoration involving advocacy, persistence, cooperation, and hope. Author Patricia Newman and illustrator Natasha Donovan tell this story in the new nonfiction picture book A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn. Patricia Newman joins us today to share how […]Read more "A River’s Gifts: An Interview with Author Patricia Newman"
“When will I ever use this?” Every STEM teacher has heard this question before and will likely hear it again. Answer your students with Teen Innovators: Nine Young People Engineering a Better World with Creative Inventions. This new nonfiction profiles nine YA innovators who discovered a problem, conducted research, and used STEM to solve the […]Read more "Teen Innovators: An Interview with Author Fred Estes"
In the new YA graphic novel by debut author Sofia Szamosi, readers follow Olive as she spends the summer before art school at a coveted internship helping one of the fashion industry’s elite digital-imaging specialists. After a glamourous New York photoshoot, she learns that taking pictures is only the first step andis thrown into the […]Read more "Unretouchable: An Interview with Author Sofia Szamosi"
September 18-24, 2022 marks Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read. Recent years have seen a significant rise in the number of book bans and challenges in both school and public libraries in the United States. In support of access to books, we’ve previously compiled a list of resources to combat […]Read more "Stand with the Banned: Observing Banned Books Week"
By Megan Ciskowski, Associate Publicist What do young adults get really excited about? Art, music, cosplay? The library is the perfect place to introduce teens to their next great love.Read more "Turning Heads with TeenTober"
Big Bear and Little Fish is a sweet story of unexpected friendship between Bear (who is very big!) and Fish (who is very little!), told in accessible prose that’s just right for beginning readers. Today on the Lerner blog, author Sandra Nickel joins us to discuss influential books, the emotive illustrations, and who she relates […]Read more "Big Bear and Little Fish: An Interview with Author Sandra Nickel"