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Help at Home, 4/8/20

Art St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Coloring Book Mindful that patients and other kids are hearing scary-sounding news about the coronavirus, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has created a coloring book intended to help give them a better understanding of the infectious agent behind the pandemic. It’s available as a download from their website.Read more

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Happy Book Birthday: New Picture Books, Middle Grade and YA

by Megan Ciskowski, Assistant Publicist Check out April new releases from Lerner Publishing Group!Read more

Help at Home, 4/1/20

We are continuing the practice we started a few weeks ago of using this space to share resources. This week, we have art lessons, several read-alouds, craft ideas, and much more!Read more

Sheltering in Place: My Kids on Their Lives Now & Books They Recommend

by Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books I hope everyone reading this post is doing well in these strange and sometimes scary times. My two kids–O., age 9, and M., age 6–had spring break in mid-March, followed by an additional week off. I interviewed them for the blog back in 2017, […]Read more

Help At Home, 3/25/20

We are continuing the practice we started last week of using this space to share resources. This week, we have several read-alouds, DIY makerspace ideas, virtual field trips, and much more!Read more

Help at Home, 3/18/20

As lifelong learners, we know we don’t know everything. We are planning on using this space to share online resources that could help keep everyone learning and engaged as we navigate this unprecedented time.Read more

The Design Behind Follow Those Zebras

by Lindsey Owens, Designer Editor’s Note: We at Lerner recognize that the spread of COVID-19 and the need to practice social distancing during this time have made many routines, such as visiting a zoo or even going to school, unsafe. We plan on continuing to use this space to talk about books, but also share […]Read more

A Spark of Inspiration: How Flash and Gleam Came to Be

by Jordyn Taylor, Assistant Editor for Carolrhoda Books and Millbrook Press For those who are stuck at home, I wanted to try to shed a little light on your day with this new book. I enjoy editing picture books because each one is different. And each one also comes about in a unique way, which […]Read more

If We Were Gone: Imagining the World without People

by Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books John Coy and Natalie Capannelli’s new picture book, If We Were Gone: Imagining the World without People, is not your average picture book. In a review, Publishers Weekly called it a “disturbingly beautiful dystopian meditation.” When John, Natalie, art director Danielle Carnito, and I were working on […]Read more