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Go Beyond the Printed Page

Go Beyond the Printed Page

Page Plus™ takes readers beyond the book and connects them to online multimedia content – photos, videos, audio, and augmented reality that add to the reading experience. Readers simply scan a QR code or type in a URL to listen to elephants communicating, watch videos of vehicles in action, get extra step-by-step instructions for makerspace […]Read more "Go Beyond the Printed Page"
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Spring Fun With Crayola®!

By Megan Ciskowski, Assistant Publicist Spring is on its way and so are all the Crayola® colors! The refreshing green of budding leaves and the joyful yellow of daffodils can all be reflected on your bookshelf with the latest titles from Crayola®! Vibrant photography and engaging text explore STEAM and coding through the lens of […]Read more "Spring Fun With Crayola®!"
Active Coding for Sports Fans

Active Coding for Sports Fans

This spring, Lerner Publications launched a new active nonfiction series called Sports Coding Concepts, step-by-step guides for understanding and practicing coding fundamentals such as algorithms, looping, conditionals, and bugs and errors. These are completely unplugged coding titles, meaning readers don’t need a device or a screen of any kind to try out the projects themselves. […]Read more "Active Coding for Sports Fans"
5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Active Nonfiction

5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Active Nonfiction

This fall, Lerner published Girl Code Revolution and the Vidcode Coding Hacks series. These titles are active nonfiction, providing step-by-step instructions to create animations, filters, memes, and more, and provide an online sandbox so readers can practice what they’ve learned. Additionally, Girl Code Revolution highlights some of the amazing women coders that have existed throughout […]Read more "5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Active Nonfiction"
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Just For You! Coding Infographic

Did you know? Learning to code has other benefits for students beyond the technology aspect. Even if students don’t grow up to be programmers, learning to code also teaches them how to collaborate, communicate, think critically and logically, problem solve, edit, and pay attention to details. Discover great resources for teaching coding online and off […]Read more "Just For You! Coding Infographic"
Coding Is Definitely a Literacy

Coding Is Definitely a Literacy

This week, SLJ shared in an opinion column that Coding Is a Literacy. “School librarians are especially pivotal in coding literacy because, as with any other language, the age of acquisition for any language matters. Librarians are uniquely placed in schools with students from their early years, long before children have access to computer science […]Read more "Coding Is Definitely a Literacy"

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