The Lerner Blog
Each season we share highlights from our favorite publishers. We love finding the best books from around the world and bringing them to libraries, bookstores, classrooms, and ultimately to the readers who love them. Here are the highlights from our publishers’ Fall 2021 titles!
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By Amy Fitzgerald, Editor
Confession time: I have a shamefully short attention span. When I think about certain books I read as a kid, I’m amazed that I had the patience to get through them. One recent evening, I got home from work, looked at the stack of verging-on-overdue novels I’d checked out from the library weeks earlier, thought “Nope,” and cued up the latest episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Read More
By Kayla Pawek, Editor
For most of the titles on our list, copyediting is the most straightforward part of the editing process. This is true because most of our books are leveled nonfiction. Our in-house copy editor knows that she’s responsible for fixing grammar spots, adjusting formatting, and ensuring text is appropriately leveled for the book’s target audience.
But fiction, especially high-low fiction (which we publish in our Darby Creek imprint), isn’t straightforward. It’s artistic, subjective, and varies in style from story to story. Read More
by Ashley Kuehl, Editorial Director of Lerner Publications
Do your students love coding, physical science, biographies, or robots? Here’s a quick roundup of the STEM series we published this season. Read More
By Lerner Publications Editorial Director Ashley Kuehl
I’m super excited about our new Mind Games series, which covers high-interest topics from astrological signs to dreams. It’s packed with fun facts, quizzes, personality tests, and more!
I’ve highlighted a few of the titles below, and you can find out what your learning style is by taking the quiz at the end of this post. Read More