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The Ocean’s Heart: An Interview with Author Jilanne Hoffman

Every night zooplankton race to the ocean’s surface to feed on tiny plants called phytoplankton, creating the largest migration of animals on Earth. The Ocean’s Heart: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life by Jilanne Hoffmann and illustrated by Khoa Le takes readers on an unforgettable journey as these zooplankton bring nutrients from the surface down […]Read more

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Béisbol Begins: An Interview with Author Ramon Olivera

Ramon Olivera hits it out of the park with Béisbol Begins: How Nemesio Guilló Brought Baseball to Cuba! This picture book biography follows Nemesio as he travels from his home in Havana, Cuba, to a school in Alabama and falls in love with baseball. When he returned in 1864, he brought a baseball bat in his luggage […]Read more

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March Happy Book Birthday

We are excited to share the March new releases from Lerner Publishing Group. These titles emphasize themes of togetherness, the environment, achievement, and storytelling to help young readers understand the world around them and welcome in the spring.Read more

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Books to Resource Your Community in Today’s Current Events

If you are struggling to know how to talk to kids about ICE, you’re not alone. Some of the books below are ones that you don’t want to need, but your community needs them now. Others are stories of the immigrant and refugee experience, because humanizing people is important for helping all children to feel […]Read more

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Starstruck: 2025 in Review

Looking back, Lerner has seen some amazing years publishing exceptional fiction and nonfiction for K–12 readers. But 2025 has been a year unlike any we’ve seen! Our titles earned an extraordinary 57 starred reviews, and our distribution partners earned another 8. Explore the celebrated picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction, graphic novels, and […]Read more

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Happy Book Birthday: November New Releases

Take a look at the new titles releasing today to help young readers usher in the winter season!Read more

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So Rude!: An Interview with Author Jessica Fries-Gaither

Humans have rules for how to behave, but sometimes animals need to break those rules to survive. So Rude!: Animals Behaving Badly introduces seven human behavior rules and the animals that break them! Scarlet kingsnakes lie; they pretend to be venomous coral snakes to scare off predators. And hippos make a mess; they spray waste […]Read more

Happy Book Birthday: October New Releases

Check out these new titles releasing today to help young readers fill the shorter fall days!Read more

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Rewriting the Rules: An Interview with Author Danna Zeiger

As someone with cerebral palsy who runs a lab to help others with cerebral palsy, Dr. Kathleen Friel is rewriting the rules, defying expectations, and opening up new possibilities for herself and others. Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability is the incredible true story of how […]Read more

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