Happy Book Birthday: New Picture Books, Nonfiction, and YA
Check out September 1 new releases from Lerner Publishing Group!Read more "Happy Book Birthday: New Picture Books, Nonfiction, and YA"
Remembering Biologist Lincoln Brower, Advocate for the Monarch Butterfly
By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Have you spotted any monarch caterpillars or butterflies lately? We currently have three chrysalides at my house hanging from the top of a mesh butterfly habitat, and one rapidly-growing caterpillar who has been munching through milkweed leaves harvested from our backyard. They’ve been on […]Read more "Remembering Biologist Lincoln Brower, Advocate for the Monarch Butterfly"
“This Award Has Undone Me”: Patricia Newman’s Sibert Honor Speech
Today we share the speech author Patricia Newman gave last month at the Sibert Committee lunch at ALA. She received the Sibert Honor for Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem.Read more "“This Award Has Undone Me”: Patricia Newman’s Sibert Honor Speech"
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Reading Like a Writer: What Authors Read for Inspiration [Part Two]
By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Recently, Laura Purdie Salas, Chris Barton, and Sara Levine talked a little about their reading habits. You can find that post here. Today I’m pleased to share three more contributions to this series!Read more "Reading Like a Writer: What Authors Read for Inspiration [Part Two]"
Reading Like a Writer: What Authors Read for Inspiration [Part One]
By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books I’ve been thinking lately about the importance of reading in shaping a person’s writing skills. Before we can write well, we first have to see good writing and then absorb it through a mysterious osmosis-like process. This is certainly true for authors and editors, […]Read more "Reading Like a Writer: What Authors Read for Inspiration [Part One]"
My New Favorite Anti-Bullying Book
A children's book editor's take on her new favorite anti-bullying book.Read more "My New Favorite Anti-Bullying Book"
Happy Book Birthday! New Picture Books, YA, and Graphic Novels
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Warm Up Makerspaces This Winter with a Hot Cocoa Bar
By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor What are chilly February days perfect for? Making something warm and delicious in a makerspace, that’s what! Courtesy of Lerner Publications’ Party Time series, below are instructions on how you can transform a makerspace into a hot cocoa bar for an afternoon.Read more "Warm Up Makerspaces This Winter with a Hot Cocoa Bar"
Poetry, Race, and Art: A Conversation with Selina Alko, Sean Qualls, and Nina Crews
By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books While working on the books Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship and Seeing into Tomorrow: Poems by Richard Wright, I couldn’t help noticing commonalities between the two. Both are volumes of poetry and both explore race and identity. Yet the books differ […]Read more "Poetry, Race, and Art: A Conversation with Selina Alko, Sean Qualls, and Nina Crews"
