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

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

3 New Series for Makers

by Ashley Kuehl, Editorial Director of Lerner Publications I don’t know if you’ve heard, but makerspaces are kind of a big deal these days. Because we always like to supply our customers with what their young readers need and want, here’s a quick roundup of our new series for makers.Read more

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 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

5 Pet Books for Young Readers

By Sara E. Hoffmann, School & Library Series Managing Editor You know those kids who always have some kind of wild project going on? A lemonade stand. Starting a neighborhood newspaper. Building the Greatest Fort Ever. Yep, that was me. And memories of being that kid were what inspired me to write Ana and the […]Read more

Changing STEM to STEAM: Why Art Belongs IN the Sciences

By Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director of Twenty-First Century Books It’s a safe bet that educators know what STEM stands for: science, technology, engineering, and math. Recently, a fifth letter—A—has joined the familiar acronym. It stands for “art and design.” What, you might ask, does art have to do with the other sciences?Read more

Notes from the NSTA National Conference & Souvenirs I Didn’t Buy

by Ashley Kuehl, Editorial Director of Lerner Publications Last week I had the pleasure of attending my very first National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA) National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.Read more

13 Books to Celebrate International Women’s Day

By Mandi Janikowski, Editor Today is International Women’s Day! In celebration of all the awesome things women and girls can do, here is a roundup of Lerner titles that feature notable women. Read more

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

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