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Zoo Scientists to the Rescue: From the Cutting Room Floor

By Senior Production Designer Erica Johnson Photographer Annie Crawley, senior graphic designer Emily Harris, and I had a great time putting together Zoo Scientists to the Rescue, a nonfiction book for middle-grade readers that Annie created with author Patricia Newman. Zoo Scientists highlights three scientists who are working to save endangered species. You can learn more about the […]Read more

The Civil Rights Movement and the Power of Teen Girl Activists

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books I was fascinated from the moment author Heather E. Schwartz first mentioned a group of black teen girls protesting for their civil rights in Georgia in 1963. These teen girl activists were locked up in a Civil War-era stockade in Leesburg, Georgia. What stood […]Read more

New for Fall: 5 Nonfiction Series on STEM Topics

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

Celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week with SEA OTTER HEROES Author Patricia Newman!

Sea Otter Heroes author Patricia Newman has been celebrating Sea Otter Awareness Week all month! Below are excerpts of some of her posts. Interview with Dr. Brent Hughes Dr. Brent Hughes is a marine biologist with the University of California at Santa Cruz-Long Marine Lab. Dr. Hughes discovered a new trophic cascade involving sea otters, […]Read more

Addressing Charlottesville with kids—New York Times recommends THE WHISPERING TOWN

In a recent piece, “How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville,” New York Times children’s book editor Maria Russo featured Jennifer Elvgren’s The Whispering Town among “children’s books about people — including kids — who helped in the fight against Nazis and against racism here in the U.S.” Based on a true story, The Whispering Town tells the story […]Read more

The Element of Surprise in Nonfiction Picture Books

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press What makes a kid (or an adult) pick up a nonfiction picture book? What compels them to keep reading? I can think of a few different answers to these questions, but today I’d like to focus on the element of surprise. Why? Because surprises help make books fun!Read more

Lerner and Crayola Present New Nonfiction Books for Kids

By Jill Braithwaite, Group Marketing Director We’re super excited to launch our new partnership with Crayola this fall! It has been great fun to be able to combine the creativity and inspiration Crayola products are known for with Lerner’s expertise in making high-quality and award-winning children’s books.Read more

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