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5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep

A guest post by Melissa Stewart Many teachers and students seem to think that writing nonfiction requires nothing more than doing some research and cobbling together a bunch of facts, but nothing could be further from the truth. To dispel this alarming myth, fifty of today’s most celebrated authors for children have come together to […]Read more

Introducing: 5 Kinds of Nonfiction with Melissa Stewart!

A guest post by Melissa Stewart Back in 2017, I proposed a five-category system for classifying children’s nonfiction on my blog, and the response was incredible. Teachers loved it. So did librarians and children’s book authors and editors. People praised the clarity it brought to the range of children’s nonfiction available today.Read more

Six Books You Don’t Want to Miss

Here’s a roundup of some delightful titles that we don’t want you to miss!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

The Illustration Process and Meet My Family! [Guest Post by Stephanie Fizer Coleman]

Meet My Family! Animal Babies and Their Families illustrator Stephanie Fizer Coleman shares her process for creating the art for this adorable picture book. Read more

Sea Otter Heroes Receives Sibert Honor

By Libby Stille, Associate Publicist This morning at the American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards, Patricia Newman’s Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem was named a 2018 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book! The Sibert Medal and Honors are awarded annually to outstanding informational picture books for young readers.Read more

Nonfiction Books and the Creative Process [Part 2]

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press and Carolrhoda Books Earlier this month, I shared the creative process behind two nonfiction picture books. You can read that post here. Today I asked three authors to give a peek inside how they created their photo-driven nonfiction books. Read more

Elements of Excellent Science Books

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press I want to talk a little about what makes an excellent science book for children. I could probably say even more on the subject, but I’d like to at least put some ideas out there. A key point of reference is Melissa Stewart’s December 2015 blog post […]Read more

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