The Lerner Podcast

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Happy Purim, Grover!
It's Purim! Join Grover as he bakes hamantaschen, dresses up in his Purim costumes, listens to the story of Queen Esther and makes noise with his grogger when Haman's name is said.
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Afikotective
During the bear fam...

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Math All Around 
Math is everywhere in this paired fiction/nonfiction set designed to support young readers as they learn beginning math concepts.

Read for a Better World™
Read about Citizenship 
This series combines engaging examples and SEL connections to help students understand what citizenship means and how it ...

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The Color of Sound
Musical prodigy Rosie stops playing the violin, upsetting her ambitious mother but making room in her life for new experiences, including a glitch in space-time that lets her meet her mom as a twelve-year-old.https://lernerbooks.com/shop/isbn/9781728487779&utm_source=yt&utm_medium=link

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Best Believe 
Rhythmic verse presents three sisters who moved from Puerto Rico to New York City as children and grew up to be pioneering activists in their Bronx community, focusing on schools, libraries, and the arts. 
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The Rock in My Throa...

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Super Potato and the Return of Zort
Zort is back! When the Slug King escapes his outer-space prison, he heads to Earth with revenge in mind. Meanwhile, our hero has his hands full with Big Jaw, a metal-mouthed robber . . .
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The Climate Cris...

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Technology through the Ages
Ancient societies developed incredible inventions and complex techniques that continue to surprise scientists and historians today. Discover how ancient innovations laid the groundwork for modern technology in this fascinating and thoroughly researched series.
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 Meet Caitlin Donohue, author of Weed: Cannabis Culture in the Americas! This inclusive and comprehensive overview of cannabis in the Western Hemisphere uses interviews with medical researchers, educators, activists, artists, business leaders, and other experts to share the history and future of cannabis with young adults. In this video, Caitlin answers her most frequently asked questions and addresses what she thinks young adults ...

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Beyond Sex Ed: Understanding Sexually Transmitted Infections 
Young people account for almost half of the 26 million new sexually transmitted infections reported in the US each year. This timely and informative book outlines symptoms, treatment, and risk reduction practices for common STIs. 
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Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality 
A powerful true story about three Black girls—Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost—who courageously integrated a New Orleans school on November 14, 1960. Award-winning author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson brings this little-known event in the Civil Rights...

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Nature's Rule Breakers: Creatures That Don't Fit In 
Scientists often organize animals into categories based on similar traits and behaviors. But what if an animal doesn't fit in? Author Jessica Fries-Gaither introduces eight common categories and the animals that break those rules. 
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Forsooth 
Thirteen-year-old Calvin knows he’s destined to be a star. . . if he can just stop making embarrassing mistakes onstage, like getting stuck on a single line—‘Forsooth!’—during the school play. 
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A Pocketful of Stars 
When Safiya's mother falls into a com...

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Zhen Yu and the Snake 
A fortune teller warns a man that his daughter will be bitten by a snake on her wedding day. But fate intervenes when a stranger appears at the young bride’s door, and she performs a mitzvah. Based on the Talmudic tale of Rabbi Akiva’s daughter and a snake. 
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The Mexican ...

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Pull Ahead Readers - Let's Look at Fall 
Learn all about fall in this paired fiction/nonfiction series about our most colorful season. 

Early Bird Stories™Early Bird Readers — Yellow
Discover silly, fun, and simple stories perfect for building reading skill...

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Strikers: A Graphic Novel 
Flint, Michigan. 1986. Evan just wants to win a game. Bobby would rather fight than win. Hockey—and life—keep handing them losses, but together, they’ll find their reasons to keep taking the ice. 
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The First Invasion: Book 1 
Truly's parents are argu...

Today, we’re delighted to share with you the first episode of a new podcast, Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill. In response to legislation and other attempts to prevent young people from accessing uplifting LGBTQIA2+ content, author Lee Wind has turned the audiobook of his YA novel Queer as a Five Dollar Bill into a podcast. Listen to the first episode in our feed, then find Queer as a Five Dollar Bill wherever you get your podcasts. Bon...

Get an up-close look at new and already beloved picture books from a few of Lerner Publisher Services' exceptional publishing partners. During this free webinar, you'll hear from both US-based and international publishers about their most exciting picture books this spring.

Explore inclusive picture books about activism and changemaking, as well as a book of mindful haiku poems exploring twenty-four flower specie...

Are you looking for books that cover topics that have historically been hidden, covered up, or outright denied? Join creators Lee Wind, Paula Yoo, Don Tate, Natasha Donovan and Annette Bay Pimentel as they discuss recent publications covering LGBTQ history, violence against Asian Americans, how Black History Month came to be, lesser-known African American and Native American heroes, and disability rights activists. From picture boo...

Graphic novels have come a long way since their debut, being embraced by kids, librarians, and many teachers. The stigma about graphic novels not being “real” books is (almost) gone. But are educators using graphic novels to their full potential? What literacy skills can be practiced and honed using graphic novels? Which books are best for which purposes? Who still needs to be convinced that graphic novels have a role in promoting ...

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Walls and Welcome Mats: Immigration and the American Dream
Examine the United States' history of immigration, as well as the backlash that so many immigrants have faced, while also understanding the optimism that leads people to seek a better future in a new land.


Roads to Family: All the Ways We Come t...