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Jun 27, 2024 | 
jarrettlerner.com | Jarrett Lerner
I am beyond excited to reveal here the cover for the first book in a brand-new illustrated chapter book series of mine. Check it out below!The series, My Mad Scientist Mom, is all about Ari — that boy in the stinky orange T-shirt up there — and his Mom, Professor Fingerman, who is (as you might’ve guessed) a MAD SCIENTIST. Each book in the series sees Ari’s Mom attempting to solve one domestic problem or another with a mad science-y solution. In Saved by the Smell, the problem is laundry.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
jarrettlerner.com | Jarrett Lerner
I had a pretty busy end of January and start of February, and so it’s taken me a while to get around to sharing this news — but I am delighted to share that Nat the Cat Takes a Nap has been named an ALSC/ALA Notable Book!If you’re not super familiar with the world of children’s literature, this news might leave you with a few questions. Like, What’s the ALSC? And what about the ALA? And what does it mean when they say a book is “notable”?
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
jarrettlerner.com | Jarrett Lerner
It’s getting toward the end of the calendar year (hard to believe, I know!), and at the end of the year, all the Best Of lists begin to come out. And just a couple weeks ago, A Work in Progress appeared on a pretty big one.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
jarrettlerner.com | Jarrett Lerner
I had a very busy October, and that is why I am only coming on here now, in November, to share a whole bunch of very exciting stuff — specifically, a pair of cover reveals (one of which also happens to be a series reveal) and a paperback release date. First up, the cover reveal for Welcome to Scare School, the first book in my new series, Scare School Diaries:Welcome to Scare School is a chapter book — but save for its length, it’s very different from most chapter books you’ll open.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
jarrettlerner.com | Jarrett Lerner
Next week marks the start of this year’s Global Read Aloud, of which my illustrated novel in verse, A Work in Progress, is a part. (To learn more about this year’s Global Read Aloud and/or the project in general, you can click HERE and HERE.)Before things get underway, I wanted to make sure to once more share about some of the resources available to those reading and discussing the book (either now, for the GRA, or whenever in the future).
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
news.yahoo.com | Jarrett Lerner
Before we had kids, my wife and I talked about whether we were ready to do so. We were excited about the idea of starting a family, but I’d be lying if I said we weren’t nervous, too. We couldn’t have possibly imagined the countless ways having children would alter our lives, but we understood that our lives would forever change. There were moments when I wasn’t sure I could be a father, and that doubt left me terrified.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
today.com | Jarrett Lerner
Create your free profile or log in to save this articleAug. 21, 2023, 6:44 PM UTCBy Before we had kids, my wife and I talked about whether we were ready to do so. We were excited about the idea of starting a family, but I’d be lying if I said we weren’t nervous, too. We couldn’t have possibly imagined the countless ways having children would alter our lives, but we understood that our lives would forever change.
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Jul 14, 2023 | 
simonandschuster.com | Marcus Stroman |Jarrett Lerner |Lora Senf |Jamie Sumner
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Jun 14, 2023 | 
petnews2day.com | Daniel Husband |Jarrett Lerner
Nat the Cat Takes a BathBy Jarrett LernerSimon Spotlight, May 2023Grades P-K, Ages 3-5If you’re questioning why I’m examining an early reader in a comics online forum, please read my ideas on this series in my evaluation of the very first volume of the series. While this Nat story stands alone, early readers will be thrilled that Nat, Pat the Rat, and the storyteller have actually returned for another story. In this episode, Nat is expected to be taking a bath, however he’s not.
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Jun 11, 2023 | 
jarrettlerner.com | Jarrett Lerner
A little over a year ago, I shared some excited news about Missed Meal Mayhem, the first graphic novel chapter book in my Hunger Heroes series. The news was that the book had been nominated for an OTTER Award, one of three state book awards the book had been put up for. (You can read the original blog post about the OTTER Award HERE.) The OTTER Award, which is given out by the Washington Library Association, is an especially special award.
