Lindsay Matvick

Nov 4, 2024 | globenewswire.com | Lindsay Matvick

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With book bans and censorship on the rise, Lerner Publishing Group is proud to present “Bands for the Banned,” a concert supporting the freedom to read diverse voices in schools and public libraries and to ensure free expression for all those silenced. Join Lerner and four Minneapolis bands for a night to rally support for librarians, authors, and artists on the front line of book challenges.

Oct 23, 2024 | globenewswire.com | Carole Weatherford |David Cooper |Lindsay Matvick

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This November, Carolrhoda Booksâ, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™, presents The Doll Test: Choosing Equality written by Young People’s Poet Laureate Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by David Elmo Cooper. In their so-called doll test, pioneering Black psychologists Kenneth Clark and Mamie Clark investigated the effects of segregation by presenting children with two Black and two white baby dolls.

Oct 1, 2024 | globenewswire.com | Irene Latham |Charles Waters |Mercè López |Lindsay Matvick

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This October, Carolrhoda Booksâ, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™, presents The Mistakes That Made Us: Confessions from Twenty Poets selected by award-winning authors Irene Latham and Charles Waters and illustrated by Mercè López. In this beautiful collection, twenty brave poets share real-life blunders they made as young people and reveal how they learned from them. Scoring a goal against your own team.

Sep 3, 2024 | globenewswire.com | Lindsay Matvick

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lerner Publishing Group announced today the acquisition of Sundance Newbridge Publishing from Globe Pequot Publishing. Sundance Newbridge, a publisher of supplemental literacy solutions for grades PreK-8, provides high-quality materials that instruct and engage students.

Aug 1, 2024 | globenewswire.com | Lee Wind |Lindsay Matvick

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This August Zest Books™, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group™, releases the second book of the Queer History Project The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie: Infinite Identities Around the World. This eye-opening piece of nonfiction takes readers on a journey to examine gender identity and representation throughout history and across cultures. Follow along with author Lee Wind, the founding blogger and publisher of I'm Here. I'm Queer.