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Becoming a gran exhilarated me with a new purpose. The change was so big and granular and unexpected, I wanted to understand it. So I took out my reporter’s notepad and a tape recorder and set off on a journey, a quest, to find out what was happening to me.
As I began to read, the smell of the books and the words of the poem truly made me teary. I could remember my mom reading it to me. I could remember each and every line after all these years.
We asked Brightly readers to share the best bits of wisdom passed down to them by their moms. These were some of the best answers we heard.
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When Jarrett J. Krosoczka isn't thinking up hilarious plot twists in his Lunch Lady graphic novel series, he writes and illustrates a variety of picture and middle grade books, and hosts “The Book Report with JJK."
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Books inspired by the Bard! These fun retellings can help make Shakespeare accessible and entertaining to kids and young adults.
These sweet, funny, and oh-so-real animal facts prove that there are parenting lessons to be found among all species — humans, bees, and sharks alike.
Shakespeare’s plays are rife with beautiful, meaningful names that would make for great present-day baby names.
Hudson Talbott, author-illustrator of Picturing America: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Art, discusses why he shares humor through art, the value of encyclopedias, and more.
