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March Family Book Club
Growing Reader
Tween

Brightly’s Book Club for Kids: The Seventh Most Important Thing

You'll will find a lot to love in Shelley Pearsall's middle grade novel about friendship, art, and compassion.

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Growing Reader
Tween
Teen

The Read Ahead: Kid Lit News & Views — March 2016 Edition

The Read Ahead is a new series on Brightly that aims to explore current events, trends, and unique views in children’s and young adult literature.

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Just For Fun

Happy Birthday to Brightly

As Brightly turns one, founders Christine and Amanda look back on the past year and how much we've grown in such a short time.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween

15 Authors Share Their All-Time Favorite Bedtime Stories

We asked fifteen awesome authors about the best bedtime books they have shared with their children or remember from their own childhoods.

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Baby & Toddler
Pre-K

5 Tips for Raising Imaginative Children

Author and early childhood education expert Erika Christakis shares five tips to help you open the imagination of your young child.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Hard Goodbyes: Books to Help Children Grieve the Death of a Pet

For many kids, the death of a cherished animal is often their first experience of losing someone they love. These books sensitively address loss and offer hope for children in grief.

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Tween
Teen

#OwnVoices: Why We Need Diverse Authors in Children’s Literature

Kayla Whaley, editor at Disability in Kidlit, explains why kids need to read books written by diverse authors, and shares five of her favorite #OwnVoices reads.

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Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader

5 Books That Teach Kids What It Means to Be a Kind Person

These five books (and one bonus pick) are great places to start raising children who are kind caretakers of the people around them.

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Tween

Advice from a Young Author: How to Get Kids Writing

Jake Marcionette, bestselling kid author of the Just Jake series for middle-graders, shares his tips for grown-ups looking to inspire kids to write more.

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Pre-K
Growing Reader

Math Stories Your Child Will Actually Enjoy

Reading math-related stories is an easy way to work mathematics into your child’s daily life — without it feeling like a school assignment.