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Grown-Up Reads

Overheard at the Office Party: What Everyone’s Reading

We asked some fellow parents what grown-up books they’ve read and loved recently. These were the titles they couldn’t stop buzzing about.

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Tips & Advice

8 Surprising Facts About Your Local Librarian

What you may not know about your local children’s or young adult (YA) librarian could fill, well, a library.

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Teen

Get Them to the Shelves: Young Adult Books for Boys

With their action-packed premises, abundant world-building, and quick pace, these novels are sure to hook even the most reluctant YA readers.

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Pre-K

8 Scrumptious Picture Books for Little Foodies

Do you have a child who loves food? (Or a child who you would like to love food?) These books are perfect for whetting their appetites for cooking, eating, and appreciating where food comes from.

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Tips & Advice

More Than Words: Why Reading Matters for Kids

We all know that reading matters, right? But just how much it matters and how it can impact our kids may be surprising.

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Just For Fun

Why I Love My Husband for Reading at Bedtime

Is there anything sexier than a guy who spends quality storytime with his kids? A dad who drops everything at night to spend quality time with his kids?

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Growing Reader

How to Help Your Child Transition to Chapter Books

Kids are usually excited to read chapter books because it marks their coming of age as a reader. Here are a few things you can do to help smooth the transition.

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Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice

What Reading Means to Me

Brightly contributor, Devon Corneal, shares what reading has meant to her — first as a girl, then as a woman, and now as a mom.

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Teen

Books Like The Hunger Games: 10 More Enthralling Young Adult Series

After you've devoured the Divergent and The Hunger Games series, what comes next? These thrilling YA books can capture any teen reader's imagination.

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Tween

Books Tweens Can’t Stop Talking About

We asked voracious tween readers to take their noses out of their books for five minutes and tell us what books they’d recommend to their friends. Here's what they had to say.