Tips & Advice
Regulatory Activities To Implement for a Calmer Classroom
Helping kids regulate their emotions opens their capacity for learning and behavioral control. Here are some of our favorite activities to incorporate movement, breathing techniques, and grounding strategies into the classroom.
Tween
Books Like Harry Potter: 20 Series To Read Next
These highly recommended, highly addicting, can’t-put-‘em-down stories of adventure and fantasy are perfect for kids who love the Harry Potter series.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Delightful Bath Books for Kids
There are lots of great board books and picture books (including some waterproof ones!) that show kids just how fun bathtime can be.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Brightly Storytime: DK Pop-Up Peekaboo Series
Read along with these three great books from the DK Pop-Up Peekaboo series–Baby Animals, Butterfly, and Under the Sea--perfect for curious minds who love lift-the-flap books!
Growing Reader
Tween
Graphic Novels Elementary Schoolers Love
As an elementary school librarian, graphic novels were one of my favorite tools for helping reluctant readers get excited about checking out a book.
Tips & Advice
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on Raising Antiracist Children
Brightly had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi about his new books, what he's learned from raising his own daughter, and how to address racist ideas with your children.
Tween
Fractured Fairy Tales for Tweens
Readers of all ages can benefit from subversive takes on familiar classics. These reimagined fairy tales are perfect for tween readers.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Beautiful Picture Books From Black Illustrators
From soft watercolor brushstrokes and bold digital colors to expertly assembled paper collages, these eleven Black illustrators are masters of their craft.
Pre-K
23 Classic Children's Books for Preschoolers
These are the children's books you give as gifts or buy for your family, because borrowing them from the library and reading them once will never be enough.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Books for Children and Teens That Touch on Incarceration
Millions of children have been touched by incarceration. These stories help children deal with the emotional difficulty of being separated from those they love, and encourage compassion from children who don’t personally have a parent in jail.