Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
How to Help Teens Choose the Right College
The authors of The College Conversation recommend parents, caregivers, and students align the qualities of a prospective college or university with what matters most to them as individuals — providing a rubric and helpful conversation starters.
All Ages
9 Fun Halloween Ideas for Kids That Go Beyond Trick-or-Treating
You can still have a memorable October 31st this year! Here are some fresh and festive ways to celebrate Halloween while staying safe and healthy.
Baby & Toddler
7 Books on Bravery for Babies & Toddlers
These seven books showcase a variety of ways real-life people, pets, and characters demonstrate bravery in everyday life.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tips for Setting Up Your Classroom Library for Success
Setting up a classroom library with an appealing and user-friendly collection of books goes a long way towards helping kids enjoy reading. These tips can help set you up for success.
Pre-K
11 Books About Bravery for Kids Ages 3 – 5
The stories on this list are full of brave characters — from bears to superheroes to spunky preschool kids themselves — perfect for showing 3- to 5-year-olds that bravery comes in all shapes and sizes.
Growing Reader
Books on Bravery for Kids Ages 6 – 8
These 10 stories will inspire and encourage kids to be brave.
Tween
12 Middle Grade Books That Celebrate Bravery
These 12 kid-approved stories with brave and heroic characters span genres — including contemporary fiction, historical fiction, adventure, and nonfiction.
Teen
11 YA Books on Courage and Bravery
Being brave can be as simple as being who you really are – which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a common theme in some of today’s best YA.
Pre-K
Vanessa Roeder’s The Box Turtle Is the Lesson in Resilience We All Need
A lesson in resilience, The Box Turtle is a great example for little readers to look to when their confidence is a little shaky.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Brightly Storytime: Vlad the Rad
We're gearing up for Halloween with a special reading of Vlad the Rad, a totally awesome picture book sure to delight your little ghosts and goblins.