Just For Fun
Victoria Justice’s Favorite Books as a Kid — and What She’s Reading Today
Brightly was thrilled to check in with Victoria to learn more about her passion for reading and find out what some of her all-time favorite books are.
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Growing Reader
12 Class Read-Alouds Teachers and Librarians Should Check Out
These new books for preschoolers and early elementary schoolers are certain to bring laughs, captivated stares, and joy, and are even better as read-alouds.
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Growing Reader
Bookshelf Must-Have: My First Coding Book
Coding is an integral part of many of the things we see, experience, and engage with every day. Our latest Bookshelf Must-Have pick teaches kids as young as five the basics of computer programming and shows them how coding fundamentals are all around us.
Tween
11 of the Best Friendships in Middle Grade Lit
Middle grade books are full of beautiful friendships that teach us about strength, forgiveness, courage, loyalty, and love.
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Growing Reader
Brightly Storytime: Here Comes Teacher Cat
Read along with Here Comes Teacher Cat, a charming picture book about adorable kitties who have an unexpectedly fun day at school.
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Meet the Illustrator: Chris Eliopoulos
In this installment of Meet the Illustrator, the author-illustrator known for his distinctive work on the Ordinary People Change the World series shares how he fell in love with writing and illustrating, ponders his love of monsters, and draws a self-portrait in his signature style.
Grown-Up Reads
How Reading Picture Books Helps Me Cut Through the Noise of Autism
In this excerpt from Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, Naoki Higashida describes the moment when reading picture books “clicked” for him as a child with nonverbal autism.
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Growing Reader
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Teen
The Best Children’s and YA Books of August 2017
From an underwater retelling of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” to sparkly unicorns, wicked bugs, and twisty magic, there’s lots of reading fun to be had this month.
Just For Fun
Grown-Up Reads
If You Were a Teen in the ’80s or ’90s, You’ll Love These Books
If you're nostalgic for the kinds of books and entertainment you fell hard for in the 1980s and 1990s, check out these rad new adult and YA reads.
Just For Fun
That Feeling When You Re-Read Books from Childhood as an Adult
In this comic, Siobhán Gallagher perfectly captures the joy that is re-reading a beloved story from childhood as an adult.
