Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
8 Books About Real-Life Kids Who Changed the World
Sometimes reading stories about one child’s brave act, creative spark, or quiet determination is enough to inspire my kids — or yours, or anyone’s — to believe that they have power just waiting to be discovered.
Tips & Advice
How Mother-Daughter Book Clubs Can Help Girls (and Moms!) Find Their Voice
I love books; I’m addicted to stories. So when my fourth-grade daughter received an invitation to join a Mother-Daughter book club, I was thrilled.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Helping Kids Be Exactly Who They Are — The Joy of Feel-Good Children’s Books
Author Todd Parr aims to create books that empower kids to be confident, determined, strong, and kind human beings.
Tips & Advice
The Importance of Raising Free-Range Readers
My first maternal instinct is often to shield, to do what I can to help my child avoid discomfort. But from the beginning, I was eager to share stories with my daughter that brought both smiles and tears.
Grown-Up Reads
Read the First Chapter of Bridget Jones’s Baby
Bridget's back ... and pregnant! But who is the father? We snagged an excerpt of the new book, Bridget Jones's Baby, so you can get a hilarious taste of what Bridget's been up to lately.
Growing Reader
Tween
Laugh as You Learn: 6 Series That Make History Fun(ny) for Kids
Books that deliver factual information with a dose of fun can help kids can make fresh connections with the past. These historical series combine humor with great storytelling.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Emily Winfield Martin on Daydreams, Drawing, and the Delight of Small Things
We chatted with Emily Winfield Martin, author of The Littlest Family's Big Day, about dreams big and small, her favorite critters from children’s literature, and the power and peril in being little in a big world.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
What Should You Say When Your Child Tells You They’ve Been a Bystander to Bullying?
At some point every kid will be a bystander to bullying. Author Rosalind Wiseman offers tips on what to tell young people when they encounter this difficult situation.
Pre-K
Storytime Video: With Any Luck, I'll Drive a Truck
In this installment of Brightly Storytime we’re taking With Any Luck, I'll Drive a Truck out for a spin! Read along with this imaginative new picture book filled with vehicle-inspired adventures.
Tween
Teen
Marie Lu’s New Favorite YA and Middle Grade Reads
Bestselling author Marie Lu shares some of the new teen and middle grade books that she’s loving right now and thinks readers will too.