
The Read Ahead: Kid Lit News & Views — March 2016 Edition
The Read Ahead is a new series on Brightly that aims to explore current events, trends, and unique views in children’s and young adult literature.
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The Read Ahead is a new series on Brightly that aims to explore current events, trends, and unique views in children’s and young adult literature.
As Brightly turns one, founders Christine and Amanda look back on the past year and how much we've grown in such a short time.
We asked fifteen awesome authors about the best bedtime books they have shared with their children or remember from their own childhoods.
Author and early childhood education expert Erika Christakis shares five tips to help you open the imagination of your young child.
For many kids, the death of a cherished animal is often their first experience of losing someone they love. These books sensitively address loss and offer hope for children in grief.
Kayla Whaley, editor at Disability in Kidlit, explains why kids need to read books written by diverse authors, and shares five of her favorite #OwnVoices reads.
These five books (and one bonus pick) are great places to start raising children who are kind caretakers of the people around them.
Jake Marcionette, bestselling kid author of the Just Jake series for middle-graders, shares his tips for grown-ups looking to inspire kids to write more.
Reading math-related stories is an easy way to work mathematics into your child’s daily life — without it feeling like a school assignment.
We chatted with illustrator Tim Miller about Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book), his “secret artistic formula,” and more!