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Pre-K

Goodbyes Are Hard: A Mother's Many Feelings at School Drop-Off

Ariella Prince Guttman reflects on the odd mix of emotions around school drop-off that inspired her heartwarming new picture book Wherever You'll Be.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

5 Ways to Create an Inclusive Culture at Home

By incorporating these five perspectives into our parenting, we not only teach our children that it’s safe to ask us questions, but we also help them create a world in which every person feels valued and included.

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Tips & Advice

Adam Gidwitz on the Magic of Telling Stories to Your Child

After Adam Gidwitz's daughter had a frightful encounter with a fire alarm, he began to tell her stories — true stories about her experience. Over many months of telling that story, some magical things started to happen.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

4 Tips to Help Blended Families Connect

Blending a family doesn’t happen overnight. It's our job as parents to cut up the process into chewable moments to nurture a sense of safety that can ripen into feelings of family. Here are four tips to help blended families connect.

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Tween

10 Myths About Middle School-Aged Kids

Judith Warner, author of And Then They Stopped Talking to Me, confronts 10 things people believe to be true about middle school with expert advice and a more realistic approach to this difficult time of adolescence.

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Tween

Teen

New Year, New Outlook: Bee-ing Fearless in 2021

Mikaila Ulmer, author of Bee Fearless and founder of Me & the Bees Lemonade, examines the new perspective 2020 gave her and how she plans to be fearless in 2021.

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Tween

Author-Illustrator Lincoln Peirce on Max & the Midknights and Big Nate

Brightly had the pleasure of speaking with Peirce about Max, Nate, the roles gender and identity play in tween novels, and what's next for these lovable characters.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Dan Santat on What The Little Engine That Could Means Right Now

Brightly caught up with Dan Santat, illustrator of the 90th anniversary edition of The Little Engine That Could, about what the Little Blue Engine's mantra of "I think I can" means right now.

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Teen

Body Positivity Starts With Parents

Laura Zimmermann, author of the YA novel My Eyes Are Up Here, discusses how being a body positivity champion for your kids starts with applying that positivity to yourself.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Jon Klassen and His Many Hats

Brightly caught up with author-illustrator Jon Klassen, known for his trilogy of books that begins with I Want My Hat Back, to talk about hats and what’s next.

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Pre-K

How Author Derrick Barnes Prepared His Son for Kindergarten and Beyond

It's summer time, and the “Daddy’s Summer Get-Right Academic Camp” is in full effect.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Are You a Jasper or an Ollie? Author Alex Willan on Helping Kids Be Self-Aware

It takes a bit of self-awareness to recognize the effect our behavior has on the world around us. That’s the central message Jasper & Ollie, a new picture book by Alex Willan.

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