Educator Resources
Tween
A Good Scare: How Horror Books Can Help Kids Conquer Their Fears
It’s confidence-building to be bold and conquer the things that frighten us — and a scary book can help kids do just that.
Growing Reader
Tween
Listen Up: 3 New Audiobooks Your Kids Will Love
These three new audiobooks are standouts for their awesome stories, entertaining narration, and enormous kid-appeal. Give them a listen with your growing reader or tween today.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Great Reads To Celebrate Black History Month With Kids and Teens
From illustrated biographies to seldom-seen profiles to stunning prose, these stories help bring Black history to life for kids.
Tips & Advice
Building a World of Empathy Through the Simple Yet Profound Act of Reading Aloud
Reading aloud can provide a pathway for a child to build an empathetic life. By reading together, and talking about different characters, ideas, and themes, we can help create a sense of self-awareness and an awareness of others.
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Celebrating Black Authors Past and Present: Favorite Reads and Soon-to-Be Classics for Young Readers
The Brown Bookshelf celebrates and shares the infinite stories Black creators have to tell. Here, five Brown Bookshelf team members reflect on favorite works from children's authors past and present.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
20 Sight Word Games, Activities, and Reading Ideas
Knowing sight words at a glance makes reading easier. Here you’ll find sight word games, apps, multi-sensory activities, and reading ideas.
Tips & Advice
Why I Love My Local Bookstore
In an age of mass market everything, our local bookstore is an oasis.
Growing Reader
Tween
Far Out! Author David A. Aguilar On Depicting Never-Before-Seen Outer Space Discoveries for Kids
From alien invasion to asteroids, author David Aguilar uses one-of-a-kind images to explore outer space and the impact interstellar objects could have on our planet.
Growing Reader
Tween
How To Stay Engaged with Your Reader as They Grow
As our children get older, and are being taught reading in school by professionals, what can we do to stay engaged with them as readers? Here are some tips.
Tween
Brightly’s Book Club for Kids: The War That Saved My Life
Our latest book club selection is a Newbery Honor winner from bestselling author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley that has received rave reviews from kids and adults alike. We hope you’ll find it as inspiring and engaging as we do.
Grown-Up Reads
The Best Books of Early 2017
You’ll want to add these fantastic new fiction and nonfiction books to the very top of your 2017 “to read” pile.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
Win at Losing: How to Help Kids See Success in Their Failures
Author Sam Weinman explains that it's challenging, but crucial, to show children that failure and loss are often experiences we need to grow and learn.
