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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.

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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.

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Tips & Advice

Why I Love My Local Bookstore

In an age of mass market everything, our local bookstore is an oasis.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Teen

17 of the Most Exciting YA Books to Read in 2017

There is truly something for every lover of YA books in 2017, whether that reader enjoys things quirky and magical, extra-real real, wild, or world-building.

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Tween

17 Middle Grade Books to Look Forward to in 2017

Check out our list of incredible 2017 middle grade books! We’ve found 17 brand-new stories coming out in 2017 that we think tweens will love.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

17 Picture Books Not to Be Missed in 2017

2017 boasts new picture books from bestselling authors, funny debuts, poetry collections, inspirational biographies, and much, much more.

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Growing Reader

Tween

Illustrators Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson on Giving A Poem for Peter Its Visual Depth

We chatted with the illustrators behind A Poem for Peter about how they reacted when they found out they’d be working on the book, why collage is so exciting to create, and what even the most experienced artists can learn from children.

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