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We reached out to fellow readers to find out their favorite books of 2016. Consider adding these fan-favorites to your own wish list before the holidays, or buying them with all those gift cards you receive as presents!
This month’s book club selection is a beautifully illustrated biography of Ezra Jack Keats that introduces kids to the boundary-breaking author and one of his most famous stories, The Snowy Day.
As 2016 draws to a close, we asked the Brightly contributors, who spend so many of their days and nights surrounded by children’s books, to reflect back on the stories that stuck with them.
If your child is a big fan of all things ninja, these picture books should delight your young reader (and maybe teach them a few new moves too).
Too few girls are getting the message that STEM fields are exciting, imaginative, and fun. Here are six things parents can do to get their daughters psyched about STEM subjects.
Just like a Christmas tree and the gifts under it, stories play a special part in holiday celebrations. These new Christmas classics are ones you'll love reading time and again.
Kids highly recommend these books that build empathy and understanding of our diverse world by allowing readers to walk in someone else’s shoes for a while.
In kids’ literature, fantasy is interpreted as a “safe zone” for young readers, where the author leaves the icky messiness of real life outside the wardrobe door. But not only is leaving out the icky messiness of real life unwise, it’s pretty much impossible. The icky messiness is what it’s all about.
Andrew Clements has dozens of titles to his name, from picture books to novels to early reader chapter books, including Frindle, a middle grade novel about the power of language and invention.
Tahereh Mafi is the author of Furthermore, a spellbinding middle grade novel about two kids on an epic and magical adventure.
Every adoption is a celebration, the culmination of a journey to create a family, and these picture books featuring adoptive families would broaden and diversify any family's bookshelves.
Tahereh Mafi's Furthermore is a color-rich, wonderfully imaginative story that will enchant readers to the very end. With characters you’ll love, and scenes as creative as can be, your topsy-turvy journey won’t soon be forgotten. Come along, won’t you?
