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I Read Banned Books and So Do My Kids

In most areas of my life, I’m a rule-follower, but when it comes to books, I’m a subversive.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Delivering the Punch Line: The Sheer Delight of Reading Funny Books with Your Kids

When I don’t have the time or energy to be funny at home, I just take funny off the bookshelf. One of the best things about funny books is that they can be funny more than once!

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Tween

The 50 Best Books for 9- and 10-Year-Olds

What are the best books to keep 9-year-olds and 10-year-olds reading, learning, and coming back for more? We asked the experts to find out.

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Baby & Toddler

Pre-K

How Board Books Help Kids Develop Emotional Intelligence

Board books offer most young readers their first literary introductions to lessons in emotional intelligence — and these early lessons can last a lifetime!

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Grown-Up Reads

Tips & Advice

Tell Your Kids Stories — They May Just Remember Them Forever

My dad’s made-up stories were a source of joy to me throughout my childhood, adding a touch of magic to the realities of our long-distance connection. They remain one of my favorite memories of childhood.

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Growing Reader

Tween

Great Minds Don’t Think Alike: The Real-Life Inspiration Behind Fish in a Tree

Lynda Mullaly Hunt shares the learning difficulties she faced as a young student and how she overcame the feeling that "the other kids were just better."

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Tween

Reading Strategies and Book Suggestions for Struggling Readers

How can you help an older child who struggles with reading? Here you’ll find go-to strategies plus great book suggestions that are at a lower reading level yet still interesting to kids.

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Growing Reader

Tween

Helping Kids See Beyond Their Failures: A Chat with Fish in a Tree Author Lynda Mullaly Hunt

We chatted with Lynda Mullaly Hunt about her own struggles with reading as a child, the real-life teacher who changed her perception of herself and her path forward, and what we can all learn from our encounters with failure.

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Tween

Do You Know How Much I Love You? One Mom’s Journey Raising a Child with Bipolar Disorder

Loving someone who deals with a brain illness is one of the greatest challenges I’ve ever had to face as a mother, a wife, or an individual.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

7 Favorite Books to Read with Grandparents

In honor of Grandparents Day, we asked the Brightly Contributors to share the books their kids have loved reading most with their grandparents.

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Growing Reader

Tween

Brightly's Book Club for Kids: Fish in a Tree

Lynda Mullaly Hunt's Fish in a Tree is an emotionally charged story that captures the ups and downs of school, friendships, and the search for identity experienced by tweens and young teens.

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Tips & Advice

9 Fun Ways to Keep Kids Interested in Reading and Storytelling

Author Marjorie Ingall offers a simple methodology for getting kids interested in storytelling and helping them find their sweet spot when it comes to reading.

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