Educator Resources
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Reading Through Trauma: How Story Helped Us Navigate Challenging Days
Every so often, despite the perfect ultrasounds, easy pregnancy, and crazy research that has ensured your delivery and baby and life with a newborn will go off without a hitch, things happen that are totally outside any realm of possibility you’ve ever imagined.
Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly's Book Club for Kids: Pax
Destined to be a classic, Pax highlights the special bond between a child and pet, and the lengths the two will go to reunite after they are separated. We dare you not to fall in love with this fox and his boy.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
7 Picture Books for Children Moving to a New Home
A few picture books go a long way to opening a discussion and helping children know what to expect before the big moving day.
All Ages
The Book’s the Thing: Shakespeare for Kids of All Ages
Books inspired by the Bard! These fun retellings can help make Shakespeare accessible and entertaining to kids and young adults.
Growing Reader
Tween
Class Read-Alouds Teachers and Kids Will Adore
The right class read-aloud (one that both students and teachers enjoy) can spark a love affair with books or introduce new interests in children.
Growing Reader
Tween
Pulling Together in Hard Times: A Q&A with Daniel James Brown
Daniel James Brown discusses this inspiring story of nine young men who bonded amidst a historic travesty, the perils of adapting a grown-up read for young readers, and more.
All Ages
The Jungle Book and Beyond: Wild Reads for All Ages
Before you take your kids to see Mowgli on the big screen, don’t forget to introduce them to Kipling’s classic along with some other wonderful animal tales.
Baby & Toddler
Perfect Interactive Books for Antsy Readers
To make things a little more fun and keep babies interested in reading while their physical development is in hyper-drive, try turning to interactive books.
Growing Reader
Tween
Reverso Poetry: Writing Verse in Reverse
Reading and writing reversos is a good way to make poetry fun for kids (and adults) who claim they don’t like poems — because they are perfect for sharing.
Just For Fun
How Visiting My Local Library Makes Me a Better Parent
I can sometimes be an impatient, scatterbrained, distracted parent. But when I'm at the library with my children, I feel certain I’m getting this one thing right.
Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly's Book Club for Kids: The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown's suspenseful nonfiction read is perfect for sports fanatics, dreamers, and anyone who loves a good underdog story.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Uniquely Ourselves: Inspiring Books on Autism for Kids, Tweens, and Teens
Did you know April is Autism Awareness Month? These books do a great job of informing young readers about autism while promoting acceptance of people on the spectrum of all ages.
