Educator Resources
Tips & Advice
6 Reasons To Visit the Library This Summer
If you're looking for some fun and free activities for kids, check out your local library's events calendar.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
9 Books to Help Kids Manage Their Fears and Phobias
Fear comes in many shapes and sizes. Thankfully, there are some great books available to help kids with their fears and phobias.
Tween
Time-Travel with Your Tween in These 6 Books of Historical (a.k.a. Pre-Wi-Fi) Fiction
There is a trove of amazing books of historical fiction that bring eras, events, and people to life in vibrant color for you and your tween to enjoy.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Reality Is Overrated: 5 Completely Insane Books You Should Read with Your Kid
Here are some of my favorite books for young readers where science and fantasy lose their minds and the odd and outlandish soar to weird new heights.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly's Summer Reading Fun Packs (2015)
From summer reading lists to learning games, printable activities, and road trip listens, find everything you need to make this a fun-filled, book-filled summer.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Required Reading for Wrestlers (in Training)
If your child is a WWE fan, or just enjoys flying off the top turnbuckle with wild abandon, here are some fantastic books about wrestling for kids of all ages.
Growing Reader
Stop the Slide! Summer Learning Loss Prevention Tips for 6- to 8-Year-Olds
Summer learning loss isn’t a myth. But just a few minutes of learning a day can keep kids’ brains from becoming sieves over the summer.
Tween
Summer 2015 Preview: The Best Books for 9- to 12-Year-Olds
If your kids complain they don’t have anything to read this summer, hand them one of these twelve amazing stories handpicked for kids from nine to twelve.
Pre-K
Ask the Librarians: What Are the Top 3 Books to Read Before Starting Kindergarten?
The librarians at the New York Public Library answer your questions. This time: fun and clever books for kids to read before starting kindergarten.
Growing Reader
Summer 2015 Preview: The Best Books for 6- to 8-Year-Olds
Your growing reader is finally ready to conquer books on their own and summer is a perfect time to get some extra reading in. Here are twenty great choices.
Teen
6 Great Websites for Teen Writers
Rather than bombard teens with fancy pens and motivational reading, direct them to a comfort zone: the Internet. These sites are great resources for future storytellers.
Pre-K
Summer 2015 Preview: The Best Books for Preschoolers
Although your littlest ones may not be reading chapter books yet, there’s no reason not to fill their summer with great stories.
