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Tween

Brightly’s Book Club for Kids: Harbor Me

Our new Book Club for Kids pick, Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson, is a beautifully written, timely middle grade book that packs a big emotional punch.

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All Ages

Easy Ways To Encourage Your Kids To Read More

How can you get your kids to read more this year? We've rounded up fun and easy ways to encourage your kids to engage with books, no matter their age.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Winter Printables and Activities

Snow days mean you need activities to keep kids busy! Stay warm inside with these winter-themed activities.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Tween

Bookish Fun for Winter: A January Reading Challenge for Kids

Kickstart the new year by resolving to read more great books! Use these ten reading challenges to help guide the way.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

Tween

Walking in a Bookish Wonderland: A December Reading Challenge for Kids

This month’s reading challenge encourages kids to celebrate their year in reading, continue cozying up with new stories, and make some space on their bookshelves as the year draws to a close.

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Tips & Advice

A Parent’s Survival Guide to Reading the Same Picture Book for the 100th Time

When your kid wants to read the same story each night for weeks on end, turn to these ten strategies to make it through and still enjoy it afresh.

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Tween

An Educator’s Guide To Building Empathy With Books

Download and print this free Educator’s Guide filled with discussion questions and activities that help students explore themes like empathy, compassion, and inclusion through middle grade stories.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

A Printable Educator’s Guide to the Llama Llama Books

Use these Llama Llama-inspired strategies and activities to dive deeper into Anna Dewdney’s series and expand your students’ reading comprehension, critical thinking skills, and emotional development.

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Pre-K

Growing Reader

8 Books to Teach Children About the Habits of Scientists

Use these books in the classroom to help explain and give compelling examples of how real (and fictional!) scientists ask questions, hypothesize, design experiments, overcome obstacles, and communicate their findings.

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Tween

Teen

Brightly’s Book Club for Kids: Hoot

Our new book club selection is an environmental adventure story that shows kids the power of standing up for what you believe in.

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Tween

A Printable Educator’s Guide to Graphic Novels

This free Educator’s Guide contains easy-to-apply discussion questions (and a “make your own graphic novel” activity) to enrich your curriculum and help students get the most out of any graphic novel.

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Tween

A Printable Educator’s Guide to Matilda

The activities in these Common Core-aligned lesson plans emphasize reading comprehension and help young readers navigate Matilda’s tough topics.

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