Reading Aloud
Tips & Advice
4 Ways to Help Grandparents Start Their Own Reading Traditions with Their Grandkids
If your kid is lucky enough to have grandparents in their life, how do you encourage them to start their own reading traditions? Here's how to get started.
Tips & Advice
Reading at Home: 8 Things Your Kid’s Teacher Wishes You Would Do
I’ve asked my son’s teachers what we can do to encourage and support his reading. Here are a few tips and requests I’ve gotten from teachers along the way.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
Stop Fighting, Kids! Everyday Activities That Help Siblings Get Along
What types of activities promote sibling bonding? Almost any kind, as long as they meet these three criteria.
Just For Fun
Brightly Readers Share Their Favorite Storytime Moments
Often the most precious memories you have with your child are the times spent snuggled up together with a book. Here are some of the special moments you shared with us!
Growing Reader
Tween
When Mia Wouldn’t Read
Mia fessed up — she wasn’t really reading. She was telling her teacher she was reading at home, and telling her grandmother that she was reading at school.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
How Being a Parent Changed Reading for Me
I am an introvert by nature, and I value my alone time and my quiet time — growing up, reading afforded me both. But my relationship with books and reading changed when I had my twins.
Tips & Advice
5 Tips for Reading Aloud to More Than One Child
When you have more than one child, reading together can get a little tricky. Here are some tips to make storytime enjoyable for everyone.
Growing Reader
A Reader’s Best Friend: The Many Benefits of Reading with Animals
Reading to a dog, or any pet, gives children a safe environment to practice their reading, make mistakes, and grow as a reader. Plus, it's fun!
Baby & Toddler
The Very Personal Story Behind Melissa Marr’s Bunny Roo, I Love You
Author Melissa Marr shares the life-changing experience that inspired her to write her latest book.
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
Score an Easy Parenting Win: Read to Your Kids
Reading to your kids is a win-win-win. It's easy, it's educational, and it doesn't require parents to pretend-play or even move their tired bodies.
Pre-K
How We Talk (or Don't Talk) About Diversity When We Read with Our Kids
Author Matt de la Peña on how we consciously or unconsciously frame “diverse” stories when we read to our little ones.
Tips & Advice
10 Reasons Why Kids Need to Read Non-Disney Fairy Tales
Complicated, thought-provoking, and magical, old-school fairy tales are filled with complexities that are often missing from their big-screen retellings.
