Just For Fun
5 Fun Parenting Lessons from the Animal Kingdom
These sweet, funny, and oh-so-real animal facts prove that there are parenting lessons to be found among all species — humans, bees, and sharks alike.
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Baby & Toddler
The Best Shakespeare-Inspired Baby Names
Shakespeare’s plays are rife with beautiful, meaningful names that would make for great present-day baby names.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Meet the Illustrator: Hudson Talbott
Hudson Talbott, author-illustrator of Picturing America: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Art, discusses why he shares humor through art, the value of encyclopedias, and more.
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
Traveling the World with Magic Tree House: A Q&A with Mary Pope Osborne
With more than 50 books, the Magic Tree House series has inspired kids everywhere to pick up a book and join Jack and Annie on their adventures through time and space.
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.
Just For Fun
The Brightly Interview: LeVar Burton
Few have done more to bring the love of reading to every child, everywhere than LeVar Burton, a beloved storyteller across the generations and a children’s book author in his own right.
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 Kids
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.
