Growing Reader
Tween
Finding “Vision” Without Your Glasses
Shelley Pearsall, author of The Seventh Most Important Thing, discusses the importance of paying attention to the world, beyond what is right in front of us.
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Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly’s Book Club for Kids: The Seventh Most Important Thing
You'll will find a lot to love in Shelley Pearsall's middle grade novel about friendship, art, and compassion.
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
The Read Ahead: Kid Lit News & Views — March 2016 Edition
The Read Ahead is a new series on Brightly that aims to explore current events, trends, and unique views in children’s and young adult literature.
Just For Fun
Happy Birthday to Brightly
As Brightly turns one, founders Christine and Amanda look back on the past year and how much we've grown in such a short time.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
15 Authors Share Their All-Time Favorite Bedtime Stories
We asked fifteen awesome authors about the best bedtime books they have shared with their children or remember from their own childhoods.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
5 Tips for Raising Imaginative Children
Author and early childhood education expert Erika Christakis shares five tips to help you open the imagination of your young child.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Hard Goodbyes: Books to Help Children Grieve the Death of a Pet
For many kids, the death of a cherished animal is often their first experience of losing someone they love. These books sensitively address loss and offer hope for children in grief.
Tween
Teen
#OwnVoices: Why We Need Diverse Authors in Children’s Literature
Kayla Whaley, editor at Disability in Kidlit, explains why kids need to read books written by diverse authors, and shares five of her favorite #OwnVoices reads.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader
5 Books That Teach Kids What It Means to Be a Kind Person
These five books (and one bonus pick) are great places to start raising children who are kind caretakers of the people around them.
Tween
Advice from a Young Author: How to Get Kids Writing
Jake Marcionette, bestselling kid author of the Just Jake series for middle-graders, shares his tips for grown-ups looking to inspire kids to write more.
