Fairy Tales
Growing Reader
Tween
Knights in Training: Books About Adventure, Chivalry, and Courage for Young Readers
Author Heather Haupt shares how tales of knights and grand adventures can help kids appreciate and embrace the virtues of chivalry, bravery, and compassion.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Tales as Old as Time: Beauty and the Beast Books for Kids of All Ages
With much excitement around the new "Beauty and the Beast" film, young readers are clamoring for more of this treasured tale. These books will keep the magic going.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Brightly Storytime: The Princess and the Pea
In this installment of Brightly Storytime we’re reading along with a Golden Books retelling of The Princess and the Pea, the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
Tips & Advice
Reading as the Danes Do: Why Denmark’s Tragic Tales Are Valuable for Kids
Reading realistic, sometimes sad, tales can help kids feel gratitude for the simple things we take for granted when we focus too much on the fairy-tale version of how life “should” be.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
The Dinosaur Princess: A Terrifically Twisted, Two-Minute Fairy Tale
Author and illustrator team Michelle Robinson and Fred Blunt created an exclusive new story for Brightly that flips familiar fairy tale tropes upside down. Grab your young reader and get ready to giggle all the way through the terrifically twisted happy ever after.
Growing Reader
Tween
Liesl Shurtliff Recounts Her 7 Favorite Books from Childhood
Liesl Shurtliff, author of Rump, Jack, and Brightly's Book Club pick Red, recounts the books she loved as a child and how they influence her writing today.
Growing Reader
Tween
On Taking Fairy Tales Seriously
I love fairy tales because they might seem like simple stories on the outside, but dig a little and you’ll realize they have hidden oceans of meaning.
Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly's Book Club for Kids: Red
This month’s Brightly's Book Club pick is a twist on a favorite fairy tale. Red will take you off the beaten path and into a world of magic.
Tips & Advice
What Books About Magic Do for Children — That Other Stories Can't
Books about magic open doors into dreams of a world without limitations, and those dreams can inspire action to change the world as it is.
Growing Reader
Tween
Don’t Banish the Ogre: Why We Should Share Sad and Scary Stories with Kids
Heather Shumaker explains why children need not-so-happy stories in their lives. When books reflect the range of human experience, kids feel wonder, empathy, and relief.
Growing Reader
Tween
Museums, Magic, and Mustering Bravery: A Q&A with Karen Foxlee
We chatted with Karen Foxlee, author of Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, about her unlikely heroine, a special snack, and what she hopes readers will take away from her modern-day fairy tale.
Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly's Book Club for Kids: Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy
Welcome to the first installment of the Brightly's Book Club, where we encourage kids to read together, explore important topics through books, and have fun!
