Reading Memories
Tips & Advice
Why Yesterday’s Classics Aren’t Appealing to Today’s Kids
Turns out, there are a few legit, non-video-game-related reasons why kids don’t always find the classics compelling.
Tween
I Let My 9-Year-Old Read The Ocean at the End of the Lane and Other Parenting Confessions
When my husband announced that he’d given our eldest daughter The Ocean at the End of the Lane, I thought okay. He knows what he’s doing. Then I read the book. And I felt rather guilty indeed.
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!
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
Little House on the Prairie: The Next Generation
Laura Ingalls Wilder's books bring my son's attention away from the abstractions of modern life and into the more visceral features of our reality.
Tips & Advice
My Kids Don’t Love My Childhood Favorites. And That’s (Sort of) Okay with Me.
It took a storm and a blackout to find out that my boys just aren’t going to be the same kind of reader I always was.
Just For Fun
10 Amazing Quotes That Remind Us Why We Read With Our Kids
Ten insightful quotes from some great literary minds that remind us why we read.
Just For Fun
Why I Love My Husband for Reading at Bedtime
Is there anything sexier than a guy who spends quality storytime with his kids? A dad who drops everything at night to spend quality time with his kids?
Grown-Up Reads
Tips & Advice
What Reading Means to Me
Brightly contributor, Devon Corneal, shares what reading has meant to her — first as a girl, then as a woman, and now as a mom.
Tips & Advice
My Booklist Can Wait: Why I’ll Keep Reading What My Kids Are Reading
My previously illiterate child will soon be able to read completely on his own. It’s tempting to see this as liberation, a chance to go back to my own stack of books. I won't though, and here's why.
Tween
Teen
Pay No Attention to the Book Under My Bed
"Secret" books – books kids hide or read without their parents knowing – are a rite of passage for adolescents.