Growing Readers

Uncovering the World Through Books

Celebrate love and friendship this month with our experts’ top book recommendations for every age group. We’ve even got storytelling tips and ways you can extend your child’s learning.

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Growing Readers Book Club

Join featured authors and Bright Horizons teachers as they read beautiful and engaging Growing Readers books for children of all ages.

Red House, Brown Mouse

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Everybody in the Red Brick Building

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Animals Go Vroom!

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We All Play

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Shapes

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So You Want to Be an Owl

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The Elephant's New Shoe

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Mayhem at the Museum

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Peekaboo Farm

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My Family, Your Family

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Red House, Brown Mouse

Join Teacher Nate for this month's video featuring the book "Red House, Brown Mouse" which will have you noticing delightful little details on every page. Then, discover the details around your space by playing a classic game of I Spy With My Little Eye with the special child in your life!

Everybody in the Red Brick Building

Join Teacher Nate for this month's video featuring illustrator, Oge Mora's inspiration behind the unique pages she created for the book "Everybody in the Red Brick Building". Become inspired to use textures and patterns within your own art!

Animals Go Vroom!

This month's video features the book "Animals Go Vroom" by Abi Cushman. Sing along with Teacher Nate as he creates a playful, musical sequence song featuring animal sounds inspired by the book!

We All Play

This month's video features the book "We All Play" by Julie Flett. This endearing story compares the play of animals and children, and emphasizes connections in nature. Join Teacher Nate in learning some of the Cree vocabulary featured within the book.

Shapes

This month's video features the book “Shapes” by Shelley Rotner and Anne Woodhull. Join Teacher Nate in discovering the many shapes found in our schools, communities, and homes by playing a shape scavenger hunt game!

So You Want to Be an Owl

This month's video features the book So You Want to Be an Owl by Jane Porter. Join Mr. Nate as he plays a question game to explore the animals, people, and things around us!

The Elephant's New Shoe

This month's video features the book "The Elephant's New Shoe" by Laurel Neme. Join Mr. Nate as he crafts up a few simple ideas for children to show kindness to animals!

Mayhem at the Museum

See how "Mayhem at the Museum" by Luciano Lozano inspires Mr. David to create fancy frames out of simple materials. Join the fun to display your own museum-worthy masterpiece!

Peekaboo Farm

Join as Mr. Nate reads “Peekaboo Farm” by Camilla Reid. Learn about reading to infants and toddlers, as well as the value of playing peekaboo — both within the pages of this book and with people and objects nearby.

My Family, Your Family

"My Family, Your Family" by Kathryn Cole is a beautiful book about all different types of families. Watch Mr. Nate read the story and get activity ideas — portraits, reading chains, and journals — that will help you celebrate your own family!

For the past 20 years, the Growing Readers program at Bright Horizons® has helped thousands of parents share the joy of reading with their children. We can help you, too, with enriching book recommendations, storytelling tips, and more to guide you along the way.

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