Brainy Books is a New York-based children’s book publisher dedicated to creating engaging, developmentally aligned books for infants and children up to six years old. Our thoughtfully designed titles focus on key areas of early childhood development, including early literacy skills, cognitive development, self-care habits and independence, social-emotional learning, and kindergarten readiness.
Each book is crafted with care and backed by research to provide age-appropriate learning experiences that nurture children’s growth, spark curiosity, and help them achieve their fullest potential.
Brainy Books is a children’s publishing company founded by Hanna Park, who holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Cognitive Science in Education from Columbia University and Teachers College. Hanna created Brainy Books to help parents nurture their child’s early development. Inspired by her research on how children learn and process information, she designed our books to be simple, fun, and engaging—perfect for young minds. With Brainy Books, you can feel confident that you’re giving your child the tools to learn, grow, and thrive.
We offer thoughtfully researched and expertly crafted content that addresses key everyday topics and essential social and emotional learning skills for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Our books are designed to foster cognitive, language, social-emotional development, and foundational learning abilities, promoting holistic development in young children.
Our vision is to offer the highest quality educational content that maximizes children’s potential, helping them grow into well-rounded individuals both academically and personally.
Hanna’s academic research laid a strong foundation for understanding the complexities of cognitive development, language acquisition, and social-emotional learning in children. With extensive experience as a psychology researcher in both the United States and Korea, as well as her working experience in pediatrics. Hanna gained practical insights into child development and effective strategies for nurturing young minds. This deep understanding of children’s psychological and cognitive needs drives Brainy Books’ mission to create educational content that supports growth at critical developmental stages.
A lifelong book enthusiast, Hanna’s passion for children’s literature led her to closely observe her own children’s reactions to books, which helped her identify gaps in the market. Drawing on her academic expertise and real-world experience, Brainy Books sets out to create books that promote early learning and nurture essential skills in children.
Drawing on our founder’s educational experiences in both Korea and the United States, we design books that blend the strengths of each country’s educational philosophies. Korea’s structured, memorization-based approach builds strong foundational knowledge and academic skills, while the U.S.’s discussion-oriented system fosters critical thinking, creativity, and independence. By integrating these advantages, our books are purposefully structured to provide clear learning goals while encouraging young readers to think openly, explore ideas, and develop their own perspectives.
Brainy Books sets itself apart by combining real photographs with illustrations and text, offering children an immersive learning experience. This approach helps children connect what they see in the world around them with the content in the books, enhancing their understanding of objects, concepts, and people. By blending real images with illustrations, we create engaging educational materials that support language development and social-emotional learning, fostering children’s growth in meaningful ways.
we embrace the joy of visual learning by utilizing vibrant real photographs, playful kid-friendly illustrations, and engaging text fonts. This approach creates an immersive experience that fosters children's intellectual curiosity and engagement, making learning both enjoyable and effective.
We support well-rounded growth by promoting language and communication skills, cognitive, social-emotional development, and foundational learning abilities.
We carefully design and arrange all content by considering age-specific milestones, as well as children's abilities, language, cognitive and physical developmental stages, and everyday environments. Our goal is to provide high-quality learning materials that allow children to experience growth and development while maintaining their interests.
We represent children from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds to foster an inclusive learning environment. Our content promotes understanding and empathy, helping children connect with and appreciate diversity, ensuring that every child feels seen, valued, and included.
We thoroughly design content to meet clear learning objectives, covering essential vocabulary, body parts and their functions, daily routines, social skills, emotional regulation, and various professions in our community.