Exploring Brilliant Star’s Themes
Brilliant Star addresses vital topics for empowering kids’ spiritual and moral development, such as race unity, protecting the environment, creativity and the arts, and more. The content of each issue revolves around one theme. Our crew develops the themes through consultation about current child development research, the Bahá’í writings, and feedback from our readers.
Some themes may be repeated periodically, to bolster learning in certain key areas. Parents and teachers can use these themes to find specific activities and stories to enhance lessons on particular subjects. These are some of our recent themes and the issues that explore them.
Building Community
- Soaring with Unity - Vol. 52, No. 4
- Transforming Our World - Vol. 48, No. 4
- Building Unity - Vol. 47, No. 2/3
- Radiant with Hope - Vol. 44, No. 6
Commemorative Issues
- Be a Candle - Vol. 51, No. 4
(Celebrating the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá) - Bound Together - Vol. 50, No. 5
(Celebrating 50 years of Brilliant Star) - Light of Faith - Vol. 50, No. 3
(Bicentenary of the birth of the Báb) - Hope for Humanity - Vol. 48, No. 6
(Bicentenary of the birth of Bahá’u’lláh)
Communication
- Connect with Kindness - Vol. 48, No. 5
- Connecting Hearts - Vol. 46, No. 6 / Vol. 47, No. 1
- Communicating with Kindness - Vol. 44, No. 1
Creativity and the Arts
- Wonders of Creativity - Vol. 49, No. 5
- Soaring with Creativity - Vol. 43, No. 6
- Express Yourself - Vol. 42, No. 3
Environmental Stewardship
Friendship and Love
- Soaring with Unity - Vol. 52, No. 4
- Better Together - Vol. 51, No. 6
- Waves of Love - Vol. 50, No. 4
- True Friendship - Vol. 49, No. 4
- Helping Hands - Vol. 48, No. 1
- Gift of Friendship - Vol. 46, No. 4/5
- Leaping with Love - Vol. 45, No. 5
- One Family - Vol. 43, No. 5
Gratitude, Joy, and Happiness
- Bounty of Gratitude - Vol. 51, No. 1
- Soar with Joy - Vol. 50, No. 1
- Gift of Gratitude - Vol. 44, No. 5
- Wings of Joy - Vol. 44, No. 3
Justice and Social Action
- Wings of Equality - Vol. 53, No. 1
- Heroic Spirit - Vol. 51, No. 2
- Lifting the Hearts - Vol. 49, No. 3
- Search for Truth - Vol. 49, No. 2
- Path of Service - Vol. 46, No. 1
- Common Good - Vol. 45, No. 6
- Heroes of the Heart - Vol. 44, No. 2
- Power of Youth - Vol. 42, No. 6
- The Heart of Justice - Vol. 42, No. 1
Life Skills
- Thirst to Learn - Vol. 52, No. 3
- Transforming our Spirits - Vol. 51, No. 5
- Limitless Force - Vol. 49, No. 6
- Together in Harmony - Vol. 47, No. 4/5/6
- Finding Your Future - Vol. 46, No. 3
- Reach for the Stars - Vol. 45, No. 4
- Life's Balancing Act - Vol. 44, No. 4
- Voyage of Virtues - Vol. 43, No. 4
- Conquering Our Challenges - Vol. 42, No. 4
- Charting Your Future - Vol. 41, No. 6
Mysteries of Creation
Oneness of Humanity & Racial Justice
- Wings of Equality - Vol. 53, No. 1
- One Garden - Vol. 52, No. 1
- Join Together - Vol. 51, No. 3
- Hearts in Harmony - Vol. 50, No. 6
- Spirit of Community - Vol. 50, No. 2
- Power of Unity - Vol. 49, No. 1
- Light of Unity - Vol. 48, No. 2
- Wings of Unity - Vol. 46, No. 2
- Raise Up Your Voices - Vol. 45, No. 2
- Waves of One Sea - Vol. 43, No. 2
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Paths of Diversity - Vol. 42, No. 2
Religious Harmony
- Quest for Peace - Vol. 45, No. 3
- Rays of One Sun - Vol. 42, No. 5